Which Nations Are Causing The Most Environmental Damage? Infrastructure ExpansionBill LauranceApril 4, 2017deforestation, foreign investment, AIIB, tropical deforestation, Latin America, South America, China, pollution havens, belt and road project, World Bank, carbon emissions, biodiversity loss, extinction, Yale Environment 360, poaching, wildlife poaching, illegal wildlife trade, ivory, ivory smuggling, rhino horn, pangolinComment
ALERT's Biggest Conservation Stories of 2016 ConservationBill LauranceJanuary 2, 2017extinction, species extinction, habitat loss, habitat destruction, habitat fragmentation, infrastructure, roads, dams, poaching, 2016, Africa, Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Leuser Ecosystem, Nigeria, development corridors, giraffe, Cheetah, Brazilian Amazon, Brazilian Forest Code, Amazon rainforest, Sumatra, geothermal project, hydroelectric dam, Congo, Congo megadams, Bangladesh, tigers, India waterways, wilderness, global human footprint, genetic diversity, China, illegal wildlife trade, overfishing, overhunting, land-use planning, Zero-deforestation agreement, ivory trade, rhino horn, orangutan, Elephant, mass extinction Comment
Planet at a Crossroads: Report from the IUCN World Congress ConservationAlice HughesSeptember 10, 2016IUCN World Conservation Congress, endangered species, threatened mammals, climate change, habitat loss, habitat fragmentation, deforestation, IUCN Red List, biodiversity hotspots, illegal wildlife trade, Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, Bramble Cay Melomys, Paris COP, great apes, protected areas, Aichi Targets, key biodiversity areas, defaunation, mass extinction, Alice HughesComment
Combating Asia's Catastrophic Illegal Wildlife Trade WildlifeBill LauranceAugust 9, 2016illegal wildlife trade, poaching, Asia, Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Jacob Phelps, Chris Shepherd, Tony Lynam, Conservation Asia 2016, captive breeding, endangered species, overexploitation, organized crime, law enforcement, CITES, wildlife markets, silent forests Comments
Selling Noah's Ark? The collapse of Asia's bird biodiversity Alice HughesSeptember 25, 2015birds, Indonesia, wildlife trade, illegal wildlife trade, TRAFFIC, endangered species, Alice Hughes, Asian biodiversity, wildlife markets, Jakarta, Songbird Crisis Summit Comment
Pangolins in peril: The most heavily hunted animals on Earth? Alice HughesAugust 25, 2015pangolin, China, Vietnam, Hong Kong, illegal wildlife trade, overhunting, Alice Hughes, Africa, Asia, traditional medicines, Pholidota Comment
Not just rhinos: Hornbill horns fetch stunning prices in illegal wildlife trade Bill LauranceAugust 19, 2015helmeted hornbill, hornbill, Southeast Asia, illegal wildlife trade, China, casique, poaching, ivory, rhino horn, Kalimantan, Borneo, illegal hunting, CITES, Gunung Leuser National Park Comments
Nineteen rangers killed trying to save forest elephants Bill LauranceAugust 10, 2015park ranger, park rangers, Virunga National Park, Garamba National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo, Africa, Equatorial Africa, ivory, illegal hunting, poaching, China, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, forest elephant, illegal wildlife tradeComment
Growing concerns over 'Lawless Laos' -- paradise for poachers & smugglers Bill LauranceAugust 5, 2015Lao, illegal wildlife trade, ivory, smuggling, China, endangered species, CITES, Europol, Vietnam, anti-trafficking regulationsComment
China screams about arrest of its illegal loggers Bill LauranceJuly 29, 2015Myanmar, Burma, China, illegal logging, timber smuggling, corruption, raw logs, illegal wildlife trade, greenhouse gases, mineralsComment
Mysterious black leopards finally reveal their spots Bill LauranceJuly 14, 2015black leopard, leopard, Malaysia, Peninsular Malaysia, leopard spots, automatic cameras, infrared flash, Gopalasamy Reuben Clements, Laurie Hedges, William Laurance, melanism, poaching, illegal wildlife trade, wire snares, James Cook University, University of Nottingham-MalaysiaComment
Wildlife poaching: Conservation on the borders Bill LauranceApril 2, 2015XTBG, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanic Garden, transboundary conservation, illegal wildlife trade, ivory, elephants, rhinos, rhino horn, pangolins, endangered species, CITES, Alice Hughes Comment
Using old smart-phones to fight eco-crimes Bill LauranceJune 26, 2014Rainforest Connection, Smart phones, Cameroon, Zoological Society of London, Sumatra, illegal logging, gold mining, poaching, illegal hunting, illegal wildlife trade, forest monitoringComment
Do the world a favor: Dob in an eco-sinner today Bill LauranceJune 16, 2014WildLeaks, WikiLeaks, wildlife poaching, illegal wildlife trade, Andrea Crosta, ivory trade, elephants, tigers, illegal logging, chimpanzeesComment
Melbourne woman combats illegal rhino-horn trade Bill LauranceMay 8, 2014rhino horn, rhinoceros, illegal trade, Vietnam, Lynn Johnson, toxins in horn, illegal wildlife trade, South AfricaComment
China imposes serious prison time for wildlife offences Bill LauranceMay 3, 2014China, illegal wildlife trade, ivory, elephants, rhinos, rhino horn, shark finning, sharks, endangered species, poachingComment
First-ever fatwa against wildlife trafficking Bill LauranceMarch 6, 2014Muslim cleric, Indonesia, fatwa, illegal wildlife trade, poaching, wildlife trafficking, Muslim edictComment
European Commission seeks input on illegal wildlife trade Conservation, Politics, WildlifeBill LauranceFebruary 11, 2014illegal wildlife trade, poaching, organized crime, European Commission, wildlife conservation, overhuntingComment
China acknowledges role in global elephant slaughter Conservation, Most PopularBill LauranceFebruary 7, 2014elephants, illegal ivory, ivory, China, illegal wildlife trade, blood ivory, poaching, Chinese government, African elephant, Asian elephantComment
