ALERT Blasts Indonesian Firm Pushing Ape-Killer Project RainforestsBill LauranceAugust 10, 2018Tapanuli Orangutan, Sumatra, North Sumatra, PT NSHE, North Sumatera Hydro Energy, Sinohydro, Bank of China, President Xi Jinpeng, China, Belt & Road Initiative, PR firm, public relations, toxic reputation, hydropower, poaching, logging, haze, mining, deforestation, The Conversation, The Christian Science Monitor, National Geographic Online, Mongabay, Avaaz, WALHI, crisis management, Joko Widodo, President Jokowi, International Finance Corporation, Asian Development Bank, Sumatran Tiger, habitat fragmentation, acid test, circular, Malaysia, North Sumatera, Xi Jinping Comments
Mind-Blowing Videos on Urgent Eco-Dramas ConservationBill LauranceJuly 22, 2018Amazon, rainfall, habitat fragmentation, deforestation, evapotranspiration, roads, hunting, logging, BR-319, Elephant, poaching, stranded assets, mining, China, boom and bust, financial risk, cancer, Dutch Disease, snaring, Leuser Ecosystem, orangutan, rhino, rhino horn, Pandora's Box, bulldozer, land grabbing, rain, extinction, CongoComment
Should Rhinos Be Introduced To Australia? WildlifeBill LauranceJuly 5, 2018rhino, rhinoceros, black rhino, white rhino, Sumatran rhino, Javan rhino, Indian one-horned rhino, habitat fragmentation, habitat destruction, poaching, rhino horn, endangered species, Vietnam, China, Africa, Asia, megafauna, Sumatra, Java, roads, captive breeding, Australia, savannas, rule of law, eco-tourism, cattle ranching, cattle stations, crazy idea, exotic plant species Comments
Should We Fear the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank? Infrastructure Expansion, Editors PicksBill LauranceJune 24, 2018AIIB, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, Transport Sector Strategy, roads, railways, ports, airports, sea ports, China, Belt and Road Initiative, greening infrastructure, carbon emissions, Pandora's Box effect, deforestatoon, deforestation, habitat fragmentation, poaching, illegal mining, land grabs, strategic land-use planning, SEAs, strategic environmental assessments, biodiversity hotspot, Important Bird Areas, Key Biodiversity Areas, Global 200 Ecoregions, corruption, governance, stranded assets, foreign debt, wilderness, threatened species, tigers, Saiga antelope, Giant Pandas Comments
Asia’s Environmental ‘Eden’ in Crisis RainforestsBill LauranceJune 14, 2018Leuser Ecosystem, Sumatra, Indonesia, habitat fragmentation, roads, highway of death, orangutan, tiger, elephant, rhinoceros, illegal roads, Aceh government, Aceh Spatial Plan, Irwandi Yusuf, Sean Sloan, deforestation, poaching, oil palm, hydropower projects, geothermal project, power line Comments
Investors Beware: Infrastructure Projects Are Collapsing Infrastructure ExpansionBill LauranceJune 3, 2018China, Belt and Road Initiative, One Belt One Road, high-speed railway, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, investors, infrastructure, railway, road, hydropower, dam, hydroelectric dam, PNG-LNG, Papua New Guinea - Liquid Natural Gas Project, Papua New Guinea, natural gas, tax avoidance, ExxonMobil, social violence, Amazon, Brazilian Amazon, deforestation, poaching, illegal mining, Michel Temer, President Lula, Brazil, corruption, bribery, risk-reward tradeoff, transparency, developing nations, Australia, Darwin Harbor, Darwin Port, Exim, Chinese Export-Import Bank, Xi Jinping Comment
China's Belt & Road is "Environmentally Riskiest Venture Ever" Infrastructure ExpansionBill LauranceMay 23, 2018Belt and Road Initiative, One Belt One Road, China, infrastructure, roads, Bill Laurance, Asia, Africa, Asia-Pacific region, Europe, habitat destruction, habitat fragmentation, railroads, ports, extractive industries, global warming, fossil fuels, poaching, extinction, protected areas Comment
Can Conservation Corridors Save Nature? WildlifeBill LauranceMarch 23, 2018Thailand, wildlife corridor, conservation corridor, habitat fragmentation, fragmentation threshold, Highway 304 Wildlife Corridor, Indochinese Tigers, Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex, World Heritage site, poaching, illegal logging, roads, One Belt One Road, China, economic risks, environmental risks, social risks Comments
Why Chop the Amazon Rainforest in Half? Infrastructure ExpansionBill LauranceJanuary 10, 2018Amazon, rainforest, road, BR-319, BR-174, Manaus, Porto Velho, habitat fragmentation, poaching, logging, fires, BR-163, Rio Negro Bridge, William Laurance, Philip Fearnside, land speculation, illegal mining Comments
Carbon Collapse in Fragmented Forests RainforestsBill LauranceDecember 4, 2017habitat fragmentation, edge effects, tropical forests, frugivorous animals, microclimatic stresses, wind shear, treefalls, carbon emissions, carbon storage, defaunation, hunting, poaching, frugivores, trees, Rebecca Chaplin-Kramer, Nick Haddad, William Laurance, Susan Laurance, Thomas Lovejoy, Amazon, Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project, edge-related fires, surface fires, Carolina Bello, Mauro Galetti Comments
New Roads Are Devastating The Congo Infrastructure ExpansionBill LauranceOctober 15, 2017Congo, deforestation, logging, mining, illegal logging, poaching, Cross River Gorilla, Cameroon, Nigeria, Eugene Dongmo, Louis Nkembi, Arend de Haas, GLAD data, time-series, infrastructure, roads, fragmentation, EIAs, protected areas, law enforcement, China, Chinese loggers, Chinese miners, remote-sensing data, cultural conservation, Africa, rainforest Comments
Stopping Wildlife Crime - How Can I Help? Most Popular, ConservationBill LauranceSeptember 12, 2017poaching, wildlife crime, tigers, elephants, organized crime, environmental crimes, China, Vietnam, Singapore, Hong Kong, Amsterdam, Miami, corruption, snares, crippled animals, maimed animals, silent forests, empty forests, rhino horn, rhinos, pangolin, hornbill, shark, shark finning, organutan, gorilla, songbird, lizard, frog, poachers Comments
A Dangerous Year For Nature And Its Saviours ConservationBill LauranceAugust 5, 2017murder, conservationists, mining, logging, agribusiness, poaching, Amazon, Brazil, Michel Temer, Dorothy Stang, protected areas, land-grabs, land grabs, environmental laws, Australia, Kevin Rudd, super-profits tax, tax-free status, environmental groups, Global WitnessComment
How Roads Can Cause Economic and Social Meltdown Infrastructure ExpansionBill LauranceJune 3, 2017roads, highways, infrastructure, deforestation, carbon emissions, poaching, wildlife, wildfires, Pandora's Box, video, land-use planning, economic benefits, social stability, social benefits, jobs, politics, development policyComment
Road Rage: The Real Reason Roads Are So Dangerous Infrastructure ExpansionBill LauranceMay 25, 2017roads, highways, infrastructure, Asia, Africa, Amazon, poaching, deforestation, land-use planning, land-use change, climate change, global warming, James Cook University, TESS, ALERT, developing countries, developing nationsComment
Vietnam's Logging Scandal: Time for An International Boycott? ConservationJeremy HanceMay 17, 2017Vietnam, timber, timber exports, illegal logging, Cambodia, Jeremy Hance, European Union, U.S.A., Australia, Environmental Investigation Agency, elephant, sun bear, Asian black bear, clouded leopard, golden cat, Sunda pangolin, Virachey National Park, poaching, drug traffickers, murder, FLEGT, proboscis monkey, timber smugglingComment
Why Deforestation Is Exactly Like Cancer ConservationBill LauranceApril 26, 2017deforestation, cancer, contagious, contagion, poaching, hunting, roads, highways, developing nations, wilderness, protected areas, tumor, illegal roads, fire, wildfire, Amazon, monitoring, law enforcement, environmental regulations, corruption, silent forests, habitat fragmentationComment
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
Will Fast-Tracked Projects Shatter Asia’s ‘Jewel of Nature’? Protected AreasBill LauranceMarch 28, 2017Leuser Ecosystem, Gunung Leuser National Park, Siti Nurbaya, Joko Widodo, Indonesia, Sumatra, orangutan, Sumatran rhino, Sumatran Elephant, Sumatran tiger, deforestation, mining, geothermal project, Irwandi Yusuf, Aceh, roads, powerlines, World Heritage in Danger, hydropower projects, habitat fragmentation, poaching, snares, flooding Comment
Positive Signs: Environmental Progress in Indonesia WildlifeBill LauranceMarch 13, 2017Indonesia, Aceh, Leuser Ecosystem, President Joko Widodo, President Jokowi, Siti Nurbaya, Minister of Environment and Forestry, Papua, West Papua, New Guinea, Sumatra, peat, wildfires, haze, orangutan, tiger, rhinos, elephant, Irwandi, ForestHints.News, ANJT, oil palm plantations, mining concessions, oil palm concessions, woodpulp concessions, logging concessions, poaching, park encroachment Comment
