ALERT Blasts Into The Twitter-Verse
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ALERT Blasts Indonesian Firm Pushing Ape-Killer Project
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ALERT Urges Indonesian President: Save the World's Rarest Ape
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Investors Beware: Infrastructure Projects Are Collapsing
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Will China Wipe Out the World’s Rarest Ape?
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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
Kenya Dams Will Ruin The Serengeti
Protected AreasBill LauranceKenya, Tanzania, Serengeti, drought, dams, migratory wildlife, wildebeest, African Plains Elephant, zebra, savannas, migration, Mara River, Mara dams, Eric Wolanski, Makari Mnaya, Mtango Mtihiko, World Heritage Site, Masai Mara Reserve, Serengeti Highway, Serengeti National Park, Norea Dam, Amala Dam, Mau Forest, Nyangores River, Borenga Dam, hydropower, hydroelectric projects, irrigation, water harvesting, droughts, Norera Dam, Lesser Flamingos, mass mortality, World Bank, ecotourism