Australia: To Save Your Ecology, Bring Back the Dingo
WildlifeJohn Terborghdingo, dingoes, feral cats, red foxes, predator control, dingo fence, John Terborgh, overgrazing, cane toads, fire, burning, cattle, mammal extinctions, Australia, Diprotodon, Thylacine, Red Kangaroos, Megalania, Thylacoleo, marsupial lion, marsupial wolf, quoll, marsupial cat, Aboriginals, Tasmanian Devil, rewilding, landscape of fear, predation, northern savannas, Australian Wildlife Conservancy
Good News: Parks Work to Conserve Biodiversity
WildlifeJeremy Hanceparks, protected areas, Jeremy Hance, Claudia Gray, species richness, species abundance, vertebrates, invertebrates, plants, wildlife conservation, biodiversity, PREDICTS, endemic species, ecological niches, Convention on Biological Diversity
Combating Asia's Catastrophic Illegal Wildlife Trade
WildlifeBill Lauranceillegal wildlife trade, poaching, Asia, Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Jacob Phelps, Chris Shepherd, Tony Lynam, Conservation Asia 2016, captive breeding, endangered species, overexploitation, organized crime, law enforcement, CITES, wildlife markets, silent forests
Massive Superhighway Imperils Nigeria's Environment
Infrastructure ExpansionBill LauranceNigeria, superhighway, population growth, Amina Mohammed, President Buhari, Cross River State, endangered primates, Cross River National Park, Ekuri People, Ben Ayade, deforestation, bulldozing
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
The Untold Environmental Costs of the Brexit Vote
PoliticsBill LauranceBrexit, Blood Gold, Pierre-Michel Forget, ATBC, French Guiana, Suriname, illegal gold mining, mercury pollution, cyanide pollution, deforestation, water quality, protected areas, gold mines, Nouragues Protected Area, gold prices, Columbus Gold/Norgold, Montagne d'Or, Amazon rainforest, Guianas
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
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
The Vast Congo River to be Imperiled by the World's Biggest Dam
Infrastructure ExpansionAlice HughesInga Dam, Inga 3 Dam, Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo River, Congo Basin, roads, powerlines, hydroelectric dam, Transparency International, corruption, deforestation, environmental impact assessments, okapi, bonobo, Congo rainforest, Bundi Valley, aquatic wildlife, freshwater biodiversity, malaria
Rivers of Destruction: The Implications of India’s National Waterways Bill for Biodiversity
Infrastructure ExpansionBill LauranceIndia, rivers, national waterways, river channelization, riparian vegetation, fish, turtles, terrapins, aquatic biodiversity, Ganges River Dolphin, Gharial, sand mining, dredging, marshes, aquatic birds
Proposed Roads Imperil Desperately Needed Stronghold for Sumatran Tigers
WildlifeBill LauranceSumatran tiger, Kerinci Seblat National Park, Jambi Province, Sumatra, Roads, Sumatran rhino, poaching, logging, mining, farming, Fauna & Flora International, Mount Kerinci, Mount Sinabung
Time for Action: Environmental Emergency in Brazil
PoliticsBill LauranceBrazil, Brazilian Senate, PEC 65, Blairo Maggi, infrastructurer, infrastructure, deforestation, dams, roads, Brazilian Congress, Tapajos River
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
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
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
The World's Largest Primate Teeters on the Edge of Extinction
WildlifeBill Laurancegorilla, Grauer's Gorilla, Democratic Republic of Congo, Jefferson Hall, Andrew Plumtree, Stuart Nixon, Ghislain Vieilledent, critically endangered, poaching, Coltan, illegal mining, Congo Basin, mountain gorilla, civil war, war, park rangers, Punia Gorilla Reserve, Itombwe Natural Reserve, Kahuzi-Biega National Park, blood gold, blood diamonds, blood coltan
Will new mega-banks force a 'race to the bottom' for the environment?
PoliticsBill LauranceAIIB, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, BNDES, Brazilian Development Bank, World Bank, Asian Development Bank, African Development Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, International Monetary Fund, international lenders, infrastructure, roads, dams, hydroelectric dams, mining, logging, deforestation, human rights, indigenous peoples, developing nations, China, India, Russia, OECD nations
Poaching bloodbath continues in northern Sumatra, with new roads poised to open up last surviving forests
Protected AreasBill Laurancepoaching, tigers, rhinos, elephants, orangutans, Leuser Ecosystem, Ladia Galaska Road Network, Sumatra, Indonesia, Aceh, deforestation, logging, Sumatran tiger, Aceh spatial plan
Could this little bird halt one of the world's biggest mining projects?
Infrastructure ExpansionBill LauranceCarmichael Coal Mine, Adani, Adani Group, Black-throated Finch, Galilee Basin, Queensland, coal mining, habitat loss, extinction, Australia, open-pit coal mine, biodiversity offsets, Eric Vanderduys, April Reside
