A Photographic Celebration of Nature WildlifeBill LauranceSeptember 17, 2018Leuser Ecosystem, Leuser National Park, Gunung Leuser, Sumatra, rainforest, orangutan, Elephant, rhinoceros, Sumatran tiger, Sumatran orangutan, Siprayudi, Bill Laurance, oil palm, illegal hunting, encroachment, protected areas, kingfisher, viper, Thomas' Langur, dragonfly, gecko, Long-tailed Macaque, Slow Loris, Water Monitor Comment
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
Should Rhinos Be Introduced To Australia? WildlifeBill LauranceJuly 5, 2018rhino, rhinoceros, black rhino, white rhino, Sumatran rhino, Javan rhino, Indian one-horned rhino, habitat fragmentation, habitat destruction, poaching, rhino horn, endangered species, Vietnam, China, Africa, Asia, megafauna, Sumatra, Java, roads, captive breeding, Australia, savannas, rule of law, eco-tourism, cattle ranching, cattle stations, crazy idea, exotic plant species Comments
Asia’s Environmental ‘Eden’ in Crisis RainforestsBill LauranceJune 14, 2018Leuser Ecosystem, Sumatra, Indonesia, habitat fragmentation, roads, highway of death, orangutan, tiger, elephant, rhinoceros, illegal roads, Aceh government, Aceh Spatial Plan, Irwandi Yusuf, Sean Sloan, deforestation, poaching, oil palm, hydropower projects, geothermal project, power line Comments
Will China Wipe Out the World’s Rarest Ape? ConservationBill LauranceMay 4, 2018Tapanuli Orangutan, China, hydropower, dam, Sumatra, Indonesia, habitat fragmentation, roads, powerlines, One Belt One Road, Belt and Road Initiative, infrastructure, railroads, ports, energy projects, endangered primates, great apes, Sinohydro, Bank of China Comments
Will Fast-Tracked Projects Shatter Asia’s ‘Jewel of Nature’? Protected AreasBill LauranceMarch 28, 2017Leuser Ecosystem, Gunung Leuser National Park, Siti Nurbaya, Joko Widodo, Indonesia, Sumatra, orangutan, Sumatran rhino, Sumatran Elephant, Sumatran tiger, deforestation, mining, geothermal project, Irwandi Yusuf, Aceh, roads, powerlines, World Heritage in Danger, hydropower projects, habitat fragmentation, poaching, snares, flooding Comment
Positive Signs: Environmental Progress in Indonesia WildlifeBill LauranceMarch 13, 2017Indonesia, Aceh, Leuser Ecosystem, President Joko Widodo, President Jokowi, Siti Nurbaya, Minister of Environment and Forestry, Papua, West Papua, New Guinea, Sumatra, peat, wildfires, haze, orangutan, tiger, rhinos, elephant, Irwandi, ForestHints.News, ANJT, oil palm plantations, mining concessions, oil palm concessions, woodpulp concessions, logging concessions, poaching, park encroachment Comment
ALERT's Biggest Conservation Stories of 2016 ConservationBill LauranceJanuary 2, 2017extinction, species extinction, habitat loss, habitat destruction, habitat fragmentation, infrastructure, roads, dams, poaching, 2016, Africa, Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Leuser Ecosystem, Nigeria, development corridors, giraffe, Cheetah, Brazilian Amazon, Brazilian Forest Code, Amazon rainforest, Sumatra, geothermal project, hydroelectric dam, Congo, Congo megadams, Bangladesh, tigers, India waterways, wilderness, global human footprint, genetic diversity, China, illegal wildlife trade, overfishing, overhunting, land-use planning, Zero-deforestation agreement, ivory trade, rhino horn, orangutan, Elephant, mass extinction Comment
Conservationists Aghast at Scheme to Degrade 'Heart of Biodiversity' RainforestsBill LauranceDecember 30, 2016Leuser Ecosystem, Gunung Leuser National Park, Sumatra, Indonesia, orangutan, Elephant, Sumatran rhino, Sumatran tiger, Hitay Holdings, geothermal project, deforestation, illegal logging, illegal mining, poaching, roads, Siti Nurbaya, Kappi Plateau, Kappi Region, wildlife corridor, protected area, World Heritage site Comment
A Photographic Celebration of Nature WildlifeBill LauranceNovember 24, 2016Leuser Ecosystem, Leuser National Park, Gunung Leuser, Sumatra, rainforest, orangutan, Elephant, rhinoceros, Sumatran tiger, Sumatran orangutan, Siprayudi, Bill Laurance, oil palm, illegal hunting, encroachment, protected areas, kingfisher, viper, Thomas' Langur, dragonfly, gecko, Long-tailed Macaque, Slow Loris, Water MonitorComment
Pivotal Moment in the Battle to Save One of Earth's Natural Wonders Protected AreasBill LauranceNovember 6, 2016Leuser Ecosystem, Sumatra, Indonesia, Aceh spatial plan, lawsuit, GeRAM, Farwiza Farhan, roads, Tesso Nilo National Park, deforestation, flooding, erosion, poaching, tigers, orangutans, Sumatran rhino, Asian elephant, carbon storage, Change.Org PetitionComment
Perils for the Last Place Where Tigers, Orangutans, Elephants and Rhinos Survive in the Wild ConservationBill LauranceSeptember 28, 2016Leuser Ecosystem, tiger, Sumatran Elephant, orangutan, Sumatran rhino, Aceh, Aceh spatial plan, geothermal project, hydroelectric projects, PT Hitay Panas Energy, PT Trinusa Energy Indonesia, Indonesia, Sumatra, World Heritage in Danger, GeRaM, Gerakan Rakyat Aceh Menggugat, Abu Kari, lawsuit, Kappi Region, Kluet RiverComment
Proposed Roads Imperil Desperately Needed Stronghold for Sumatran Tigers WildlifeBill LauranceMay 24, 2016Sumatran tiger, Kerinci Seblat National Park, Jambi Province, Sumatra, Roads, Sumatran rhino, poaching, logging, mining, farming, Fauna & Flora International, Mount Kerinci, Mount SinabungComment
New Hope for the Last Home for Tigers, Orangutans, Rhinos and Elephants WildlifeBill LauranceApril 30, 2016Leuser Ecosystem, Indonesia, Sumatra, orangutan, tiger, elephant, rhinoceros, President Joko Widodo, Siti Nurbaya, Greenomics, Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Program, Ian Singleton, Leonardo DiCaprio, oil palm, mining, rice, oil palm moratorium, mining moratorium, Aceh, Muzakir Manaf Comments
Poaching bloodbath continues in northern Sumatra, with new roads poised to open up last surviving forests Protected AreasBill LauranceMarch 28, 2016poaching, tigers, rhinos, elephants, orangutans, Leuser Ecosystem, Ladia Galaska Road Network, Sumatra, Indonesia, Aceh, deforestation, logging, Sumatran tiger, Aceh spatial planComment
Indonesian Citizens Sue Government to Save Imperiled Rainforest RainforestsBill LauranceJanuary 24, 2016Leuser Ecosystem, Gunung Leuser National Park, Sumatra, Aceh, Indonesian Ministry of Home Affairs, Gerakan Rakyat Aceh Menggugat, Sumatran rhino, Asian elephant, Sumatran tiger, orangutan, deforestation, roads, logging, oil palm plantations, woodpulp, rainforest, William Laurance, Farwiza Farha, GeRaM, World HeritageComment
ALERT's three most important conservation trends in 2015 ConservationBill LauranceDecember 30, 2015ALERT, El Nino, infrastructure, roads, deforestation, poaching, illegal mining, no-deforestation pledges, Indonesia, Brazil, wildfires, 2015, haze, Southeast Asia, Sumatra, Cambodia, India, Amazon, Sub-Saharan Africa, peatland, forest fires, Daintree Drought Experiment, power lines, gas lines, G20 nations, BNDES, AIIB, New York Times, New Scientist, West Africa, migratory species, RoadLess, E.C. Joint Research Center, Godzilla Comment
Help us save the last place on Earth where Orangutans, Tigers and Elephants live together ConservationBill LauranceDecember 1, 2015Leuser Ecosystem, Indonesia, Sumatra, orangutan, tiger, elephant, rhinoceros, oil palm, deforestation, rainforest, biodiversity hotspot, Racing ExtinctionComment
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