Australia Tries to Slow 'Deforestation Catastrophe'
ConservationBill LauranceQueensland, land clearing, deforestation, Australia, Queensland government, Koala, global deforestation hotspots, WWF-Australia, loopholes, regrowth, Land Restoration Fund
Biofuel Bomb is Decimating Nature
ConservationBill Laurancebiofuels, oil palm, Indonesia, Malaysia, European Union, E.U., biodiversity, deforestation, peat forest, peat fires, carbon emissions, New Guinea, Equatorial Africa, Latin America, Terengganu state, Peninsular Malaysia, Rainforest Foundation Norway, China, haze, air pollution, biodiesel
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
China's Rapacious Apetite for Timber Is Devastating West Africa's Woodlands
ConservationBill LauranceRosewood, Nigeria, Hazel Chapman, West Africa, savanna, Sahel, Pterocarpus erinaceus, illegal logging, China, illegal timber trade, deforestation
Only Radical Action Will Stop Earth's Sixth Mass Extinction
ConservationBill Lauranceextinction, mass extinction, sixth mass extinction, Bill Laurance, Paul Ehrlich, The Population Bomb, Natalia Ocampa-Penuela, birds, biodiversity hotspots, IUCN Red List, protected areas, human population growth, climate change, wilderness, endangered species
A Death Sentence for the Bengal Tiger?
ConservationBill Laurancetiger, Bengal tigers, Sundarbans, Bangladesh, World Heritage, coal-fired generating plant, Irawadi Dolphin, Ganges River Dolphin, Indian Python, Estuarine Crocodile, mangrove forests, Bharat Heavy Electrics, Rampal coal-fired plant, greenhouse gases, tsunami, monsoon
