ALERT Blasts Into The Twitter-Verse
ConservationBill LauranceTwitter, tweet, ALERT videos, rainfall, roads, Malaysia, China, infrastructure, foreign debt, corruption, Australia, Liberal Party, energy security, renewable energy, Amerindians, Amazon, illegal logging, murder, hydropower, Indonesia, PT NSHE, Bhutan, Gross National Happiness, Gross National Product, Tapanuli Orangutan, Africa, oil palm, gorilla, Leuser Ecosystem, Nestle, Mars, Unilever, Borneo, Sumatra
Right-Wingers Humiliate Australia & Hammer the Earth
PoliticsBill LauranceAustralia, Liberal Party, Tony Abbott, Malcolm Turnbull, Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, Peter Dutton, political conservative, right-wing, far-right conservative, climate policy, carbon tax, carbon emissions scheme, fossil fuels, coal, global warming, climate change, political instability, Donald Trump, USA, Indonesia, New Guinea, Great Barrier Reef, Tim Flannery, broadscale land clearing, Queensland, heat wave, drought, runoff, mangroves, mining lobby
ALERT Urges Indonesian President: Save the World's Rarest Ape
WildlifeBill LauranceTapanuli Orangutan, Indonesia, President Joko Widodo, President Jokowi, ALERT, scientists' letter, Onrizal Onrizal, North Sumatra, Bill Laurance, Jatna Supriatna, Sumatran tiger, Batang Toru, hydropower, Bank of China, Sinohydro, Asian Development Bank, International Finance Corporation, World Bank, Belt & Road Initiative, habitat fragmentation, roads, illegal logging, oil palm plantations
Asia’s Environmental ‘Eden’ in Crisis
RainforestsBill LauranceLeuser Ecosystem, Sumatra, Indonesia, habitat fragmentation, roads, highway of death, orangutan, tiger, elephant, rhinoceros, illegal roads, Aceh government, Aceh Spatial Plan, Irwandi Yusuf, Sean Sloan, deforestation, poaching, oil palm, hydropower projects, geothermal project, power line
Will China Wipe Out the World’s Rarest Ape?
ConservationBill LauranceTapanuli Orangutan, China, hydropower, dam, Sumatra, Indonesia, habitat fragmentation, roads, powerlines, One Belt One Road, Belt and Road Initiative, infrastructure, railroads, ports, energy projects, endangered primates, great apes, Sinohydro, Bank of China
Nightmare in New Guinea
WildlifeJeremy HanceNew Guinea, Papua New Guinea, Papua Province, West Papua Province, Indonesia, deforestation, logging, SABL, tree-kangaroo, bird of paradise, China, Trans-Pacific Partnership, global warming, Merauke, POSCO Daewoo, Mighty Earth, coral reefs, acid-sulfate soils, sedimentation, nutrient runoff, illegal logging, traditional landowners
Biofuel Bomb is Decimating Nature
ConservationBill Laurancebiofuels, oil palm, Indonesia, Malaysia, European Union, E.U., biodiversity, deforestation, peat forest, peat fires, carbon emissions, New Guinea, Equatorial Africa, Latin America, Terengganu state, Peninsular Malaysia, Rainforest Foundation Norway, China, haze, air pollution, biodiesel
Transforming Forest Killers Into Forest Savers
PoliticsBill LauranceClay Ogg, farm subsidies, deforestation, carbon emissions, National Center for Environmental Economics, tropical forests, subsidies, Brazil, Indonesia, REDD, E.U., conservation-compliance program, trade agreement, fertilizer, farming, peat swamp, peat, peat bog, global warming, nitrous oxide, OECD, Southeast Asia, palm oil, government subsidies, decoupled subsidies, crop prices
Will Fast-Tracked Projects Shatter Asia’s ‘Jewel of Nature’?
Protected AreasBill LauranceLeuser Ecosystem, Gunung Leuser National Park, Siti Nurbaya, Joko Widodo, Indonesia, Sumatra, orangutan, Sumatran rhino, Sumatran Elephant, Sumatran tiger, deforestation, mining, geothermal project, Irwandi Yusuf, Aceh, roads, powerlines, World Heritage in Danger, hydropower projects, habitat fragmentation, poaching, snares, flooding
Chinese Investments Could Kill 1,500 Indonesian Orangutans
Infrastructure ExpansionBill LauranceIndonesia, orangutan, peat, peatland, peat forest, West Kalimantan, Borneo, deforestation, drainage canal, President Jokowi, President Joko Widodo, PT Mohairson Pawan Khatulistiwa, Sungai Putri peat swamp, Beng Seng Materials, Ketapang Regency, haze, moratorium
Positive Signs: Environmental Progress in Indonesia
WildlifeBill LauranceIndonesia, Aceh, Leuser Ecosystem, President Joko Widodo, President Jokowi, Siti Nurbaya, Minister of Environment and Forestry, Papua, West Papua, New Guinea, Sumatra, peat, wildfires, haze, orangutan, tiger, rhinos, elephant, Irwandi, ForestHints.News, ANJT, oil palm plantations, mining concessions, oil palm concessions, woodpulp concessions, logging concessions, poaching, park encroachment
Dramatic Conservation Pledge by Papua, Indonesia
ConservationBill LaurancePapua, Papua Province, Indonesia, 83-percent pledge, New Guinea, Elia Loupatty, Project Papua, Pokja Papua, Joko Widodo, President Joko Widodo, Trans-Papuan Highway, roads, deforestation, Lorentz National Park, World Heritage site, Bill Laurance, William Laurance, habitat fragmentation, carbon emissions, Victoria Crowned Pigeon, cultural values, biodiversity
Snares: Legitimate Hunting or Torturing Wildlife?
WildlifeBill Laurancepoaching, snares, wildlife snares, protected areas, animal cruelty, empty forests, Tigers, chimpanzees, Forest elephant, antelope, Africa, Asia, roads, deforestation, Panthera, David R. Mills, Malaysia, Indonesia, Sumatran Tiger, Laos, African Golden Cat, commercial hunting, bushmeat
ALERT's Biggest Conservation Stories of 2016
ConservationBill Lauranceextinction, species extinction, habitat loss, habitat destruction, habitat fragmentation, infrastructure, roads, dams, poaching, 2016, Africa, Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Leuser Ecosystem, Nigeria, development corridors, giraffe, Cheetah, Brazilian Amazon, Brazilian Forest Code, Amazon rainforest, Sumatra, geothermal project, hydroelectric dam, Congo, Congo megadams, Bangladesh, tigers, India waterways, wilderness, global human footprint, genetic diversity, China, illegal wildlife trade, overfishing, overhunting, land-use planning, Zero-deforestation agreement, ivory trade, rhino horn, orangutan, Elephant, mass extinction
Conservationists Aghast at Scheme to Degrade 'Heart of Biodiversity'
RainforestsBill LauranceLeuser Ecosystem, Gunung Leuser National Park, Sumatra, Indonesia, orangutan, Elephant, Sumatran rhino, Sumatran tiger, Hitay Holdings, geothermal project, deforestation, illegal logging, illegal mining, poaching, roads, Siti Nurbaya, Kappi Plateau, Kappi Region, wildlife corridor, protected area, World Heritage site
Habitat Loss Puts Half the World's Ecosystems at Risk
Protected AreasBill Lauranceecoregions, habitat loss, crisis ecoregion, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola, Madagascar, Australia, USA, Canada, protected areas, mangrove forests, subtropical forests, tundra, Convention on Biological Diversity
The Mega-Banks Funding Forest Destruction in Southeast Asia
RainforestsJeremy Hancebanks, lending institutions, deforestation, infrastructure, Forests and Finance, Malaysia Forest, MayBank, ABM Amro, Rainforest Action Network, TuK INDONESIA, Profundo, Malaysia, China, Japan, USA, UK, Indonesia, Australia, ANZ, JPMorgan Chase, HSBC, extinction crisis, World Bank, African Development Bank, Asian Development Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, AIIB, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, BNDES, Brazilian Development Bank, roads, highways, coal-fired generating plant, Indigenous peoples, divestment, publicity, bad publicity, negative publicity, oil palm, logging, timber, paper pulp, rubber, forest-risk companies
Pivotal Moment in the Battle to Save One of Earth's Natural Wonders
Protected AreasBill LauranceLeuser Ecosystem, Sumatra, Indonesia, Aceh spatial plan, lawsuit, GeRAM, Farwiza Farhan, roads, Tesso Nilo National Park, deforestation, flooding, erosion, poaching, tigers, orangutans, Sumatran rhino, Asian elephant, carbon storage, Change.Org Petition
Perils for the Last Place Where Tigers, Orangutans, Elephants and Rhinos Survive in the Wild
ConservationBill LauranceLeuser Ecosystem, tiger, Sumatran Elephant, orangutan, Sumatran rhino, Aceh, Aceh spatial plan, geothermal project, hydroelectric projects, PT Hitay Panas Energy, PT Trinusa Energy Indonesia, Indonesia, Sumatra, World Heritage in Danger, GeRaM, Gerakan Rakyat Aceh Menggugat, Abu Kari, lawsuit, Kappi Region, Kluet River
Is Nature Conservation A Lost Cause?
ConservationBill LauranceBrazil, Cambodia, infrastructure, Tanzania, William Laurance, Amazon, highways, dams, illegal logging, elephants, Seima Protected Area, Serengeti Highway, no-deforestation pledges, corporations, Stephen Blake, poaching, oil palm, woodpulp, Michelin, Aceh, Leuser Ecosystem, Amazon dams, Africa, development corridors, commodity prices, China, Brazilian Congres, Lacey Act, FLEGT, Australian Illegal Logging Bill, Chatham House, Cameroon, Indonesia, conservation victories