Posts tagged Global Forest Watch
As Indonesia burns, its government moves to increase forest destruction
RainforestsBill LauranceIndonesia, 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, Greenpeace
The Indonesian Inferno: A Completely Preventable Crisis
Bill LauranceIndonesia, fires, haze, smoke, smog, school closures, airport closures, air pollution, carbon emissions, peatlands, peat fires, deforestation, Singapore, Malaysia, New Guinea, Sumatra, Borneo, Micronesia, President Joko Widodo, El Nino, drought, Erik Meijaard, fire ban, Brazil, remote sensing, Global Forest Watch, oil palm, Council of Palm Oil Producer Countries, zero deforestation
New technologies allow real-time monitoring of rampant forest destruction
Bill LauranceMAAP, Peru, Matt Finer, Amazon Conservation Association, Global Forest Watch, Terra-i, CLASlite, Landsat, Madre de Dios, Tambopata National Reserve, cacao, oil palm, illegal gold mining, satellite monitoring, Sierra del Divisor National Park
Bizarre story in the Washington Post
Bill LauranceNigeria, logging, rainforest, deforestation, Washington Post, Nicole Crowder, Watergate, Akintunde Akinleye, photographs, Brazil, Brazilian Amazon, forest fires, smoke, Matt Hansen, University of Maryland, Global Forest Watch, Mongabay.com
Dramatic erosion of world's last intact forests
Bill LauranceIntact Forest Landscapes, road building, logging, fires, forest conversion, agriculture, Russia, Canada, Brazil, Greenpeace, University of Maryland, Transparent World, World Resources Institute, WWF-Russia, Global Forest Watch
