Posts tagged developing nations
Could Feminism Save the Earth?
Conservation, Most PopularBill Laurancefeminism, Let Girls Learn, population growth, overpopulation, developing nations, demographic transition, immigration, Africa, Middle East, South Asia, Western Europe, North America, Australia, fecundity, generation time, women's rights, social stability, social conflict, education, reproductive rights, career, family size, family planning, divorce, radicalization, Michelle Obama, environmental pressure, environmental destruction, global warming, Caribbean
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
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
Deadly Din: The Growing Assault of Noise Pollution
Infrastructure ExpansionBill Laurancenoise, car noise, noise pollution, decibels, blood pressure, heart disease, stress, hearing impairments, immune effects, birth defects, developing nations, protected areas, USA, Europe, migrating birds, road avoidance, Henry David Thoreau, invisible habitat deterioration
Road Rage: The Real Reason Roads Are So Dangerous
Infrastructure ExpansionBill Lauranceroads, highways, infrastructure, Asia, Africa, Amazon, poaching, deforestation, land-use planning, land-use change, climate change, global warming, James Cook University, TESS, ALERT, developing countries, developing nations
Why Deforestation Is Exactly Like Cancer
ConservationBill Laurancedeforestation, cancer, contagious, contagion, poaching, hunting, roads, highways, developing nations, wilderness, protected areas, tumor, illegal roads, fire, wildfire, Amazon, monitoring, law enforcement, environmental regulations, corruption, silent forests, habitat fragmentation
Human Impacts on the Planet are Severe but Slowing Down
ConservationBill Lauranceglobal human footprint, agriculture, cities, population growth, food production, farming efficiency, yield gaps, land-use planning, deforestation, biodiversity, climate change, Oscar Venter, Bill Laurance, James Watson, roads, infrastructure, urban area, economic growth, developing nations, consumption, wilderness
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
What's the biggest killer of people in developing nations? The answer will surprise you.
Bill Laurancepollution, human mortality, air pollution, water pollution, soil pollution, respiratory diseases, cardiac disease, diabetes, obesity, developing nations, Southeast Asia, Amazon, World Health Organization, Ensia Magazine
When it comes to climate change, there are two USAs
Bill LauranceUSA, America, climate change, global warming, Democrats, Republicans, Democratic Party, Republican Party, attitudes about environment, industrial nations, developing nations
Should conservationists resort to bribery?
Protect wilderness from rapacious road expansion
Bill Lauranceroads, developing nations, road expansion, wilderness, RoadFree, Kriton Arsenis, William Laurance, International Day of Forests, deforestation, logging, mining, hunting, illegal colonization, land speculation
