A Vital New Reason To Save Wilderness
ConservationBill Laurancewilderness, deforestation, genetic diversity, genetic variation, inbreeding, Tasmanian Devil, Cheetah, Wolves, habitat disruption, habitat loss, William Laurance, Bill Laurance, carbon storage, water quality, rare species, wildlife, extinction, mutation
Perils for the Last Place Where Tigers, Orangutans, Elephants and Rhinos Survive in the Wild
ConservationBill LauranceLeuser Ecosystem, tiger, Sumatran Elephant, orangutan, Sumatran rhino, Aceh, Aceh spatial plan, geothermal project, hydroelectric projects, PT Hitay Panas Energy, PT Trinusa Energy Indonesia, Indonesia, Sumatra, World Heritage in Danger, GeRaM, Gerakan Rakyat Aceh Menggugat, Abu Kari, lawsuit, Kappi Region, Kluet River
Planet at a Crossroads: Report from the IUCN World Congress
ConservationAlice HughesIUCN World Conservation Congress, endangered species, threatened mammals, climate change, habitat loss, habitat fragmentation, deforestation, IUCN Red List, biodiversity hotspots, illegal wildlife trade, Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, Bramble Cay Melomys, Paris COP, great apes, protected areas, Aichi Targets, key biodiversity areas, defaunation, mass extinction, Alice Hughes
Human Impacts on the Planet are Severe but Slowing Down
ConservationBill Lauranceglobal human footprint, agriculture, cities, population growth, food production, farming efficiency, yield gaps, land-use planning, deforestation, biodiversity, climate change, Oscar Venter, Bill Laurance, James Watson, roads, infrastructure, urban area, economic growth, developing nations, consumption, wilderness
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
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
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
ALERT's three most important conservation trends in 2015
ConservationBill LauranceALERT, El Nino, infrastructure, roads, deforestation, poaching, illegal mining, no-deforestation pledges, Indonesia, Brazil, wildfires, 2015, haze, Southeast Asia, Sumatra, Cambodia, India, Amazon, Sub-Saharan Africa, peatland, forest fires, Daintree Drought Experiment, power lines, gas lines, G20 nations, BNDES, AIIB, New York Times, New Scientist, West Africa, migratory species, RoadLess, E.C. Joint Research Center, Godzilla
Help us save the last place on Earth where Orangutans, Tigers and Elephants live together
ConservationBill LauranceLeuser Ecosystem, Indonesia, Sumatra, orangutan, tiger, elephant, rhinoceros, oil palm, deforestation, rainforest, biodiversity hotspot, Racing Extinction
Africa's Greatest Environmental Challenge -- Ever
ConservationBill LauranceAfrica, Sub-Saharan Africa, development corridors, African Development Bank, mining, agriculture, food security, population growth, Current Biology, roads, railroads, energy infrastructure, power lines, gas lines, colonization, poaching, hunting, deforestation, infrastructure, wildlife, elephant, fires
Why We Simply Must Have Predators
ConservationJohn Terborghpredators, John Terborgh, rewilding, George Monbiot, biodiversity, eutrophication, fire regimes, exotic species, Lago Guri, islands, alternative states, wolves, bears, tigers, lions, ecological collapse, green world hypothesis, Hairston et al. 1960, harpy eagle, secondary compounds, plant diversity
Top ecologist: New park only solution to Victoria forest 'disaster'
The blight of illegal gold mining
Conservation, PeruBill Laurancegold mining, illegal gold mining, forest invasions, Peru, Indonesia, mercury pollution, deforestation, mining, protected areas, blood gold
ALERT's efforts to protect rhino reserve gaining traction
Conservation, WildlifeBill Lauranceone-horned rhinoceros, Chitwan National Park, Nepal, railroad, roads, poaching, habitat fragmentation, national park, World Heritage site, The Ecologist, Avaaz petition, European Commission
European Commission seeks input on illegal wildlife trade
Across the planet, big trees are in trouble
ConservationBill Laurancebig trees, old trees, giant trees, global warming, droughts, fire regimes, logging, selective logging, rainforests, Amazon, habitat fragmentation, exotic pathogens, exotic weeds
Conservation corridors: a hot topic
Conservation, Editors PicksBill Lauranceconservation corridor, wildlife corridor, habitat fragmentation, wounded landscapes, extinction, Stuart Pimm, deforestation, faunal movement, forest carbon, REDD, climate change
China acknowledges role in global elephant slaughter
Conservation, Most PopularBill Lauranceelephants, illegal ivory, ivory, China, illegal wildlife trade, blood ivory, poaching, Chinese government, African elephant, Asian elephant
ALERT helps lead efforts to protect 'Heart of the Jungle'
ConservationBill Lauranceone-horned rhinoceros, Indian rhinoceros, Chitwan National Park, Nepal, poaching, rhino horn, railroad, roads, habitat fragmentation, endangered species, Heart of the Jungle
