Turbulent Times in the Amazon PoliticsBill LauranceJanuary 20, 2018Amazon, deforestation, roads, Peru, Yaguas National Park, dams, hydropower, Michel Temer, John Terborgh, Philip Fearnside, BR-319, Manaus-Porto Velho Highway, Iquitos-Saramirizia Highway, Sentinel satellite, Beni Province, Bolivia, China railwayComment
Why Chop the Amazon Rainforest in Half? Infrastructure ExpansionBill LauranceJanuary 10, 2018Amazon, rainforest, road, BR-319, BR-174, Manaus, Porto Velho, habitat fragmentation, poaching, logging, fires, BR-163, Rio Negro Bridge, William Laurance, Philip Fearnside, land speculation, illegal mining 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
Mining Madness In The Amazon Infrastructure ExpansionBill LauranceSeptember 26, 2017Ecuador, mining, industrial mining, illegal gold mining, Michel Temer, John Seed, Philip Fearnside, Protected Forests, Bosques Protectores, mining concessions, PADDD, endemic birds, Andes, RENCA, roads, deforestation, garampeiros, illegal roads, Ruralist Comments
Brazil’s Politicians Unleash Illegal Loggers, Miners, and Land Thieves PoliticsPhilip FearnsideJune 18, 2017Michael Temer, Philip Fearnside, Ruralist agenda, Amazon forest, Transamazon Highway, Amazonas, BR-163, Santarem-Cuiaba Highway, Michel Temer, Jamanxim National Park, Jamanxim National Forest, APAs, grileiros, land thieves, MP 759, PLC 12/16, MP 158, Law 11, Law 11952, deforestation, land-thieves law, land-grabbingComment
Political Attack on Amazonian Protected Areas PoliticsPhilip FearnsideApril 20, 2017Brazil, Amazon, Amazonas, Para, deforestation, rainfall recycling, tipping point, Amazon dieback, PADDD, park degazettement, President Temer, rainfall, drought, Philip Fearnside, Thomas LovejoyComment
Brazil’s Surge of Environmental Threats Reaches New Heights PoliticsPhilip FearnsideJanuary 5, 2017Brazil, Amazon, Philip Fearnside, Brazilian Senate, Brazilian Congress, hydroelectric dams, Michael Temer, Sao Luiz do Tapajos Dam, Sawre Maybu indigenous land, Blairo Maggi, soy, IBAMA, FUNAI, indigenous people, deforestation, "ruralist" block, constitutional amendments, environmental licensing Comment
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
News flash: Scheme to gut eco-safeguards being railroaded through Brazil's Congress PoliticsPhilip FearnsideFebruary 12, 2016Brazil, Brazilian Senate, Philip Fearnside, Senator Romero Juca, environmental safeguards, fast-tracking, environmental licensing, hydroelectric dams, Amazon Basin, deforestation, roads, power lines, Madeira River, Belo Monte Dam, Tapajos River Comments
The world's forests will collapse if we don't learn to say 'no' Infrastructure ExpansionBill LauranceJanuary 30, 2016infrastructure, roads, dams, power lines, gas lines, wilderness, core forest, Philip Fearnside, William Laurance, Amazon, Congo, Mekong River, Eneas Salati, Sub-Saharan AfricaComment
Dramatic spike in Amazon deforestation Bill LauranceMay 31, 2015Brazilian Amazon, deforestation, roads, railroad, Brazil, soy moratorium, protected areas, President Lula, Dorothy Stang, Philip Fearnside, illegal roads, cattle ranching, Brazilian exportsComment
