Australia talks the talk but will it walk the walk for conservation?
Bill Laurancerainforests, Asia-Pacific Rainforest Summit, Greg Hunt, Asia-Pacific region, biodiversity hotspots, biodiversity loss, World Parks Congress, deforestation, illegal logging, Tony Abbott government
The corporations that turn rainforests into toilet paper
Neotropical rainforests under assault from infrastructure & mining
Bill LauranceNeotropical forests, rainforests, Interoceanic Canal, Nicaragua, Brazil, Amazon, Andes, mining, hydroelectric projects, hydroelectric dams, infrastructure, BNDES, IIRSA, China, Central America, South America, deforestation, roads, Tapajos River, ATBC, Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation
Making the next ten years count for protected areas
James Watsonprotected areas, national parks, parks, World Heritage, World Parks Congress, IUCN, James Watson, Marc Hockings, park management, mountain gorilla, Nature, ecosystem services, carbon storage, clean water, weather extremes, Convention on Biological Diversity, climate change, social benefits, economic benefits
Real hope for the world's rainforests
Bill Laurancedeforestation, rainforests, illegal activities, no-deforestation pledge, zero deforestation, satellite monitoring, drones, automatic cameras, DNA technologies, real-time monitoring, oil palm, soy, beef, wood pulp, Brazil, Amazon, Rhett Butler, Mongabay
Ten ways you can help stop the sixth mass extinction
Bill Laurancebiodiversity crisis, sixth mass extinction, mass extinction, species extinction, Anthony Barnosky, global warming, deforestation, overfishing, overpopulation, habitat loss, political leadership, eat less meat, palm oil, oil palm, carbon footprint, Huffington Post
Export markets are driving much of tropical deforestation
Bill Lauranceagricultural commodities, soy, beef, timber, palm oil, tropical deforestation, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Democratic Republic of Congo, Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, export markets, globalization, Center for Global Development, greenhouse gas emissions, commodity exports, European Union, E.U., China
A plea to stop the land-grabbing in New Guinea
Bill LaurancePapua New Guinea, SABLs, Special Agricultural and Business Leases, land grabs, oil palm, Collingwood Bay, Lester Seri, illegal logging, traditional landowners, Oro Communities Environmental Advocacy Network, Rainforest Action Network
ALERT's campaign to defend Papua New Guinea's rainforests
Bill LaurancePapua New Guinea, SABLs, Special Agricultural and Business Leases, illegal logging, deforestation, Commission of Inquiry, corruption, land-grabs, land grabs, foreign logging corporations, Rimbunan Hijau, Indigenous peoples, World Parks Congress
The man who loves global warming
Bill LauranceAlan Oxley, global warming, greenhouse gases, coal miners, coal mining, lobbyist, Australia, fossil fuels, ITS Global, divestment, Australian National University, Stanford University, China
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
ALERT's campaign to save island paradise from loggers
Sign petition to help stop Thailand 'death-trap' highway
Bill LauranceDong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex, death-trap highway, Rainforest Rescue, road kill, Thailand, highway, illegal logging, illegal hunting, infrastructure, World Heritage Area
Will new supercrops feed the world and help save nature?
Bill Laurancesupercrops, oil palm, palm oil, land sparing, deforestation, tropical forests, land-use planning, land zoning, agriculture, biofuels, global food demand, food security, tropical rainforests
Global rally against devastating wildlife poaching
Bill Laurancepoaching, illegal hunting, rally against poaching, elephants, rhinos, rhinoceros, forest elephants, marine turtles, Vietnam, vertebrate wildlife, population declines
It's not just big corporations that are killing Indonesia's forests
Bill LauranceIndonesia, deforestation, smallholders, slash-and-burn farming, illegal logging, poaching, Joko Widodo, election promises, illegal mining, law enforcement, corruption, bribery, local investors, forest burning, big corporations, mega-corporations, oil palm, wood pulp, illegal colonization
Our biggest environmental crisis -- by far
Bill Lauranceoverpopulation, Africa, Middle East, family planning, contraception, education for young women, radicalization, United Nations Population Division, population growth, fertility rate, family size, divorce, social stability, population projections, immigration, illegal immigration, Muslim nations, Europe, anti-immigration groups, demography, environmental damage, global warming
Climate change could threaten our beer
Bill LauranceClimate Peril, John J. Berger, beer, agriculture, global warming, heat waves, droughts, complex interrelationships, socioeconomic impacts, environmental impacts, biodiversity
ALERT urges Indonesian president to protect imperiled forest
Bill LauranceLeuser Ecosystem, Indonesia, President SBY, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Sumatra, Aceh, Aceh spatial plan, deforestation, UN Climate Summit, HAkA
Are Australia's mysterious mammal declines spreading?
Bill Laurancemammal declines, Australia, tropical bettong, bettong, bandicoots, quolls, native rodents, feral cats, cane toads, pathogens, fire regimes, overgrazing, mammal extinctions, biodiversity loss, Sandra Abell-Davis, north Queensland
