Posts tagged deforestation
Turning Rainforest To Furniture – Global Markets Gobble Up the Congo Basin
Rainforests, Editors PicksBill LauranceChina, deforestation, Congo Basin, Congo rainforest, Logging, United State, Global Markets, African Timber, European Union, illegal logging, Cameroon, native forests, timber-importing nations, Global Timber Trade, Chinese loggers, Furniture
ALERT Blasts Indonesian Firm Pushing Ape-Killer Project
RainforestsBill LauranceTapanuli Orangutan, Sumatra, North Sumatra, PT NSHE, North Sumatera Hydro Energy, Sinohydro, Bank of China, President Xi Jinpeng, China, Belt & Road Initiative, PR firm, public relations, toxic reputation, hydropower, poaching, logging, haze, mining, deforestation, The Conversation, The Christian Science Monitor, National Geographic Online, Mongabay, Avaaz, WALHI, crisis management, Joko Widodo, President Jokowi, International Finance Corporation, Asian Development Bank, Sumatran Tiger, habitat fragmentation, acid test, circular, Malaysia, North Sumatera, Xi Jinping
Mind-Blowing Videos on Urgent Eco-Dramas
ConservationBill LauranceAmazon, rainfall, habitat fragmentation, deforestation, evapotranspiration, roads, hunting, logging, BR-319, Elephant, poaching, stranded assets, mining, China, boom and bust, financial risk, cancer, Dutch Disease, snaring, Leuser Ecosystem, orangutan, rhino, rhino horn, Pandora's Box, bulldozer, land grabbing, rain, extinction, Congo
Should We Fear the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank?
Infrastructure Expansion, Editors PicksBill LauranceAIIB, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, Transport Sector Strategy, roads, railways, ports, airports, sea ports, China, Belt and Road Initiative, greening infrastructure, carbon emissions, Pandora's Box effect, deforestatoon, deforestation, habitat fragmentation, poaching, illegal mining, land grabs, strategic land-use planning, SEAs, strategic environmental assessments, biodiversity hotspot, Important Bird Areas, Key Biodiversity Areas, Global 200 Ecoregions, corruption, governance, stranded assets, foreign debt, wilderness, threatened species, tigers, Saiga antelope, Giant Pandas
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
Investors Beware: Infrastructure Projects Are Collapsing
Infrastructure ExpansionBill LauranceChina, Belt and Road Initiative, One Belt One Road, high-speed railway, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, investors, infrastructure, railway, road, hydropower, dam, hydroelectric dam, PNG-LNG, Papua New Guinea - Liquid Natural Gas Project, Papua New Guinea, natural gas, tax avoidance, ExxonMobil, social violence, Amazon, Brazilian Amazon, deforestation, poaching, illegal mining, Michel Temer, President Lula, Brazil, corruption, bribery, risk-reward tradeoff, transparency, developing nations, Australia, Darwin Harbor, Darwin Port, Exim, Chinese Export-Import Bank, Xi Jinping
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
Australia Tries to Slow 'Deforestation Catastrophe'
ConservationBill LauranceQueensland, land clearing, deforestation, Australia, Queensland government, Koala, global deforestation hotspots, WWF-Australia, loopholes, regrowth, Land Restoration Fund
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
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
Is Our Planet Ready for 2 Billion Cars?
Climate ChangeBill Laurancecars, trucks, buses, motorcycles, motorized vehicles, traffic, air pollution, nanoparticles, cardiovascular disease, autoimmune disease, road expansion, deforestation, roadkill, greenhouse gases, urban growth, megacities, global roadmap, fuel efficiency, public transport
Damming the Tropics Will not Work
RainforestsBill Laurancedam, hydropower projects, hydroelectric dams, methane, carbon dioxide, greenhouse gases, deforestation, roads, fisheries, green energy, Philip Fearnside, William Laurance, Tapajos River, Mekong River, Belo Monte Dam, Inga Dam, solar energy, wind energy, economic risks
China's Massive Toll On The Planet
ConservationBill LauranceChina, illegal timber, stolen timber, illegal timber trade, wood products, exports, deforestation, bribery, illegal logging, Environmental Investigation Agency, Chatham House, voluntary standards, environmental boycotts
New Roads Are Devastating The Congo
Infrastructure ExpansionBill LauranceCongo, deforestation, logging, mining, illegal logging, poaching, Cross River Gorilla, Cameroon, Nigeria, Eugene Dongmo, Louis Nkembi, Arend de Haas, GLAD data, time-series, infrastructure, roads, fragmentation, EIAs, protected areas, law enforcement, China, Chinese loggers, Chinese miners, remote-sensing data, cultural conservation, Africa, rainforest
The Overwhelming Value Of Trees
ConservationBill Lauranceheat islands, cities, megacities, trees, evapotranspiration, air pollution, cancer, cardiovascular disease, asthma, emphysema, carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxide, volatile organic compounds, slums, environmental services, floods, carbon storage, biomass, global warming, shade, evaporative cooling, clouds, economic losses, disease, malaria, diarrhea, water pollution, deforestation, mosquitoes, heat stress, urban growth, urban expansion, population growth, developing nations, Africa, Latin America, Asia, drinking water, epidemic disease, green cities, urban ecology
Mining Madness In The Amazon
Infrastructure ExpansionBill LauranceEcuador, mining, industrial mining, illegal gold mining, Michel Temer, John Seed, Philip Fearnside, Protected Forests, Bosques Protectores, mining concessions, PADDD, endemic birds, Andes, RENCA, roads, deforestation, garampeiros, illegal roads, Ruralist
Environmental Nightmare For The Amazon
RainforestsPhilip FearnsideAmazon, rainforest, Brazil, Michel Temer, deforestation, Ruralists, corruption, pork barrel, illegal land claims, land grabbing, land-thieves law, indigenous lands, protected areas, roads, highway, impeachment, economic crisis
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
Why Do We Support Dumb Development?
ConservationBill Laurancedevelopment projects, stranded assets, Dutch Disease, perverse incentives, corruption, oil palm, roads, tropical forests, deforestation, dumb development, Borneo, Malasyia, Nichola Abrams, Africa, Asia, Latin America, Oceania, highways, potholes, erosion, rainfall
For the Environment, Should We Crack Down on Illegal Drugs or Give Up the Fight?
ConservationJeremy Hanceillegal drugs, drug trade, drug traffickers, cartels, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, Panama, deforestation, money laundering, Laguna Tigre National Park, Latin America, Colombia, land grabbing, illegal gold mining, smuggling, Central America, cocaine, marijuana, coca, carbon emissions, War on Drugs, pesticides, Jeremy Hance
