Turbulent Times in the Amazon
PoliticsBill LauranceAmazon, deforestation, roads, Peru, Yaguas National Park, dams, hydropower, Michel Temer, John Terborgh, Philip Fearnside, BR-319, Manaus-Porto Velho Highway, Iquitos-Saramirizia Highway, Sentinel satellite, Beni Province, Bolivia, China railway
Dumb & Dumber: The Global Assault on Environmental Laws
ConservationBill Lauranceenvironmental law, environmental regulation, policy, legislation, SLAPP, wolf, endangered species, global warming, Guillaume Chapron, pollution, mining, fish, migratory birds, ecological restoration, Forest Code, Brazil, Canada, United State, Peru, Amazon, Mauritius, flying fox, South Africa, Western Australia, France
The plight of tropical migratory species
WildlifeBill LauranceBlack Skimmer, migratory species, Amazon, Andes, Lisa Davenport, Manu National Park, Rio Doce, hydroelectric dams, mining, illegal gold mining, mercury pollution, water harvesting, agriculture, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Cocha Cashu Biological Station, elevational migrants
A Vital New Initiative to Learn How Roads Are Imperiling Nature
Infrastructure ExpansionBill LauranceRoadLess, E.C. Joint Research Center, Steve Peedell, Frederic Achard, deforestation, poaching, roads, rainforests, carbon trading, land zoning, land-use planning, wilderness, illegal mining, logging, Congo Basin, Amazon, Peru, Brazil, illegal roads, logging roads, crowdsourcing, satellite imagery
New study: Half of all Amazon tree species are imperiled
Bill LauranceAmazon, tree species, protected areas, indigenous lands, deforestation, logging, tree diversity, rare species, Carlos Peres, Hans ter Steege, William Laurance, habitat fragmentation, Brazil, Brazilian Amazon, Venezuela, Bolivia, Colombia, Peru, Guianas, beef, soy, palm oil
Growing blight on the Amazon rainforest
Bill Laurancegold mining, illegal gold mining, Amazon, Brazil, Peru, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, indigenous peoples, Amerindians, protected areas, parks, AIDS, malaria, poaching, mercury pollution, sedimentation, aquatic wildlife, Yanomami, Kayapo, artisanal mining, Greg Asner, indigenous reserves
New technologies allow real-time monitoring of rampant forest destruction
Bill LauranceMAAP, Peru, Matt Finer, Amazon Conservation Association, Global Forest Watch, Terra-i, CLASlite, Landsat, Madre de Dios, Tambopata National Reserve, cacao, oil palm, illegal gold mining, satellite monitoring, Sierra del Divisor National Park
China to punch 5,000-kilometer railroad through the Amazon
Bill LauranceTrans-Amazon Railway, A, Amazon railway, Brazil, Peru, Brazilian Atlantic forest, Cerrado, iron ore, timber, soy, Exports to China, Li Keqiang, South America, Nicaragua Canal, Colombia, Peruvian Amazon, indigenous peoples
Amazon update: 'Sustainable' corporation under fire, appears to plan huge increase in forest destruction
Bill LauranceUnited Cacao, Peruvian Amazon, Peru, deforestation, La Region newspaper, Cacao del Peru Norte, cacao, oil palm, biodiversity, Dennis Melka, forest clearing, climate change
ALERT's latest campaign: 'Sustainable' corporation blasted for destroying Amazon rainforest
Bill LauranceUnited Cacao, Peru, Peruvian Amazon, deforestation, cacao, chocolate, Cacao del Peru Norte, Thomas Lovejoy, Lian Pin Koh, William Laurance, environmental sustainability, green-washing, tropical rainforest, illegal mining, illegal logging
Global gold rush is killing the world's rainforests
Bill Laurancegold, illegal gold mining, blood gold, South America, mercury, sedimentation, aquatic ecosystems, deforestation, poaching, indigenous peoples, French Guiana, Guianas, Magdalena Valley, roads, global financial crisis, Interoceanic Highway, Peru, Amazon
Illegal loggers murder Peruvian forest campaigner
Bill LauranceEdwin Chota, illegal logging, Peru, Peruvian Amazon, timber theft, murder, assassination, Asheninka people, death threats, timber mafias, criminal gangs
'Blood gold': Illegal miners devastating rainforests
Bill LauranceIllegal gold mining, illegal mining, Blood gold, blood diamonds, blood ivory, Peru, Brazil, Kayapo Reserve, Indigenous peoples, Indonesia, Borneo, rainforest destruction, corruption, park invasions
Illegal logging still a scourge for forests globally
Bill Lauranceillegal logging, illegal timber trade, stolen timber, Alan Oxley, Tony Abbott government, Australia, Indonesia, Peru, Democratic Republic of Congo, criminal activities, Anti Forest-Mafia Coalition, illegal logging bill, Rimbunan Hijau
The blight of illegal gold mining
Conservation, PeruBill Laurancegold mining, illegal gold mining, forest invasions, Peru, Indonesia, mercury pollution, deforestation, mining, protected areas, blood gold
