Can Conservation Corridors Save Nature? WildlifeBill LauranceMarch 23, 2018Thailand, wildlife corridor, conservation corridor, habitat fragmentation, fragmentation threshold, Highway 304 Wildlife Corridor, Indochinese Tigers, Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex, World Heritage site, poaching, illegal logging, roads, One Belt One Road, China, economic risks, environmental risks, social risks Comments
Dramatic Conservation Pledge by Papua, Indonesia ConservationBill LauranceFebruary 23, 2017Papua, Papua Province, Indonesia, 83-percent pledge, New Guinea, Elia Loupatty, Project Papua, Pokja Papua, Joko Widodo, President Joko Widodo, Trans-Papuan Highway, roads, deforestation, Lorentz National Park, World Heritage site, Bill Laurance, William Laurance, habitat fragmentation, carbon emissions, Victoria Crowned Pigeon, cultural values, biodiversityComment
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
Imperiled parks -- the 'new normal'? Bill LauranceApril 23, 2014national parks, protected areas, World Heritage site, Thailand, Democratic Republic of Congo, Brazil, Ecuador, New Zealand, Australia, Virunga National Park, Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex, IUCN, World Heritage Site in Danger Comments
The Tasmanian travesty Bill LauranceApril 17, 2014World Heritage site, de-listing, World Heritage Commission, Tasmania, tall eucalypt forest, tall eucalypt rainforest, Peter Hitchcock, Australia, loggingComment
ALERT's efforts to protect rhino reserve gaining traction Conservation, WildlifeBill LauranceFebruary 12, 2014one-horned rhinoceros, Chitwan National Park, Nepal, railroad, roads, poaching, habitat fragmentation, national park, World Heritage site, The Ecologist, Avaaz petition, European CommissionComment