Posts tagged aquatic ecosystems
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
A new Armageddon for amphibians?
Bill Lauranceamphibians, frogs, toads, newts, salamanders, caecilians, exotic pathogens, novel diseases, foreign pathogens, introduced pathogens, chytrid fungus, Ranavirus, viruses, species extinction, biodiversity, aquatic ecosystems
