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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

ALERT's campaign to save island paradise from loggers

Bill LauranceOctober 13, 2014Woodlark Island, Papua New Guinea, industrial logging, Woodlark cuscus, endemic species, Karridale Limited, traditional landowners, Muyua IslandComment

Logging sharply increases fire risk for endangered forests

Bill LauranceAugust 5, 2014mountain ash forests, Leadbeater's Possum, Australia, industrial logging, clear-cut logging, David Lindenmayer, forest fires, wildfires, old-growth forestComment

Eco-crisis: The devastation of Borneo's forests

Bill LauranceJuly 17, 2014Borneo, Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, deforestation, industrial logging, selective logging, slash-and-burn, oil palm plantations, oil palm, pulpwood plantations, biodiversity, biodiversity hotspot, forest clearingComment

IUCN slams plan to de-list Tasmanian forests

Bill LauranceMay 17, 2014Tony Abbott government, Tasmania, World Heritage, de-listing, World Heritage Committee, IUCN, Doha, industrial loggingComment