Turning Rainforest To Furniture – Global Markets Gobble Up the Congo Basin Rainforests, Editors PicksBill LauranceSeptember 28, 2018China, deforestation, Congo Basin, Congo rainforest, Logging, United State, Global Markets, African Timber, European Union, illegal logging, Cameroon, native forests, timber-importing nations, Global Timber Trade, Chinese loggers, Furniture Comments
ALERT Blasts Indonesian Firm Pushing Ape-Killer Project RainforestsBill LauranceAugust 10, 2018Tapanuli Orangutan, Sumatra, North Sumatra, PT NSHE, North Sumatera Hydro Energy, Sinohydro, Bank of China, President Xi Jinpeng, China, Belt & Road Initiative, PR firm, public relations, toxic reputation, hydropower, poaching, logging, haze, mining, deforestation, The Conversation, The Christian Science Monitor, National Geographic Online, Mongabay, Avaaz, WALHI, crisis management, Joko Widodo, President Jokowi, International Finance Corporation, Asian Development Bank, Sumatran Tiger, habitat fragmentation, acid test, circular, Malaysia, North Sumatera, Xi Jinping Comments
Asia’s Environmental ‘Eden’ in Crisis RainforestsBill LauranceJune 14, 2018Leuser Ecosystem, Sumatra, Indonesia, habitat fragmentation, roads, highway of death, orangutan, tiger, elephant, rhinoceros, illegal roads, Aceh government, Aceh Spatial Plan, Irwandi Yusuf, Sean Sloan, deforestation, poaching, oil palm, hydropower projects, geothermal project, power line Comments
Carbon Collapse in Fragmented Forests RainforestsBill LauranceDecember 4, 2017habitat fragmentation, edge effects, tropical forests, frugivorous animals, microclimatic stresses, wind shear, treefalls, carbon emissions, carbon storage, defaunation, hunting, poaching, frugivores, trees, Rebecca Chaplin-Kramer, Nick Haddad, William Laurance, Susan Laurance, Thomas Lovejoy, Amazon, Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project, edge-related fires, surface fires, Carolina Bello, Mauro Galetti Comments
Damming the Tropics Will not Work RainforestsBill LauranceNovember 28, 2017dam, hydropower projects, hydroelectric dams, methane, carbon dioxide, greenhouse gases, deforestation, roads, fisheries, green energy, Philip Fearnside, William Laurance, Tapajos River, Mekong River, Belo Monte Dam, Inga Dam, solar energy, wind energy, economic risks Comments
Environmental Nightmare For The Amazon RainforestsPhilip FearnsideAugust 22, 2017Amazon, 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 crisisComment
Conservationists Aghast at Scheme to Degrade 'Heart of Biodiversity' RainforestsBill LauranceDecember 30, 2016Leuser Ecosystem, Gunung Leuser National Park, Sumatra, Indonesia, orangutan, Elephant, Sumatran rhino, Sumatran tiger, Hitay Holdings, geothermal project, deforestation, illegal logging, illegal mining, poaching, roads, Siti Nurbaya, Kappi Plateau, Kappi Region, wildlife corridor, protected area, World Heritage site Comment
The Mega-Banks Funding Forest Destruction in Southeast Asia RainforestsJeremy HanceNovember 12, 2016banks, lending institutions, deforestation, infrastructure, Forests and Finance, Malaysia Forest, MayBank, ABM Amro, Rainforest Action Network, TuK INDONESIA, Profundo, Malaysia, China, Japan, USA, UK, Indonesia, Australia, ANZ, JPMorgan Chase, HSBC, extinction crisis, World Bank, African Development Bank, Asian Development Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, AIIB, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, BNDES, Brazilian Development Bank, roads, highways, coal-fired generating plant, Indigenous peoples, divestment, publicity, bad publicity, negative publicity, oil palm, logging, timber, paper pulp, rubber, forest-risk companiesComment
Political Back-Room Deals Imperil the Brazilian Amazon RainforestsPhilip FearnsideSeptember 3, 2016Brazil, Brazilian Congress, Philip Fearnside, environmental licensing, dams, highways, Amazon, Dilma Rousseff, PEC 65, indigenous lands, protected areas, sleeping proposals Comments
$100 billion rip-off: Foreign loggers are massively defrauding Papua New Guinea RainforestsBill LauranceFebruary 20, 2016Papua New Guinea, logging, transfer pricing, tax avoidance, Rimbunan Hijau, China, timber exports, timber theft, RH, The National Newspaper, human development, economic development, The Oakland Institute, Rimbunan Hijau Watch PNG, The Great Timber Heist, deforestationComment
Indonesian Citizens Sue Government to Save Imperiled Rainforest RainforestsBill LauranceJanuary 24, 2016Leuser Ecosystem, Gunung Leuser National Park, Sumatra, Aceh, Indonesian Ministry of Home Affairs, Gerakan Rakyat Aceh Menggugat, Sumatran rhino, Asian elephant, Sumatran tiger, orangutan, deforestation, roads, logging, oil palm plantations, woodpulp, rainforest, William Laurance, Farwiza Farha, GeRaM, World HeritageComment
Key Trends to Watch: Perils and Promise for Rainforests in 2016 RainforestsBill LauranceJanuary 7, 2016rainforest, 2016, deforestation, carbon emissions, commodity prices, timber, oil palm, soy, beef, oil, mining, minerals, China, roads, infrastructure, Africa, El Nino, drought, Godzilla, Indonesia, haze, peat fires, peatland, Southeast Asia, Brazil, recession, exports, hydroelectric dams, Amazon, Mata Atlantica, Atlantic forests, President Dilma, Zero-deforestation agreement, no-deforestation pledge, wood pulp, land-use planning, Malaysia, Paris COP, REDD, REDD+, global warming, climate change, biodiversity, scientific uncertaintyComment
As Indonesia burns, its government moves to increase forest destruction RainforestsBill LauranceNovember 24, 2015Indonesia, Malaysia, Council of Palm Oil Producer Countries, Council of Palm Oil Producing Countries, oil palm, deforestation, fires, El Nino, drought, no-deforestation pledges, press release, respiratory distress, haze, air pollution, carbon emissions, peat forest, peatland, Bill Laurance, William Laurance, Thomas Lovejoy, Lian Pin Koh, Global Forest Watch, GreenpeaceComment
Big fine for illegal forest-clearing in Sumatra Rainforests, PoliticsBill LauranceFebruary 13, 2014Leuser Ecosystem, Aceh, oil palm, Indonesia, Sumatra, forest burning, Friends of the Earth Indonesia, Tripa Peat SwampsComment
Papua New Guinea's growing forest scandal RainforestsBill LauranceFebruary 13, 2014Papua New Guinea, timber, SABL, SABLs, Special Agricultural and Business Leases, Commission of Inquiry, scandal, Jemima GarrettComment
Do forests function like 'biotic pumps' for rainfall? RainforestsBill LauranceFebruary 10, 2014climate, rainfall, forests, deforestation, biotic pump, evapotranspiration, water vapor Comment
The year's top stories for tropical forests RainforestsBill LauranceJanuary 3, 2014tropical forests, Malaysia, Indonesia, Amazon, Brazil, deforestation, logging, Borneo, oil palm, zero deforestation, Asian Pulp & Paper, paper pulp plantations, deforestation drivers, overhuntingComment
Are vines taking over the world? RainforestsBill LauranceJanuary 1, 2014vines, global change, climate change, lianas, forest ecology, forest conservationComment
