A Photographic Celebration of Nature
WildlifeBill LauranceLeuser Ecosystem, Leuser National Park, Gunung Leuser, Sumatra, rainforest, orangutan, Elephant, rhinoceros, Sumatran tiger, Sumatran orangutan, Siprayudi, Bill Laurance, oil palm, illegal hunting, encroachment, protected areas, kingfisher, viper, Thomas' Langur, dragonfly, gecko, Long-tailed Macaque, Slow Loris, Water Monitor
Why Chop the Amazon Rainforest in Half?
Infrastructure ExpansionBill LauranceAmazon, rainforest, road, BR-319, BR-174, Manaus, Porto Velho, habitat fragmentation, poaching, logging, fires, BR-163, Rio Negro Bridge, William Laurance, Philip Fearnside, land speculation, illegal mining
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
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
A Photographic Celebration of Nature
WildlifeBill LauranceLeuser Ecosystem, Leuser National Park, Gunung Leuser, Sumatra, rainforest, orangutan, Elephant, rhinoceros, Sumatran tiger, Sumatran orangutan, Siprayudi, Bill Laurance, oil palm, illegal hunting, encroachment, protected areas, kingfisher, viper, Thomas' Langur, dragonfly, gecko, Long-tailed Macaque, Slow Loris, Water Monitor
Indonesian Citizens Sue Government to Save Imperiled Rainforest
RainforestsBill LauranceLeuser Ecosystem, Gunung Leuser National Park, Sumatra, Aceh, Indonesian Ministry of Home Affairs, Gerakan Rakyat Aceh Menggugat, Sumatran rhino, Asian elephant, Sumatran tiger, orangutan, deforestation, roads, logging, oil palm plantations, woodpulp, rainforest, William Laurance, Farwiza Farha, GeRaM, World Heritage
Key Trends to Watch: Perils and Promise for Rainforests in 2016
RainforestsBill Laurancerainforest, 2016, deforestation, carbon emissions, commodity prices, timber, oil palm, soy, beef, oil, mining, minerals, China, roads, infrastructure, Africa, El Nino, drought, Godzilla, Indonesia, haze, peat fires, peatland, Southeast Asia, Brazil, recession, exports, hydroelectric dams, Amazon, Mata Atlantica, Atlantic forests, President Dilma, Zero-deforestation agreement, no-deforestation pledge, wood pulp, land-use planning, Malaysia, Paris COP, REDD, REDD+, global warming, climate change, biodiversity, scientific uncertainty
Help us save the last place on Earth where Orangutans, Tigers and Elephants live together
ConservationBill LauranceLeuser Ecosystem, Indonesia, Sumatra, orangutan, tiger, elephant, rhinoceros, oil palm, deforestation, rainforest, biodiversity hotspot, Racing Extinction
Stealing the Rain from a Rainforest
Martine Marondrought, rainforest, Daintree Drought Experiment, Susan Laurance, James Cook University, Daintree Rainforest Observatory, tree survival, plant physiology, big trees, fires, canopy crane, Godzilla
Bizarre story in the Washington Post
Bill LauranceNigeria, logging, rainforest, deforestation, Washington Post, Nicole Crowder, Watergate, Akintunde Akinleye, photographs, Brazil, Brazilian Amazon, forest fires, smoke, Matt Hansen, University of Maryland, Global Forest Watch, Mongabay.com
Does 'vampire' squirrel have world's fluffiest tail?
Indonesia now biggest 'forest killer'
Mega-corporation still destroying forests, despite green pledge
Bill LauranceAPRIL, Sumatra, Indonesia, paper pulp, deforestation, forest clearing, rainforest, biodiversity, no-deforestation pledge, no deforestation, Foreign Correspondent, Bill Laurance, Greenpeace
Carnage for forest elephants
Wildlife, Most PopularBill Lauranceforest elephant, elephant, illegal ivory, ivory trade, roads, poaching, Africa, Equatorial Africa, rainforest, logging, China
World's biggest oil palm producer criticized for breaking pledge
PoliticsBill LauranceWilmar, Balikpapan, deforestation, no-deforestation pledge, oil palm, Indonesia, NGOs, Kalimantan, rainforest, peat forest, peatlands
The debate about forest conservation
Bill Lauranceselective logging, secondary forest, old-growth forest, rainforest, tropical forest, scientific debate, Corey Bradshaw, ConservationBytes, logged forest, logging, Indonesia
ALERT supports online petition for Leuser Ecosystem
Conservation, Editors PicksEllen FieldSumatra, Leuser Ecosystem, World Heritage, elephant, orangutan, tiger, rhinoceros, rainforest, ALERT
Forests reduce flooding
ALERT's first issue: The last lowland forest in Sumatra
RainforestsBill LauranceLeuser Ecosystem, Sumatra, rainforest, tiger, rhinoceros, orangutan, elephant, deforestation, Indonesia, oil palm
In Borneo, an imperiled Eden struggles to survive
ConservationBill LauranceDanum Valley, Borneo, Sabah, Malaysia, rainforest, wildlife, oil palm, deforestation, protected area, overhunting, hunting
