What a Giant Snake can Teach us About Designing Cities for the Future Infrastructure Expansion, Most PopularBill LauranceApril 20, 2018urban growth, urban planning, cities, megacities, wildlife, wildlife-friendly cities, Amesthetine Python, roadkill, urban biodiversity, cassowary, grizzly bear, connectivity, greenbelt, wildlife corridor, riparian vegetation, habitat fragmentation, pets, dogs, cats, feral animals, landscapes of fear, housing sprawl, urban islands, stepping stones, Singapore Index, proactive land-use planning, air pollution, flooding, water quality, carbon storage, heat-islands, epidemic disease, nature education, Cairns Comment
How Coal Harms Babies and Other Vital Eco-News Climate ChangeBill LauranceMarch 3, 2018air pollution, coal plants, coal-fired generating plant, human health, financial security, telomeres, cancer, heart disease, megacities, carbon monoxide, nitrous oxide, sulfur dioxide, elderly, ozone, premature death, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, biological sponges, rainforests, water recycling, water filtration, flooding, reservoirs, siltation, droughts Comment
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
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
Want clean water? Save your forests! Bill LauranceJuly 7, 2015water quality, water purification, forests, Malaysia, Jeffrey Vincent, evapotranspiration, deforestation, flooding, water pollution, cloud formation, global warming, greenhouse gases, protected areas, forest conservation, urban water suppliesComment
Disaster ahead for Sumatra's forests? Bill LauranceDecember 10, 2014Sumatra, Leuser Ecosystem, Aceh, Aceh spatial plan, deforestation, Indonesia, Erik Meijaard, logging, mining, roads, tigers, orangutans, ele, rhinos, flooding, Aceh government Comment
Growing evidence that forests reduce flood risk Bill LauranceDecember 7, 2014flooding, native forests, flood risk, flood reduction, flood damage, Malaysia, Corey Bradshaw, Jie-Sheng Tan Soo, insurance rates, disaster relief, taxes, floodplainsComment
Forests reduce flooding Rainforests, Most PopularBill LauranceDecember 20, 2013floods, flooding, ecosystem services, rainforest, hydrologyComment
