Posts tagged globalization
Want to get sick? Just cut down more forest
Infrastructure ExpansionBill Laurancedisease, deforestation, malaria, leishmaniasis, yellow fever, AIDS, Ebola, hantavirus, truckers, roads, prostitutes, evapotranspiration, globalization, sandflies, mosquitoes
India's growing environmental crisis
Export markets are driving much of tropical deforestation
Bill Lauranceagricultural commodities, soy, beef, timber, palm oil, tropical deforestation, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Democratic Republic of Congo, Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, export markets, globalization, Center for Global Development, greenhouse gas emissions, commodity exports, European Union, E.U., China
Will corporations save the Earth?
Bill Laurancemultinational corporations, Alice Korngold, globalization, global problems, global environmental crises, Golden Agri Resources, Asia Pulp & Paper, Greenpeace, social issues, no-deforestation pledge, corporate-NGO alliances