World’s Largest Mangrove Forest Reels from Aggressive Development Conservation, Infrastructure ExpansionBill LauranceMarch 29, 2021Comment
Critical Connectivity: Isolated Protected Areas Could Become Epicenters of Extinction ConservationBill LauranceOctober 22, 2019Comment
New Research: Save the Last Tiny Scraps of Native Vegetation ConservationBill LauranceMarch 13, 2019 Comments
ALERT Blasts Into The Twitter-Verse ConservationBill LauranceSeptember 10, 2018Twitter, tweet, ALERT videos, rainfall, roads, Malaysia, China, infrastructure, foreign debt, corruption, Australia, Liberal Party, energy security, renewable energy, Amerindians, Amazon, illegal logging, murder, hydropower, Indonesia, PT NSHE, Bhutan, Gross National Happiness, Gross National Product, Tapanuli Orangutan, Africa, oil palm, gorilla, Leuser Ecosystem, Nestle, Mars, Unilever, Borneo, SumatraComment
Could Feminism Save the Earth? Conservation, Most PopularBill LauranceAugust 5, 2018feminism, Let Girls Learn, population growth, overpopulation, developing nations, demographic transition, immigration, Africa, Middle East, South Asia, Western Europe, North America, Australia, fecundity, generation time, women's rights, social stability, social conflict, education, reproductive rights, career, family size, family planning, divorce, radicalization, Michelle Obama, environmental pressure, environmental destruction, global warming, CaribbeanComment
Mind-Blowing Videos on Urgent Eco-Dramas ConservationBill LauranceJuly 22, 2018Amazon, rainfall, habitat fragmentation, deforestation, evapotranspiration, roads, hunting, logging, BR-319, Elephant, poaching, stranded assets, mining, China, boom and bust, financial risk, cancer, Dutch Disease, snaring, Leuser Ecosystem, orangutan, rhino, rhino horn, Pandora's Box, bulldozer, land grabbing, rain, extinction, CongoComment
Will China Wipe Out the World’s Rarest Ape? ConservationBill LauranceMay 4, 2018Tapanuli Orangutan, China, hydropower, dam, Sumatra, Indonesia, habitat fragmentation, roads, powerlines, One Belt One Road, Belt and Road Initiative, infrastructure, railroads, ports, energy projects, endangered primates, great apes, Sinohydro, Bank of China Comments
Australia Tries to Slow 'Deforestation Catastrophe' ConservationBill LauranceMarch 12, 2018Queensland, land clearing, deforestation, Australia, Queensland government, Koala, global deforestation hotspots, WWF-Australia, loopholes, regrowth, Land Restoration Fund Comments
Biofuel Bomb is Decimating Nature ConservationBill LauranceJanuary 30, 2018biofuels, 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 Comments
China's Massive Toll On The Planet ConservationBill LauranceNovember 4, 2017China, illegal timber, stolen timber, illegal timber trade, wood products, exports, deforestation, bribery, illegal logging, Environmental Investigation Agency, Chatham House, voluntary standards, environmental boycotts Comments
New Danger: Invading Poachers Kill With Mega-Fires ConservationBill LauranceOctober 23, 2017fires, game species, Africa, Zimbabwe, local villages, frontier migration, social conflict, roads, logging, mining, industrial mines, traditional livelihoods, mega-fires, gold miners Comments
The Overwhelming Value Of Trees ConservationBill LauranceOctober 4, 2017heat 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 Comments
Stopping Wildlife Crime - How Can I Help? Most Popular, ConservationBill LauranceSeptember 12, 2017poaching, 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 Comments
A Dangerous Year For Nature And Its Saviours ConservationBill LauranceAugust 5, 2017murder, 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 WitnessComment
Why Do We Support Dumb Development? ConservationBill LauranceJuly 10, 2017development 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, rainfallComment
For the Environment, Should We Crack Down on Illegal Drugs or Give Up the Fight? ConservationJeremy HanceJuly 1, 2017illegal 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 HanceComment
Europe’s Greatest Old-Growth Forest Faces the Axe ConservationBill LauranceJune 9, 2017old-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 EnvironmentComment
