Mining Madness In The Amazon Infrastructure ExpansionBill LauranceSeptember 26, 2017Ecuador, mining, industrial mining, illegal gold mining, Michel Temer, John Seed, Philip Fearnside, Protected Forests, Bosques Protectores, mining concessions, PADDD, endemic birds, Andes, RENCA, roads, deforestation, garampeiros, illegal roads, Ruralist Comments
For the Environment, Should We Crack Down on Illegal Drugs or Give Up the Fight? ConservationJeremy HanceJuly 1, 2017illegal drugs, drug trade, drug traffickers, cartels, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, Panama, deforestation, money laundering, Laguna Tigre National Park, Latin America, Colombia, land grabbing, illegal gold mining, smuggling, Central America, cocaine, marijuana, coca, carbon emissions, War on Drugs, pesticides, Jeremy HanceComment
The Untold Environmental Costs of the Brexit Vote PoliticsBill LauranceJuly 16, 2016Brexit, Blood Gold, Pierre-Michel Forget, ATBC, French Guiana, Suriname, illegal gold mining, mercury pollution, cyanide pollution, deforestation, water quality, protected areas, gold mines, Nouragues Protected Area, gold prices, Columbus Gold/Norgold, Montagne d'Or, Amazon rainforest, Guianas Comment
The plight of tropical migratory species WildlifeBill LauranceJanuary 14, 2016Black Skimmer, migratory species, Amazon, Andes, Lisa Davenport, Manu National Park, Rio Doce, hydroelectric dams, mining, illegal gold mining, mercury pollution, water harvesting, agriculture, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Cocha Cashu Biological Station, elevational migrantsComment
Growing blight on the Amazon rainforest Bill LauranceJuly 27, 2015gold mining, illegal gold mining, Amazon, Brazil, Peru, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, indigenous peoples, Amerindians, protected areas, parks, AIDS, malaria, poaching, mercury pollution, sedimentation, aquatic wildlife, Yanomami, Kayapo, artisanal mining, Greg Asner, indigenous reservesComment
New technologies allow real-time monitoring of rampant forest destruction Bill LauranceJuly 12, 2015MAAP, Peru, Matt Finer, Amazon Conservation Association, Global Forest Watch, Terra-i, CLASlite, Landsat, Madre de Dios, Tambopata National Reserve, cacao, oil palm, illegal gold mining, satellite monitoring, Sierra del Divisor National ParkComment
Global gold rush is killing the world's rainforests Bill LauranceJanuary 21, 2015gold, illegal gold mining, blood gold, South America, mercury, sedimentation, aquatic ecosystems, deforestation, poaching, indigenous peoples, French Guiana, Guianas, Magdalena Valley, roads, global financial crisis, Interoceanic Highway, Peru, AmazonComment
The blight of illegal gold mining Conservation, PeruBill LauranceFebruary 20, 2014gold mining, illegal gold mining, forest invasions, Peru, Indonesia, mercury pollution, deforestation, mining, protected areas, blood goldComment
