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
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
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
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
Snares: Legitimate Hunting or Torturing Wildlife? WildlifeBill LauranceFebruary 15, 2017poaching, snares, wildlife snares, protected areas, animal cruelty, empty forests, Tigers, chimpanzees, Forest elephant, antelope, Africa, Asia, roads, deforestation, Panthera, David R. Mills, Malaysia, Indonesia, Sumatran Tiger, Laos, African Golden Cat, commercial hunting, bushmeatComment
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
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
The Indonesian Inferno: A Completely Preventable Crisis Bill LauranceOctober 24, 2015Indonesia, 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 Comments
Choking on smoke: The growing curse of Indonesia's wildfires Bill LauranceSeptember 30, 2015Indonesia, fires, smoke, smog, air pollution, wildfires, Malaysia, Singapore, Asia Pulp & Paper, deforestation, oil palm, wood pulp, slash-and-burn, corruption, Sinar Mas, Godzilla, El Nino, drought, air quality, school closures, peatlandsComment
The new land-use tsunami imperiling the tropics Bill LauranceJuly 24, 2015rubber, rubber plantations, rubber tsunami, China, Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Laos, Southeast Asia, land-use change, drivers of deforestation, marginal areas, Eleanor Warren-Thomas, Antje Ahrends, natural rubber, drought, frost, typhoons, habitat destructionComment
Mysterious black leopards finally reveal their spots Bill LauranceJuly 14, 2015black leopard, leopard, Malaysia, Peninsular Malaysia, leopard spots, automatic cameras, infrared flash, Gopalasamy Reuben Clements, Laurie Hedges, William Laurance, melanism, poaching, illegal wildlife trade, wire snares, James Cook University, University of Nottingham-MalaysiaComment
Want clean water? Save your forests! Bill LauranceJuly 7, 2015water quality, water purification, forests, Malaysia, Jeffrey Vincent, evapotranspiration, deforestation, flooding, water pollution, cloud formation, global warming, greenhouse gases, protected areas, forest conservation, urban water suppliesComment
PNG Forestry: weak governance & corruption hurts local people and the environment Bill LauranceMarch 10, 2015SABLs, SPABLs, Papua New Guinea, land grabs, Malaysia, Andrew Lang, World Biogenergy Association, 1996 Land Act, custormary land owners, timber exports, timber theft, oil palm, PNG Comment
Roads to ruin: Southeast Asia's most environmentally destructive highways Bill LauranceDecember 21, 2014roads, highways, deforestation, hunting, poaching, illegal logging, illegal mining, Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar, Gopalasamy Reuben Clements, endangered mammals, endangered species, wilderness, endemic species, Philippines, roads to ruinComment
Growing evidence that forests reduce flood risk Bill LauranceDecember 7, 2014flooding, native forests, flood risk, flood reduction, flood damage, Malaysia, Corey Bradshaw, Jie-Sheng Tan Soo, insurance rates, disaster relief, taxes, floodplainsComment
Progress in the battle against illegal logging Bill LauranceNovember 27, 2014illegal logging, Chatham House, timber-importing nations, USA, Britain, France, Japan, Netherlands, FLEGT, Lacey Act, Illegal-logging Prohibition Act, Australia, China, Russia, Malaysia, Alan Oxley, wood products, paper products Comments
Malaysian 'eco-thug' tries to halt book exposing his crimes Bill LauranceNovember 19, 2014Adbul Taib, Sarawak, corruption, logging, oil palm, Borneo, environmental crimes, Money Logging, Gordon Brown, Lukas Straumann, MalaysiaComment
Export markets are driving much of tropical deforestation Bill LauranceOctober 27, 2014agricultural commodities, soy, beef, timber, palm oil, tropical deforestation, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Democratic Republic of Congo, Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, export markets, globalization, Center for Global Development, greenhouse gas emissions, commodity exports, European Union, E.U., China Comment
Palm oil chief grossly distorts facts about deforestation Bill LauranceSeptember 15, 2014Malaysian Palm Oil Council, MPOC, Yusof Basiron, oil palm, palm oil, deforestation, Sarawak, Malaysia, Borneo, orangutans, Sumatra, forest conversionComment
