Posts tagged road expansion
Is Our Planet Ready for 2 Billion Cars?
Climate ChangeBill Laurancecars, trucks, buses, motorcycles, motorized vehicles, traffic, air pollution, nanoparticles, cardiovascular disease, autoimmune disease, road expansion, deforestation, roadkill, greenhouse gases, urban growth, megacities, global roadmap, fuel efficiency, public transport
Are You Ready for a Planet with 2 Billion Cars?
Infrastructure ExpansionBill Laurancecars, trucks, buses, motorcycles, motorized vehicles, traffic, air pollution, nanoparticles, cardiovascular disease, autoimmune disease, road expansion, deforestation, roadkill, greenhouse gases, urban growth, megacities, global roadmap, fuel efficiency, public transport
Wildife struggle in an increasingly noisy world
Bill Laurancenoise, traffic noise, road expansion, Heidi Ware, phantom road, wildlife stress, migratory species, migratory birds, William Laurance, national parks, nature reserves, infrastructure, human-generated noise, Idaho
Roads to ruin: The devastating impacts of the global infrastructure explosion
Bill Lauranceroads, infrastructure, G20 nations, New York Times, New Scientist, Bill Laurance, dams, hydroelectric dams, power lines, gas lines, mining, fossil fuels, road expansion, deforestation, species extinctions, biodiversity loss, dinosaur extinctions, International New York Times, forest elephants, overhunting, poaching, logging roads
ALERT confronts US Ambassador about roads
Bill Lauranceroads, highways, road expansion, wilderness, deforestation, Kenneth Quinn, US ambassador, Congo Basin, Amazon Basin, New Guinea, Siberia, National Geographic, environmental impacts, rural communities, food security
Where on Earth should roads go and not go?
Bill LauranceA global strategy for road building, William Laurance, Nature magazine, road building, zoning roads, food production, global food demand, road expansion, Pandora's Box effect, illegal logging, poaching, land speculation, land-use zoning, deforestation, illegal mining
Help ALERT combat threats to crucial Malaysian park
Gopalasamy Reuben ClementsSelangor State Park, Malaysia, Peninsular Malaysia, endangered species, deforestation, road expansion, park degazettement, habitat fragmentation, ecosystem services, watershed, catchment, water quality, petition
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
