Transforming Forest Killers Into Forest Savers PoliticsBill LauranceAugust 14, 2017Clay Ogg, farm subsidies, deforestation, carbon emissions, National Center for Environmental Economics, tropical forests, subsidies, Brazil, Indonesia, REDD, E.U., conservation-compliance program, trade agreement, fertilizer, farming, peat swamp, peat, peat bog, global warming, nitrous oxide, OECD, Southeast Asia, palm oil, government subsidies, decoupled subsidies, crop prices Comments
ALERT Debate: Palm Oil in Africa ConservationBill LauranceJanuary 13, 2017oil palm, palm oil, Africa, Southeast Asia, Joshua Linder, Erik Meijaard, Thomas Struhaker, Carolyn Josh Robinson, Marc Ancrenaz, Serge Wich, Palm Oil Paradox, GRASP, apes, gorillas, chimpanzees, bon, bonobo, gibbon, deforestation, land-use planning, land-use zoning, governance, frontier development Comments
New study: Half of all Amazon tree species are imperiled Bill LauranceNovember 22, 2015Amazon, tree species, protected areas, indigenous lands, deforestation, logging, tree diversity, rare species, Carlos Peres, Hans ter Steege, William Laurance, habitat fragmentation, Brazil, Brazilian Amazon, Venezuela, Bolivia, Colombia, Peru, Guianas, beef, soy, palm oilComment
Turn up the heat on McDonald's for killing orangutans Bill LauranceNovember 15, 2014McDonalds, palm oil, oil palm, National Fast Food Day, Union of Concerned Scientists, tweet, orangutans, boycott McDonalds, Big MacComment
Ten ways you can help stop the sixth mass extinction Bill LauranceOctober 28, 2014biodiversity crisis, sixth mass extinction, mass extinction, species extinction, Anthony Barnosky, global warming, deforestation, overfishing, overpopulation, habitat loss, political leadership, eat less meat, palm oil, oil palm, carbon footprint, Huffington Post Comment
Export markets are driving much of tropical deforestation Bill LauranceOctober 27, 2014agricultural 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 Comment
Will new supercrops feed the world and help save nature? Bill LauranceOctober 8, 2014supercrops, oil palm, palm oil, land sparing, deforestation, tropical forests, land-use planning, land zoning, agriculture, biofuels, global food demand, food security, tropical rainforestsComment
Palm oil chief grossly distorts facts about deforestation Bill LauranceSeptember 15, 2014Malaysian Palm Oil Council, MPOC, Yusof Basiron, oil palm, palm oil, deforestation, Sarawak, Malaysia, Borneo, orangutans, Sumatra, forest conversionComment
Company to spend $12 million felling Papua's rainforests Bill LauranceJuly 29, 2014Wilmar, oil palm, palm oil, deforestation, Papua, Indonesia, ANJT, no-deforestation pledge, New Guinea, Indonesian Papua, forest clearingComment
