Posts tagged hydropower projects
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
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
Will Fast-Tracked Projects Shatter Asia’s ‘Jewel of Nature’?
Protected AreasBill LauranceLeuser Ecosystem, Gunung Leuser National Park, Siti Nurbaya, Joko Widodo, Indonesia, Sumatra, orangutan, Sumatran rhino, Sumatran Elephant, Sumatran tiger, deforestation, mining, geothermal project, Irwandi Yusuf, Aceh, roads, powerlines, World Heritage in Danger, hydropower projects, habitat fragmentation, poaching, snares, flooding