Debate Erupts over Status of Wildlife in India
WildlifePriya DavidarPriya Davidar, Raman Sukumar, Asian elephant, tiger, rhinoceros, Asiatic lion, India, protected areas, landscape management, Stephen Blake, Simon Hedges, elephant populations, scientific uncertainty, precautionary principle, human-elephant conflicts, habitat fragmentation, encroachment
Rivers of Destruction: The Implications of India’s National Waterways Bill for Biodiversity
Infrastructure ExpansionBill LauranceIndia, rivers, national waterways, river channelization, riparian vegetation, fish, turtles, terrapins, aquatic biodiversity, Ganges River Dolphin, Gharial, sand mining, dredging, marshes, aquatic birds
Will new mega-banks force a 'race to the bottom' for the environment?
PoliticsBill LauranceAIIB, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, BNDES, Brazilian Development Bank, World Bank, Asian Development Bank, African Development Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, International Monetary Fund, international lenders, infrastructure, roads, dams, hydroelectric dams, mining, logging, deforestation, human rights, indigenous peoples, developing nations, China, India, Russia, OECD nations
ALERT's three most important conservation trends in 2015
ConservationBill LauranceALERT, El Nino, infrastructure, roads, deforestation, poaching, illegal mining, no-deforestation pledges, Indonesia, Brazil, wildfires, 2015, haze, Southeast Asia, Sumatra, Cambodia, India, Amazon, Sub-Saharan Africa, peatland, forest fires, Daintree Drought Experiment, power lines, gas lines, G20 nations, BNDES, AIIB, New York Times, New Scientist, West Africa, migratory species, RoadLess, E.C. Joint Research Center, Godzilla
Endangered vultures being decimated as ivory poachers use poison to kill elephants
WildlifeBill Laurancevultures, The Peregrine Fund, Oryx, African savanna elephant, elephant, rhinoceros, Africa, Dancy Ogada, India, endangered species, diclofenac, poison, pesticides, Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe
The assault on India's protected areas and endangered wildlife
Priya DavidarIndia, Bengal tigers, one-horned rhinoceros, Asian elephant, tiger reserves, Modi government, Priya Davidar, National Board for Wildlife, protected areas, wildlife corridor, Kanha Tiger Reserve, Pench Tiger Reserve, Black-necked crane, Flamingoe
Globally, governments are cracking down on environmental groups
Bill Lauranceenvironmental groups, green groups, The Conversation, Susan Laurance, Bill Laurance, Cambodia, China, Lao, India, anti-environmental fervor, environmental boycotts, gag clauses, Australia, illegal logging, political conservatives, industry mouthpieces, global warming
India's growing environmental crisis
GM crops: Good or bad for nature?
Big risks for the world's biggest coal mine
Bill LauranceAdani, Carmichael Coal Mine, Queensland, Australia, carbon emissions, India, Mundra, Gujarat State, corruption, scandal, Campbell Newman, coal mining, global warming
Will India slash environmental protections?
Will the World Bank increase eco-destructive loans?
Bill LauranceWorld Bank, environmentally destructive loans, Amazon, Indonesia, India, biodiversity offsets, deforestation, hydroelectric dams, soy farming, oil palm plantations, human rights
Crisis time for India's endangered forests
African ecosystems assailed by foreign-funded mining boom
Bill LauranceAfrica, mining, mining boom, foreign investment, China, Australia, Brazil, Russia, India, Canada, corruption, environmental damage, African wildlife
Universities: destroyers of life or opportunity for biodiversity?
Crisis underground: We're overharvesting water
Heated conservation debate over India's most critical ecosystem
Debate about forest conservation scheme in India
Priya DavidarKarnataka corridor, Western Ghats, India, biodiversity hotspot, Priya Davidar, Jean-Philippe Puyravaud, national parks, biological corridor, fuelwood gathering, poaching, tourism, wildlife, invasive species, power line, roads, railroad
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