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
New Roads Are Devastating The Congo Infrastructure ExpansionBill LauranceOctober 15, 2017Congo, deforestation, logging, mining, illegal logging, poaching, Cross River Gorilla, Cameroon, Nigeria, Eugene Dongmo, Louis Nkembi, Arend de Haas, GLAD data, time-series, infrastructure, roads, fragmentation, EIAs, protected areas, law enforcement, China, Chinese loggers, Chinese miners, remote-sensing data, cultural conservation, Africa, rainforest Comments
Double Whammy: Primates and Wilderness in Peril WildlifeBill LauranceJanuary 18, 2017deforestation, Intact Forest Landscapes, habitat fragmentation, hunting, primates, Alejandro Estrada, Lars Laestadius, infrastructure, endangered primates, endangered species, tropical ecosystems, illegal pet trade, bushmeat, overhunting, oil palm, rubber, Nigeria, Cameroon, University of Maryland, UNAM, old-growth forest, human population growthComment
Is Nature Conservation A Lost Cause? ConservationBill LauranceJune 29, 2016Brazil, 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 victoriesComment
Will an avalanche of private money help or hurt Africa? Bill LauranceJuly 14, 2014Africa, private investment, Bruce Wrobel, Herakles Farms, Cameroon, Christiane Badgley, Joshua Linder, biodiversity hotspot, oil palm, Foreign Policy Magazine, mining, infrastructureComment
Using old smart-phones to fight eco-crimes Bill LauranceJune 26, 2014Rainforest Connection, Smart phones, Cameroon, Zoological Society of London, Sumatra, illegal logging, gold mining, poaching, illegal hunting, illegal wildlife trade, forest monitoringComment
Massive oil palm project threatens biodiversity in Cameroon Infrastructure ExpansionBill LauranceJanuary 30, 2014oil palm, Cameroon, primates, Herakles, deforestation, buffer zones, protected areas, national parks, drivers of deforestationComment
