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
Positive Signs: Environmental Progress in Indonesia
WildlifeBill LauranceIndonesia, Aceh, Leuser Ecosystem, President Joko Widodo, President Jokowi, Siti Nurbaya, Minister of Environment and Forestry, Papua, West Papua, New Guinea, Sumatra, peat, wildfires, haze, orangutan, tiger, rhinos, elephant, Irwandi, ForestHints.News, ANJT, oil palm plantations, mining concessions, oil palm concessions, woodpulp concessions, logging concessions, poaching, park encroachment
A Death Sentence for the Bengal Tiger?
ConservationBill Laurancetiger, Bengal tigers, Sundarbans, Bangladesh, World Heritage, coal-fired generating plant, Irawadi Dolphin, Ganges River Dolphin, Indian Python, Estuarine Crocodile, mangrove forests, Bharat Heavy Electrics, Rampal coal-fired plant, greenhouse gases, tsunami, monsoon
Perils for the Last Place Where Tigers, Orangutans, Elephants and Rhinos Survive in the Wild
ConservationBill LauranceLeuser Ecosystem, tiger, Sumatran Elephant, orangutan, Sumatran rhino, Aceh, Aceh spatial plan, geothermal project, hydroelectric projects, PT Hitay Panas Energy, PT Trinusa Energy Indonesia, Indonesia, Sumatra, World Heritage in Danger, GeRaM, Gerakan Rakyat Aceh Menggugat, Abu Kari, lawsuit, Kappi Region, Kluet River
Debate Erupts over Status of Wildlife in India
WildlifePriya DavidarPriya Davidar, Raman Sukumar, Asian elephant, tiger, rhinoceros, Asiatic lion, India, protected areas, landscape management, Stephen Blake, Simon Hedges, elephant populations, scientific uncertainty, precautionary principle, human-elephant conflicts, habitat fragmentation, encroachment
New Hope for the Last Home for Tigers, Orangutans, Rhinos and Elephants
WildlifeBill LauranceLeuser Ecosystem, Indonesia, Sumatra, orangutan, tiger, elephant, rhinoceros, President Joko Widodo, Siti Nurbaya, Greenomics, Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Program, Ian Singleton, Leonardo DiCaprio, oil palm, mining, rice, oil palm moratorium, mining moratorium, Aceh, Muzakir Manaf
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
How well do community-managed lands promote nature conservation?
Bill Laurancecommunity-managed lands, nature conservation, protected areas, hunting, poaching, Amazon, Indonesia, Brazil, Papua New Guinea, traditional landowners, migration, frontier migration, transmigration, indigenous peoples, indigenous lands, gaur, tiger, clouded leopard, golden cat
Megadiversity in peril?
Gopalasamy Reuben ClementsPeninsular Malaysia, Malaysia, Rimba, Gopalasamy Reuben Clements, Sheema Aziz, tiger, elephant, deforestation, oil palm, logging, hunting
Take a minute to help save Sumatra's last rainforest
Bill LauranceLeuser Ecosystem, Aceh, Indonesia, Sumatra, orangutan, tiger, elephant, rhinoceros, deforestation, Ladia Galaska Road Network, lowland rainforest
The plight of primates... 9000 killed for one bushmeat market
Bill Lauranceprimates, deforestation, Indonesia, Ivory Coast, Cote d'Ivoire, poaching, overhunting, pet trade, monkeys, orangutan, Leuser Ecosystem, Sumatra, rhinoceros, elephant, tiger, overpopulation, hunting, bushmeat
ALERT supports online petition for Leuser Ecosystem
Conservation, Editors PicksEllen FieldSumatra, Leuser Ecosystem, World Heritage, elephant, orangutan, tiger, rhinoceros, rainforest, ALERT
ALERT's first issue: The last lowland forest in Sumatra
RainforestsBill LauranceLeuser Ecosystem, Sumatra, rainforest, tiger, rhinoceros, orangutan, elephant, deforestation, Indonesia, oil palm