Kenya Dams Will Ruin The Serengeti
Protected AreasBill LauranceKenya, Tanzania, Serengeti, drought, dams, migratory wildlife, wildebeest, African Plains Elephant, zebra, savannas, migration, Mara River, Mara dams, Eric Wolanski, Makari Mnaya, Mtango Mtihiko, World Heritage Site, Masai Mara Reserve, Serengeti Highway, Serengeti National Park, Norea Dam, Amala Dam, Mau Forest, Nyangores River, Borenga Dam, hydropower, hydroelectric projects, irrigation, water harvesting, droughts, Norera Dam, Lesser Flamingos, mass mortality, World Bank, ecotourism
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
Political Attack on Amazonian Protected Areas
PoliticsPhilip FearnsideBrazil, Amazon, Amazonas, Para, deforestation, rainfall recycling, tipping point, Amazon dieback, PADDD, park degazettement, President Temer, rainfall, drought, Philip Fearnside, Thomas Lovejoy
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
Which Nations Are Causing The Most Environmental Damage?
Infrastructure ExpansionBill Laurancedeforestation, foreign investment, AIIB, tropical deforestation, Latin America, South America, China, pollution havens, belt and road project, World Bank, carbon emissions, biodiversity loss, extinction, Yale Environment 360, poaching, wildlife poaching, illegal wildlife trade, ivory, ivory smuggling, rhino horn, pangolin
Will Fast-Tracked Projects Shatter Asia’s ‘Jewel of Nature’?
Protected AreasBill LauranceLeuser Ecosystem, Gunung Leuser National Park, Siti Nurbaya, Joko Widodo, Indonesia, Sumatra, orangutan, Sumatran rhino, Sumatran Elephant, Sumatran tiger, deforestation, mining, geothermal project, Irwandi Yusuf, Aceh, roads, powerlines, World Heritage in Danger, hydropower projects, habitat fragmentation, poaching, snares, flooding
Chinese Investments Could Kill 1,500 Indonesian Orangutans
Infrastructure ExpansionBill LauranceIndonesia, orangutan, peat, peatland, peat forest, West Kalimantan, Borneo, deforestation, drainage canal, President Jokowi, President Joko Widodo, PT Mohairson Pawan Khatulistiwa, Sungai Putri peat swamp, Beng Seng Materials, Ketapang Regency, haze, moratorium
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
In An Urbanized World, How Do We Keep Valuing Nature?
Infrastructure Expansion, Most PopularJeremy Hancenature, nature appreciation, loving nature, Jeremy Hance, forests, deforestation, urban growth, urbanization, rural communities, Brazil, China, shifting baseline, hunting, bushmeat, snares, hunters, overhunting, empty forests, Dominican Republic, West Africa
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
Snares: Legitimate Hunting or Torturing Wildlife?
WildlifeBill Laurancepoaching, snares, wildlife snares, protected areas, animal cruelty, empty forests, Tigers, chimpanzees, Forest elephant, antelope, Africa, Asia, roads, deforestation, Panthera, David R. Mills, Malaysia, Indonesia, Sumatran Tiger, Laos, African Golden Cat, commercial hunting, bushmeat
Australian Wins Egg-Frying Contest For Trump
PoliticsBill LauranceDonald Trump, President Trump, Donald J. Trump, global warming, climate change, Australia, South Australia, Corey Bradshaw, Bill Laurance, William Laurance, egg-frying contest, ALERT, Alliance of Leading Environmental Researchers & Thinkers, heat wave, eggsplain, carbon emissions, Chinese hoax, goanna, monitor lizard, goanna's gonads, ConservationBytes, White House
Sabah's 'Bridge to Hell' and other Scary Eco-News from Asia
Infrastructure ExpansionBill LauranceSoutheast Asia, biodiversity, Sabah, infrastructure, Lower Kinatatangan Wildlife Sanctuary, bridge, Bornean elephant, organutan, poaching, deforestation, Alice Hughes, primates, oil palm, rubber, paper pulp, woodpulp, ecotourism, undiscovered species, undiscovered biodiversity, karst, cement, China, wetlands, protected areas, overhunting, Mekong River, dams, pet trade, orangutan, Bridge to Hell, Borneo
ALERT’s First Contest: Frying Eggs for Trump
Double Whammy: Primates and Wilderness in Peril
WildlifeBill Laurancedeforestation, Intact Forest Landscapes, habitat fragmentation, hunting, primates, Alejandro Estrada, Lars Laestadius, infrastructure, endangered primates, endangered species, tropical ecosystems, illegal pet trade, bushmeat, overhunting, oil palm, rubber, Nigeria, Cameroon, University of Maryland, UNAM, old-growth forest, human population growth
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
Brazil’s Surge of Environmental Threats Reaches New Heights
PoliticsPhilip FearnsideBrazil, Amazon, Philip Fearnside, Brazilian Senate, Brazilian Congress, hydroelectric dams, Michael Temer, Sao Luiz do Tapajos Dam, Sawre Maybu indigenous land, Blairo Maggi, soy, IBAMA, FUNAI, indigenous people, deforestation, "ruralist" block, constitutional amendments, environmental licensing
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
Conservationists Aghast at Scheme to Degrade 'Heart of Biodiversity'
RainforestsBill LauranceLeuser Ecosystem, Gunung Leuser National Park, Sumatra, Indonesia, orangutan, Elephant, Sumatran rhino, Sumatran tiger, Hitay Holdings, geothermal project, deforestation, illegal logging, illegal mining, poaching, roads, Siti Nurbaya, Kappi Plateau, Kappi Region, wildlife corridor, protected area, World Heritage site