China's Belt & Road is "Environmentally Riskiest Venture Ever"
Infrastructure ExpansionBill LauranceBelt and Road Initiative, One Belt One Road, China, infrastructure, roads, Bill Laurance, Asia, Africa, Asia-Pacific region, Europe, habitat destruction, habitat fragmentation, railroads, ports, extractive industries, global warming, fossil fuels, poaching, extinction, protected areas
Deadly Din: The Growing Assault of Noise Pollution
Infrastructure ExpansionBill Laurancenoise, car noise, noise pollution, decibels, blood pressure, heart disease, stress, hearing impairments, immune effects, birth defects, developing nations, protected areas, USA, Europe, migrating birds, road avoidance, Henry David Thoreau, invisible habitat deterioration
The good and bad news about Brazil's soy moratorium
Bill LauranceAmazon, Brazil, Soy Moratorium, Cerrado, biodiversity, global warming, soy lobby, Forest Code, Holly Gibbs, deforestation, Amazon rainforest, China, Europe, soy exports, environmental boycotts
Our biggest environmental crisis -- by far
Bill Lauranceoverpopulation, Africa, Middle East, family planning, contraception, education for young women, radicalization, United Nations Population Division, population growth, fertility rate, family size, divorce, social stability, population projections, immigration, illegal immigration, Muslim nations, Europe, anti-immigration groups, demography, environmental damage, global warming
More about imperiled vultures: Help needed
Bill Laurancevultures, Diclofenac, population declines, carrion, Spain, Italy, veterinarian, Europe, Ralph Buij, environmental toxin
