China's Massive Toll On The Planet
ConservationBill LauranceChina, illegal timber, stolen timber, illegal timber trade, wood products, exports, deforestation, bribery, illegal logging, Environmental Investigation Agency, Chatham House, voluntary standards, environmental boycotts
New Danger: Invading Poachers Kill With Mega-Fires
ConservationBill Laurancefires, game species, Africa, Zimbabwe, local villages, frontier migration, social conflict, roads, logging, mining, industrial mines, traditional livelihoods, mega-fires, gold miners
New Roads Are Devastating The Congo
Infrastructure ExpansionBill LauranceCongo, deforestation, logging, mining, illegal logging, poaching, Cross River Gorilla, Cameroon, Nigeria, Eugene Dongmo, Louis Nkembi, Arend de Haas, GLAD data, time-series, infrastructure, roads, fragmentation, EIAs, protected areas, law enforcement, China, Chinese loggers, Chinese miners, remote-sensing data, cultural conservation, Africa, rainforest
The Overwhelming Value Of Trees
ConservationBill Lauranceheat islands, cities, megacities, trees, evapotranspiration, air pollution, cancer, cardiovascular disease, asthma, emphysema, carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxide, volatile organic compounds, slums, environmental services, floods, carbon storage, biomass, global warming, shade, evaporative cooling, clouds, economic losses, disease, malaria, diarrhea, water pollution, deforestation, mosquitoes, heat stress, urban growth, urban expansion, population growth, developing nations, Africa, Latin America, Asia, drinking water, epidemic disease, green cities, urban ecology
Mining Madness In The Amazon
Infrastructure ExpansionBill LauranceEcuador, mining, industrial mining, illegal gold mining, Michel Temer, John Seed, Philip Fearnside, Protected Forests, Bosques Protectores, mining concessions, PADDD, endemic birds, Andes, RENCA, roads, deforestation, garampeiros, illegal roads, Ruralist
Stopping Wildlife Crime - How Can I Help?
Most Popular, ConservationBill Laurancepoaching, wildlife crime, tigers, elephants, organized crime, environmental crimes, China, Vietnam, Singapore, Hong Kong, Amsterdam, Miami, corruption, snares, crippled animals, maimed animals, silent forests, empty forests, rhino horn, rhinos, pangolin, hornbill, shark, shark finning, organutan, gorilla, songbird, lizard, frog, poachers
The New Poster Child For Global Warming
Climate ChangeJeremy Hanceclimate change, global warming, droughts, African wild dogs, polar bears, coral reefs, lizards, Boyd's Forest Dragon, Bramble Cay Melomys, White Possum, White Lemuroid Possum, north Queensland, diatoms, copepods, protected areas, environmental synergisms, poster child, climatic refugia
Environmental Nightmare For The Amazon
RainforestsPhilip FearnsideAmazon, rainforest, Brazil, Michel Temer, deforestation, Ruralists, corruption, pork barrel, illegal land claims, land grabbing, land-thieves law, indigenous lands, protected areas, roads, highway, impeachment, economic crisis
Transforming Forest Killers Into Forest Savers
PoliticsBill LauranceClay Ogg, farm subsidies, deforestation, carbon emissions, National Center for Environmental Economics, tropical forests, subsidies, Brazil, Indonesia, REDD, E.U., conservation-compliance program, trade agreement, fertilizer, farming, peat swamp, peat, peat bog, global warming, nitrous oxide, OECD, Southeast Asia, palm oil, government subsidies, decoupled subsidies, crop prices
A Dangerous Year For Nature And Its Saviours
ConservationBill Laurancemurder, conservationists, mining, logging, agribusiness, poaching, Amazon, Brazil, Michel Temer, Dorothy Stang, protected areas, land-grabs, land grabs, environmental laws, Australia, Kevin Rudd, super-profits tax, tax-free status, environmental groups, Global Witness
How Critical Are Big Parks?
Protected AreasJeremy Hanceprotected areas, national parks, endangered species, ecosystems, carbon storage, environmental services, snow leopards, rare species, park size, Colombia, Borneo, Danum Valley, Malaysia, Chiribiquete National Park, hunting, logging, rainforests, climate change, corridors, conservation corridors, Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, President Obama, President Trump, E. O. Wilson, Half Earth, marine protected areas, climate refugia, Puerto Sabalo-Los Monos Reserve, Monochoa Reserve, big reserves, wildlife corridor, cheetah, ocelot, toucan, Daintree, African forest elephant, Cape Buffalo
Deadly Din: The Growing Assault of Noise Pollution
Infrastructure ExpansionBill Laurancenoise, car noise, noise pollution, decibels, blood pressure, heart disease, stress, hearing impairments, immune effects, birth defects, developing nations, protected areas, USA, Europe, migrating birds, road avoidance, Henry David Thoreau, invisible habitat deterioration
Why Do We Support Dumb Development?
ConservationBill Laurancedevelopment projects, stranded assets, Dutch Disease, perverse incentives, corruption, oil palm, roads, tropical forests, deforestation, dumb development, Borneo, Malasyia, Nichola Abrams, Africa, Asia, Latin America, Oceania, highways, potholes, erosion, rainfall
For the Environment, Should We Crack Down on Illegal Drugs or Give Up the Fight?
ConservationJeremy Hanceillegal drugs, drug trade, drug traffickers, cartels, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, Panama, deforestation, money laundering, Laguna Tigre National Park, Latin America, Colombia, land grabbing, illegal gold mining, smuggling, Central America, cocaine, marijuana, coca, carbon emissions, War on Drugs, pesticides, Jeremy Hance
Biodiversity In Queensland Is Being Bulldozed to Oblivion
WildlifeBill LauranceQueensland, land clearing, deforestation, bulldozers, Australia, koala, cassowary, Black-throated Finch, invasive species, climate change, woodland, forest, endangered species, Cape York Peninsula, illegal land clearing, Emissions Reduction Fund, 20 Million Trees, Reef Rescue
Brazil’s Politicians Unleash Illegal Loggers, Miners, and Land Thieves
PoliticsPhilip FearnsideMichael Temer, Philip Fearnside, Ruralist agenda, Amazon forest, Transamazon Highway, Amazonas, BR-163, Santarem-Cuiaba Highway, Michel Temer, Jamanxim National Park, Jamanxim National Forest, APAs, grileiros, land thieves, MP 759, PLC 12/16, MP 158, Law 11, Law 11952, deforestation, land-thieves law, land-grabbing
Europe’s Greatest Old-Growth Forest Faces the Axe
ConservationBill Lauranceold-growth forest, Belarus, Białowieża Forest, logging, spruce bark beetle, European bison, European lynx, Gray wolf, World Heritage sites, old trees, Malgorzata Blicharska, Richard Smithers, Polish Ministry of Environment
How Roads Can Cause Economic and Social Meltdown
Infrastructure ExpansionBill Lauranceroads, highways, infrastructure, deforestation, carbon emissions, poaching, wildlife, wildfires, Pandora's Box, video, land-use planning, economic benefits, social stability, social benefits, jobs, politics, development policy
Road Rage: The Real Reason Roads Are So Dangerous
Infrastructure ExpansionBill Lauranceroads, highways, infrastructure, Asia, Africa, Amazon, poaching, deforestation, land-use planning, land-use change, climate change, global warming, James Cook University, TESS, ALERT, developing countries, developing nations
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