Posts tagged Philip Fearnside
Turbulent Times in the Amazon
PoliticsBill LauranceAmazon, 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 railway
Why Chop the Amazon Rainforest in Half?
Infrastructure ExpansionBill LauranceAmazon, 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
Damming the Tropics Will not Work
RainforestsBill Laurancedam, 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
Mining Madness In The Amazon
Infrastructure ExpansionBill LauranceEcuador, 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
Brazil’s Politicians Unleash Illegal Loggers, Miners, and Land Thieves
PoliticsPhilip FearnsideMichael 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-grabbing
Political Attack on Amazonian Protected Areas
PoliticsPhilip FearnsideBrazil, Amazon, Amazonas, Para, deforestation, rainfall recycling, tipping point, Amazon dieback, PADDD, park degazettement, President Temer, rainfall, drought, Philip Fearnside, Thomas Lovejoy
Brazil’s Surge of Environmental Threats Reaches New Heights
PoliticsPhilip FearnsideBrazil, 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
Political Back-Room Deals Imperil the Brazilian Amazon
RainforestsPhilip FearnsideBrazil, Brazilian Congress, Philip Fearnside, environmental licensing, dams, highways, Amazon, Dilma Rousseff, PEC 65, indigenous lands, protected areas, sleeping proposals
News flash: Scheme to gut eco-safeguards being railroaded through Brazil's Congress
PoliticsPhilip FearnsideBrazil, 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
The world's forests will collapse if we don't learn to say 'no'
Infrastructure ExpansionBill Lauranceinfrastructure, roads, dams, power lines, gas lines, wilderness, core forest, Philip Fearnside, William Laurance, Amazon, Congo, Mekong River, Eneas Salati, Sub-Saharan Africa
Dramatic spike in Amazon deforestation
Bill LauranceBrazilian Amazon, deforestation, roads, railroad, Brazil, soy moratorium, protected areas, President Lula, Dorothy Stang, Philip Fearnside, illegal roads, cattle ranching, Brazilian exports
