Imperilled Ape: Dam Company’s Use of ‘Local Wisdom’ Reeks of Greenwashing Imperiled Ape: Dam Company’s Use of ‘Local Wisdom’ Reeks of Greenwashing Read More Protected AreasBill LauranceDecember 10, 2019Comment
Dirty Tricks Behind Conservation U-turn for World’s Rarest Ape Protected AreasBill LauranceSeptember 3, 2019Comment
Protecting our Protected Areas from 'the Big Squeeze' Protected AreasBill LauranceJuly 20, 2019 Comments
Trails on Trial: Which Human Uses Are OK for Protected Areas? Protected AreasBill LauranceOctober 18, 2018Comment
The Global Battle to Protect Our Protected Areas Protected AreasBill LauranceMay 13, 2018PADDD, protected areas, national parks, World Heritage Site, Michel Temer, Brazil, Amazon, RENCA, mining, PADDD Tracker, Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania, Cambodia, Virachey National Park, Bears Ears National Monument, Donald Trump, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, marine parks, commercial fishing, Jeremy Hance, climate change, mass extinction, New Zealand, Democratic Republic of Congo Comment
Plan to sell off Panama's 'Crown Jewel' of Protected Areas has World Worried About Similar Schemes Elsewhere Protected AreasBill LauranceFebruary 20, 2018Coiba National Park, Panama, World Heritage sites, World Heritage in Danger, marine protected areas, Trump Administration, England, Brazil, privatization, USA parksComment
How Critical Are Big Parks? Protected AreasJeremy HanceJuly 27, 2017protected 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 BuffaloComment
Kenya Dams Will Ruin The Serengeti Protected AreasBill LauranceMay 12, 2017Kenya, 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 Comments
Will Fast-Tracked Projects Shatter Asia’s ‘Jewel of Nature’? Protected AreasBill LauranceMarch 28, 2017Leuser 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 Comment
Habitat Loss Puts Half the World's Ecosystems at Risk Protected AreasBill LauranceDecember 18, 2016ecoregions, habitat loss, crisis ecoregion, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola, Madagascar, Australia, USA, Canada, protected areas, mangrove forests, subtropical forests, tundra, Convention on Biological DiversityComment
Pivotal Moment in the Battle to Save One of Earth's Natural Wonders Protected AreasBill LauranceNovember 6, 2016Leuser Ecosystem, Sumatra, Indonesia, Aceh spatial plan, lawsuit, GeRAM, Farwiza Farhan, roads, Tesso Nilo National Park, deforestation, flooding, erosion, poaching, tigers, orangutans, Sumatran rhino, Asian elephant, carbon storage, Change.Org PetitionComment
Poaching bloodbath continues in northern Sumatra, with new roads poised to open up last surviving forests Protected AreasBill LauranceMarch 28, 2016poaching, tigers, rhinos, elephants, orangutans, Leuser Ecosystem, Ladia Galaska Road Network, Sumatra, Indonesia, Aceh, deforestation, logging, Sumatran tiger, Aceh spatial planComment
Pan-tropical study reveals huge variation in effectiveness of protected areas Protected AreasBill LauranceFebruary 9, 2016Comment
