Study: Global urban footprint will triple by 2030
Bill LauranceKaren Seto, urban expansion, habitat loss, urban sprawl, overpopulation, biodiversity hotspots, South Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, population growth, urban area, Eastern Afromontane hotspot, Guinean Forests of West Africa hotspot, Western Ghats, Sri Lanka, urbanization, China, Turkey, Mexico
Palm oil chief grossly distorts facts about deforestation
Bill LauranceMalaysian Palm Oil Council, MPOC, Yusof Basiron, oil palm, palm oil, deforestation, Sarawak, Malaysia, Borneo, orangutans, Sumatra, forest conversion
Illegal loggers murder Peruvian forest campaigner
Bill LauranceEdwin Chota, illegal logging, Peru, Peruvian Amazon, timber theft, murder, assassination, Asheninka people, death threats, timber mafias, criminal gangs
Dramatic erosion of world's last intact forests
Bill LauranceIntact Forest Landscapes, road building, logging, fires, forest conversion, agriculture, Russia, Canada, Brazil, Greenpeace, University of Maryland, Transparent World, World Resources Institute, WWF-Russia, Global Forest Watch
Will mining company save or destroy the species named after it?
Gopalasamy Reuben Clementskarst, limestone karst, cement, Malaysia, endemic species, local endemics, land snails, durian fruit, Kanthan Hill, quarrying
Indonesia plans to destroy another 14 million hectares of forest
Bill LauranceIndonesia, moratorium, REDD pact, Norway, 14 million hectares, logged forest, industrial plantations, pulpwood, oil palm, deforestation, Sumatra, Borneo
Last chance to save the world's primary forests
James Watsonprimary forests, old-growth forests, deforestation, international conventions, climate change, adaptive capacity, climate refugia, industrial nations, USA, Russia, Canada, Australia, New Zealand
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
Conservation priorities for Malaysia--a megadiversity nation in peril
Bill LauranceSociety for Conservation Biology-Asia Chapter, Malaysia, Peninsular Malaysia, Central Forest Spine Master Plan, Heart of Borneo Initiative, deforestation, poaching, park encroachment, Melaka Resolution, Sabah, Sarawak
ALERT launches campaign to save imperiled Thai forest
Bill LauranceThailand, Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex, DPKY Forest Complex, World Heritage, World Heritage in Danger, road impacts, deforestation, illegal logging, poaching, Asian elephant, dhole, Highway 304, Stop Global Warming Association, habitat fragmentation, roadkill
In smoke-choked Asia, fires beget more fires
Bill Laurancesmoke, air pollution, Sumatra, Southeast Asia, Singapore, David Gaveau, June 2013 fires, slash-and-burn, oil palm, pulpwood plantations, smog, fire dynamics, drought, forest fires
China's massive role in illegal logging
Bill LauranceChina, illegal timber, stolen timber, illegal timber trade, wood products, exports, deforestation, bribery, illegal logging, Environmental Investigation Agency, Chatham House, voluntary standards, environmental boycotts
Habitat fragmentation disrupts forest carbon cycles
Bill Laurancehabitat fragmentation, carbon storage, forest carbon storage, climate change, carbon dioxide, greenhouse gas emissions, organic decomposition, fungi, edge effects, edge-related fires, Amazon, forest desiccation
Cute, funny eco-videos to light up your day
'Blood gold': Illegal miners devastating rainforests
Bill LauranceIllegal gold mining, illegal mining, Blood gold, blood diamonds, blood ivory, Peru, Brazil, Kayapo Reserve, Indigenous peoples, Indonesia, Borneo, rainforest destruction, corruption, park invasions
Junk Food, Junk Earth
Logging sharply increases fire risk for endangered forests
Explosion of illegal roads in the Amazon
Bill LauranceAmazon, roads, Brazil, deforestation, remote sensing, illegal roads, legal roads, logging, hunting, mining, ranchers, loggers, Brazilian Amazon
Big risks for the world's biggest coal mine
Bill LauranceAdani, Carmichael Coal Mine, Queensland, Australia, carbon emissions, India, Mundra, Gujarat State, corruption, scandal, Campbell Newman, coal mining, global warming
Company to spend $12 million felling Papua's rainforests
Bill LauranceWilmar, oil palm, palm oil, deforestation, Papua, Indonesia, ANJT, no-deforestation pledge, New Guinea, Indonesian Papua, forest clearing
