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
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
Sabah's 'Bridge to Hell' and other Scary Eco-News from Asia Infrastructure ExpansionBill LauranceFebruary 3, 2017Southeast Asia, biodiversity, Sabah, infrastructure, Lower Kinatatangan Wildlife Sanctuary, bridge, Bornean elephant, organutan, poaching, deforestation, Alice Hughes, primates, oil palm, rubber, paper pulp, woodpulp, ecotourism, undiscovered species, undiscovered biodiversity, karst, cement, China, wetlands, protected areas, overhunting, Mekong River, dams, pet trade, orangutan, Bridge to Hell, Borneo Comments
Human Impacts on the Planet are Severe but Slowing Down ConservationBill LauranceAugust 28, 2016global human footprint, agriculture, cities, population growth, food production, farming efficiency, yield gaps, land-use planning, deforestation, biodiversity, climate change, Oscar Venter, Bill Laurance, James Watson, roads, infrastructure, urban area, economic growth, developing nations, consumption, wildernessComment
Good News: Parks Work to Conserve Biodiversity WildlifeJeremy HanceAugust 15, 2016parks, protected areas, Jeremy Hance, Claudia Gray, species richness, species abundance, vertebrates, invertebrates, plants, wildlife conservation, biodiversity, PREDICTS, endemic species, ecological niches, Convention on Biological DiversityComment
Crunch time for land clearing in Queensland Infrastructure ExpansionBill LauranceFebruary 26, 2016Queensland, land clearing, deforestation, forests, woodlands, Martine Maron, greenhouse gases, carbon emissions, biodiversity, Koala, Great Barrier ReefComment
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
Conserving tropical forests could get us halfway to solving global warming Climate ChangeBill LauranceDecember 4, 2015Brett Byers, Rainforest Trust, Million Acre Pledge, Paris COP, COP 21, climate change, deforestation, selective logging, tropical forests, biodiversity, fossil fuels, carbon emissions, forest regeneration Comment
Why We Simply Must Have Predators ConservationJohn TerborghOctober 31, 2015predators, John Terborgh, rewilding, George Monbiot, biodiversity, eutrophication, fire regimes, exotic species, Lago Guri, islands, alternative states, wolves, bears, tigers, lions, ecological collapse, green world hypothesis, Hairston et al. 1960, harpy eagle, secondary compounds, plant diversity Comments
Unconventional-gas mining: Are we grabbing a tiger by the tail? Bill LauranceAugust 23, 2015unconventional gas, coal-seam gas, shale gas, tight gas, U.S. Energy Administration, global energy deposits, biodiversity, habitat fragmentation, precautionary principle, cumulative impacts, groundwater, hydrological impactsComment
The scariest things about climate change are what we don't know Bill LauranceAugust 2, 2015climate change, global warming, environmental impacts, biodiversity, environmental synergisms, William Laurance, scientific uncertainty, global circulation models, precipitation, rainfall, rainforests, Amazon, Borneo, fires, heat waves, high-elevation endemics, cool-adapted species, thermal specialists, climate change deniers, habitat fragmentation, loggingComment
Protected areas do far better when governments work to make them succeed Bill LauranceJune 23, 2015protected areas, nature reserves, national protection, IUCN categories I-IV, IUCN categories V-VI, Corey Bradshaw, William Laurance, Ian Craigie, poaching, illegal logging, illegal encroachment, biodiversity, extinctions, World Heritage sitesComment
The next big environmental crisis: Indonesian New Guinea Bill LauranceMay 16, 2015Indonesian New Guinea, Papua, West Papua, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, industrial logging, oil palm, mining, transmigration, Trans-Papuan Highway, Borneo, Sumatra, President Joko Widodo, biodiversity, deforestationComment
Could tropical species be intensively vulnerable to global warming? Bill LauranceApril 26, 2015global warming, species extinctions, local endemics, montane species, biodiversity, heat waves, flying foxes, white lemuroid possum, lizards, north Queensland, Mexico, Pierre-Michel Forget, thermal specialists, elevational specialists, Australian wet tropicsComment
Why biodiversity is declining even as protected areas increase Bill LauranceMarch 15, 2015protected areas, biodiversity, biodiversity loss, extinction, habitat destruction, land sparing, land sharing, Ro Hill, infrastructure, G20 nationsComment
Amazon update: 'Sustainable' corporation under fire, appears to plan huge increase in forest destruction Bill LauranceFebruary 11, 2015United Cacao, Peruvian Amazon, Peru, deforestation, La Region newspaper, Cacao del Peru Norte, cacao, oil palm, biodiversity, Dennis Melka, forest clearing, climate changeComment
The good and bad news about Brazil's soy moratorium Bill LauranceJanuary 23, 2015Amazon, Brazil, Soy Moratorium, Cerrado, biodiversity, global warming, soy lobby, Forest Code, Holly Gibbs, deforestation, Amazon rainforest, China, Europe, soy exports, environmental boycottsComment
A new Armageddon for amphibians? Bill LauranceDecember 2, 2014amphibians, frogs, toads, newts, salamanders, caecilians, exotic pathogens, novel diseases, foreign pathogens, introduced pathogens, chytrid fungus, Ranavirus, viruses, species extinction, biodiversity, aquatic ecosystemsComment
Australia's shame: World Heritage sites in peril Bill LauranceNovember 28, 2014Wet Tropics World Heritage Area, Wet Tropics of Queensland, Australia, Queensland government, Australian federal government, Tony Abbott, World Heritage, Great Barrier Reef, Virunga National Park, World Heritage Outlook Report, Salonga National Park, Tropical Rainforests Heritage of Sumatra, climate change, invasive species, infrastructure, urbanization, feral animals, Wet Tropics Management Authority, environmental impact assessments, cultural values, biodiversityComment
Climate change could threaten our beer Bill LauranceSeptember 26, 2014Climate Peril, John J. Berger, beer, agriculture, global warming, heat waves, droughts, complex interrelationships, socioeconomic impacts, environmental impacts, biodiversityComment
