Vietnam's Logging Scandal: Time for An International Boycott?
ConservationJeremy HanceVietnam, timber, timber exports, illegal logging, Cambodia, Jeremy Hance, European Union, U.S.A., Australia, Environmental Investigation Agency, elephant, sun bear, Asian black bear, clouded leopard, golden cat, Sunda pangolin, Virachey National Park, poaching, drug traffickers, murder, FLEGT, proboscis monkey, timber smuggling
Dumb & Dumber: The Global Assault on Environmental Laws
ConservationBill Lauranceenvironmental law, environmental regulation, policy, legislation, SLAPP, wolf, endangered species, global warming, Guillaume Chapron, pollution, mining, fish, migratory birds, ecological restoration, Forest Code, Brazil, Canada, United State, Peru, Amazon, Mauritius, flying fox, South Africa, Western Australia, France
Why Deforestation Is Exactly Like Cancer
ConservationBill Laurancedeforestation, cancer, contagious, contagion, poaching, hunting, roads, highways, developing nations, wilderness, protected areas, tumor, illegal roads, fire, wildfire, Amazon, monitoring, law enforcement, environmental regulations, corruption, silent forests, habitat fragmentation
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
Dramatic Conservation Pledge by Papua, Indonesia
ConservationBill LaurancePapua, Papua Province, Indonesia, 83-percent pledge, New Guinea, Elia Loupatty, Project Papua, Pokja Papua, Joko Widodo, President Joko Widodo, Trans-Papuan Highway, roads, deforestation, Lorentz National Park, World Heritage site, Bill Laurance, William Laurance, habitat fragmentation, carbon emissions, Victoria Crowned Pigeon, cultural values, biodiversity
ALERT Debate: Palm Oil in Africa
ConservationBill Lauranceoil palm, palm oil, Africa, Southeast Asia, Joshua Linder, Erik Meijaard, Thomas Struhaker, Carolyn Josh Robinson, Marc Ancrenaz, Serge Wich, Palm Oil Paradox, GRASP, apes, gorillas, chimpanzees, bon, bonobo, gibbon, deforestation, land-use planning, land-use zoning, governance, frontier development
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
China's Rapacious Apetite for Timber Is Devastating West Africa's Woodlands
ConservationBill LauranceRosewood, Nigeria, Hazel Chapman, West Africa, savanna, Sahel, Pterocarpus erinaceus, illegal logging, China, illegal timber trade, deforestation
Only Radical Action Will Stop Earth's Sixth Mass Extinction
ConservationBill Lauranceextinction, mass extinction, sixth mass extinction, Bill Laurance, Paul Ehrlich, The Population Bomb, Natalia Ocampa-Penuela, birds, biodiversity hotspots, IUCN Red List, protected areas, human population growth, climate change, wilderness, endangered species
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
A Vital New Reason To Save Wilderness
ConservationBill Laurancewilderness, deforestation, genetic diversity, genetic variation, inbreeding, Tasmanian Devil, Cheetah, Wolves, habitat disruption, habitat loss, William Laurance, Bill Laurance, carbon storage, water quality, rare species, wildlife, extinction, mutation
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
Planet at a Crossroads: Report from the IUCN World Congress
ConservationAlice HughesIUCN World Conservation Congress, endangered species, threatened mammals, climate change, habitat loss, habitat fragmentation, deforestation, IUCN Red List, biodiversity hotspots, illegal wildlife trade, Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, Bramble Cay Melomys, Paris COP, great apes, protected areas, Aichi Targets, key biodiversity areas, defaunation, mass extinction, Alice Hughes
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
Scientists Unite Against Accelerated Habitat Loss in Australia
ConservationBill Laurancea, Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, deforestation, bushland clearing, habitat loss, deforestation hotspot, climate change, threatened species, Martine Maron, squirrel glider, Koala, glossy black-cockatoo, red goshawk, Society for Conservation Biology, Ecological Society of Australia, Royal Zoological Society of NSW, Australian Wildlife Management Society, woodland loss, habitat restoration
Demise of the World's Forest Giants
ConservationBill Laurancebig trees, giant trees, big old trees, forest giants, deforestation, logging, drought, weeds, fires, habitat fragmentation, David Lindenmayer, William Laurance, Mountain Ash, Gamba Grass, Lantana, carbon storage, evapotranspiration, fruit, foliage, nectar, tree cavities
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
Famed biologist Asks: Is Australia a Continent or just a Continent-sized Island?
ConservationBill LauranceJohn Terborgh, Australia, Gondwanaland, Thylacine, canids, felids, raptors, honeyeaters, thornbills, islands, continents, top predators, faunal assemblage, competition, kangaroo, wombat, marsupial lion, monitor lizard, wallaroos, kangaroos, koala, drought, fairly wren, babblers, cooperative breeding, scrub birds, cockatoo, Charles Darwin, endemic species
ALERT's three most important conservation trends in 2015
ConservationBill LauranceALERT, El Nino, infrastructure, roads, deforestation, poaching, illegal mining, no-deforestation pledges, Indonesia, Brazil, wildfires, 2015, haze, Southeast Asia, Sumatra, Cambodia, India, Amazon, Sub-Saharan Africa, peatland, forest fires, Daintree Drought Experiment, power lines, gas lines, G20 nations, BNDES, AIIB, New York Times, New Scientist, West Africa, migratory species, RoadLess, E.C. Joint Research Center, Godzilla
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
