Posts tagged infrastructure
ALERT Blasts Into The Twitter-Verse
ConservationBill LauranceTwitter, tweet, ALERT videos, rainfall, roads, Malaysia, China, infrastructure, foreign debt, corruption, Australia, Liberal Party, energy security, renewable energy, Amerindians, Amazon, illegal logging, murder, hydropower, Indonesia, PT NSHE, Bhutan, Gross National Happiness, Gross National Product, Tapanuli Orangutan, Africa, oil palm, gorilla, Leuser Ecosystem, Nestle, Mars, Unilever, Borneo, Sumatra
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
China's Belt & Road is "Environmentally Riskiest Venture Ever"
Infrastructure ExpansionBill LauranceBelt and Road Initiative, One Belt One Road, China, infrastructure, roads, Bill Laurance, Asia, Africa, Asia-Pacific region, Europe, habitat destruction, habitat fragmentation, railroads, ports, extractive industries, global warming, fossil fuels, poaching, extinction, protected areas
Will China Wipe Out the World’s Rarest Ape?
ConservationBill LauranceTapanuli Orangutan, China, hydropower, dam, Sumatra, Indonesia, habitat fragmentation, roads, powerlines, One Belt One Road, Belt and Road Initiative, infrastructure, railroads, ports, energy projects, endangered primates, great apes, Sinohydro, Bank of China
Is China so Big it Only Listens to Itself?
Infrastructure ExpansionBill LauranceChina, One Belt One Road, Belt and Road Initiative, Polar Silk Road, 21st Century Silk Road, Chinese Academy of Sciences, big data, roads, infrastructure, extractive industries, mining, logging, Xi Jinping, public media, propaganda, Trump Administration
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
How Roads Can Cause Economic and Social Meltdown
Infrastructure ExpansionBill Lauranceroads, highways, infrastructure, deforestation, carbon emissions, poaching, wildlife, wildfires, Pandora's Box, video, land-use planning, economic benefits, social stability, social benefits, jobs, politics, development policy
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
When It Comes to the Environment, Do Good Guys Finish First?
ConservationJeremy HanceJeremy Hance, green-washing, environmental wolves, financial markets, climate change, Chevron, ExxonMobile, pollution havens, Chinese companies, BHP Billiton, Peabody Energy, fossil fuels, agriculture, oil palm, infrastructure, forestry, fisheries, mining, divestment, eco-sinners, eco-winners
Sabah's 'Bridge to Hell' and other Scary Eco-News from Asia
Infrastructure ExpansionBill LauranceSoutheast Asia, biodiversity, Sabah, infrastructure, Lower Kinatatangan Wildlife Sanctuary, bridge, Bornean elephant, organutan, poaching, deforestation, Alice Hughes, primates, oil palm, rubber, paper pulp, woodpulp, ecotourism, undiscovered species, undiscovered biodiversity, karst, cement, China, wetlands, protected areas, overhunting, Mekong River, dams, pet trade, orangutan, Bridge to Hell, Borneo
Double Whammy: Primates and Wilderness in Peril
WildlifeBill Laurancedeforestation, Intact Forest Landscapes, habitat fragmentation, hunting, primates, Alejandro Estrada, Lars Laestadius, infrastructure, endangered primates, endangered species, tropical ecosystems, illegal pet trade, bushmeat, overhunting, oil palm, rubber, Nigeria, Cameroon, University of Maryland, UNAM, old-growth forest, human population growth
ALERT's Biggest Conservation Stories of 2016
ConservationBill Lauranceextinction, species extinction, habitat loss, habitat destruction, habitat fragmentation, infrastructure, roads, dams, poaching, 2016, Africa, Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Leuser Ecosystem, Nigeria, development corridors, giraffe, Cheetah, Brazilian Amazon, Brazilian Forest Code, Amazon rainforest, Sumatra, geothermal project, hydroelectric dam, Congo, Congo megadams, Bangladesh, tigers, India waterways, wilderness, global human footprint, genetic diversity, China, illegal wildlife trade, overfishing, overhunting, land-use planning, Zero-deforestation agreement, ivory trade, rhino horn, orangutan, Elephant, mass extinction
Can Cheetahs Outrun Extinction?
WildlifeBill LauranceCheetah, Africa, habitat loss, habitat fragmentation, population decline, Endangered Species, Zimbabwe, genetic variation, infrastructure, population growth, poaching, Sarah Durant, genetic drift, inbreeding, giraffe, Elephant, rhinos, gorilla, mining
The Mega-Banks Funding Forest Destruction in Southeast Asia
RainforestsJeremy Hancebanks, lending institutions, deforestation, infrastructure, Forests and Finance, Malaysia Forest, MayBank, ABM Amro, Rainforest Action Network, TuK INDONESIA, Profundo, Malaysia, China, Japan, USA, UK, Indonesia, Australia, ANZ, JPMorgan Chase, HSBC, extinction crisis, World Bank, African Development Bank, Asian Development Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, AIIB, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, BNDES, Brazilian Development Bank, roads, highways, coal-fired generating plant, Indigenous peoples, divestment, publicity, bad publicity, negative publicity, oil palm, logging, timber, paper pulp, rubber, forest-risk companies
Silent Forests: Battling Hunting Overkill in Southeast Asia
WildlifeJeremy Hancehunting, poaching, Southeast Asia, snares, Rhett Harrison, deforestation, roads, infrastructure, dams, logging, mining, defaunation, seed dispersal, bushmeat, tigers, pangolins, wild pigs, deer, core forest, population growth, protected areas
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
Is Nature Conservation A Lost Cause?
ConservationBill LauranceBrazil, Cambodia, infrastructure, Tanzania, William Laurance, Amazon, highways, dams, illegal logging, elephants, Seima Protected Area, Serengeti Highway, no-deforestation pledges, corporations, Stephen Blake, poaching, oil palm, woodpulp, Michelin, Aceh, Leuser Ecosystem, Amazon dams, Africa, development corridors, commodity prices, China, Brazilian Congres, Lacey Act, FLEGT, Australian Illegal Logging Bill, Chatham House, Cameroon, Indonesia, conservation victories
Time for Action: Environmental Emergency in Brazil
PoliticsBill LauranceBrazil, Brazilian Senate, PEC 65, Blairo Maggi, infrastructurer, infrastructure, deforestation, dams, roads, Brazilian Congress, Tapajos River
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
The world's forests will collapse if we don't learn to say 'no'
Infrastructure ExpansionBill Lauranceinfrastructure, roads, dams, power lines, gas lines, wilderness, core forest, Philip Fearnside, William Laurance, Amazon, Congo, Mekong River, Eneas Salati, Sub-Saharan Africa
