Posts tagged protected areas
A Photographic Celebration of Nature
WildlifeBill LauranceLeuser Ecosystem, Leuser National Park, Gunung Leuser, Sumatra, rainforest, orangutan, Elephant, rhinoceros, Sumatran tiger, Sumatran orangutan, Siprayudi, Bill Laurance, oil palm, illegal hunting, encroachment, protected areas, kingfisher, viper, Thomas' Langur, dragonfly, gecko, Long-tailed Macaque, Slow Loris, Water Monitor
China's Belt & Road is "Environmentally Riskiest Venture Ever"
Infrastructure ExpansionBill LauranceBelt 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
The Global Battle to Protect Our Protected Areas
Protected AreasBill LaurancePADDD, protected areas, national parks, World Heritage Site, Michel Temer, Brazil, Amazon, RENCA, mining, PADDD Tracker, Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania, Cambodia, Virachey National Park, Bears Ears National Monument, Donald Trump, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, marine parks, commercial fishing, Jeremy Hance, climate change, mass extinction, New Zealand, Democratic Republic of Congo
Brazil's Amazon Sellout Threatens Critical Indigenous Lands
PoliticsBill LauranceBrazil, indigenous groups, Michel Temer, corruption, ruralist, impeachment, Brazilian Congress, protected areas, forest roads, illegal land claims, land-theft, modern-day slavery, fires, illegal logging, illegal mining, G-7 Pilot Program for the Brazilian Amazon, rainfall recycling
New Roads Are Devastating The Congo
Infrastructure ExpansionBill LauranceCongo, 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
The New Poster Child For Global Warming
Climate ChangeJeremy Hanceclimate change, global warming, droughts, African wild dogs, polar bears, coral reefs, lizards, Boyd's Forest Dragon, Bramble Cay Melomys, White Possum, White Lemuroid Possum, north Queensland, diatoms, copepods, protected areas, environmental synergisms, poster child, climatic refugia
Environmental Nightmare For The Amazon
RainforestsPhilip FearnsideAmazon, rainforest, Brazil, Michel Temer, deforestation, Ruralists, corruption, pork barrel, illegal land claims, land grabbing, land-thieves law, indigenous lands, protected areas, roads, highway, impeachment, economic crisis
A Dangerous Year For Nature And Its Saviours
ConservationBill Laurancemurder, 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 Witness
How Critical Are Big Parks?
Protected AreasJeremy Hanceprotected areas, national parks, endangered species, ecosystems, carbon storage, environmental services, snow leopards, rare species, park size, Colombia, Borneo, Danum Valley, Malaysia, Chiribiquete National Park, hunting, logging, rainforests, climate change, corridors, conservation corridors, Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, President Obama, President Trump, E. O. Wilson, Half Earth, marine protected areas, climate refugia, Puerto Sabalo-Los Monos Reserve, Monochoa Reserve, big reserves, wildlife corridor, cheetah, ocelot, toucan, Daintree, African forest elephant, Cape Buffalo
Deadly Din: The Growing Assault of Noise Pollution
Infrastructure ExpansionBill Laurancenoise, car noise, noise pollution, decibels, blood pressure, heart disease, stress, hearing impairments, immune effects, birth defects, developing nations, protected areas, USA, Europe, migrating birds, road avoidance, Henry David Thoreau, invisible habitat deterioration
Why Deforestation Is Exactly Like Cancer
ConservationBill Laurancedeforestation, 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 fragmentation
Snares: Legitimate Hunting or Torturing Wildlife?
WildlifeBill Laurancepoaching, snares, wildlife snares, protected areas, animal cruelty, empty forests, Tigers, chimpanzees, Forest elephant, antelope, Africa, Asia, roads, deforestation, Panthera, David R. Mills, Malaysia, Indonesia, Sumatran Tiger, Laos, African Golden Cat, commercial hunting, bushmeat
Sabah's 'Bridge to Hell' and other Scary Eco-News from Asia
Infrastructure ExpansionBill LauranceSoutheast Asia, biodiversity, Sabah, infrastructure, Lower Kinatatangan Wildlife Sanctuary, bridge, Bornean elephant, organutan, poaching, deforestation, Alice Hughes, primates, oil palm, rubber, paper pulp, woodpulp, ecotourism, undiscovered species, undiscovered biodiversity, karst, cement, China, wetlands, protected areas, overhunting, Mekong River, dams, pet trade, orangutan, Bridge to Hell, Borneo
Habitat Loss Puts Half the World's Ecosystems at Risk
Protected AreasBill Lauranceecoregions, habitat loss, crisis ecoregion, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola, Madagascar, Australia, USA, Canada, protected areas, mangrove forests, subtropical forests, tundra, Convention on Biological Diversity
Standing Tall for Imperiled Giraffes
WildlifeBill Laurancegiraffe, extinction, IUCN, Africa, savanna, molecular genetics, population growth, mining, China, development corridors, mining exports, poaching, WWF Living Planet Report, governance, land-use planning, protected areas
A Photographic Celebration of Nature
WildlifeBill LauranceLeuser Ecosystem, Leuser National Park, Gunung Leuser, Sumatra, rainforest, orangutan, Elephant, rhinoceros, Sumatran tiger, Sumatran orangutan, Siprayudi, Bill Laurance, oil palm, illegal hunting, encroachment, protected areas, kingfisher, viper, Thomas' Langur, dragonfly, gecko, Long-tailed Macaque, Slow Loris, Water Monitor
Only Radical Action Will Stop Earth's Sixth Mass Extinction
ConservationBill Lauranceextinction, mass extinction, sixth mass extinction, Bill Laurance, Paul Ehrlich, The Population Bomb, Natalia Ocampa-Penuela, birds, biodiversity hotspots, IUCN Red List, protected areas, human population growth, climate change, wilderness, endangered species
Silent Forests: Battling Hunting Overkill in Southeast Asia
WildlifeJeremy Hancehunting, poaching, Southeast Asia, snares, Rhett Harrison, deforestation, roads, infrastructure, dams, logging, mining, defaunation, seed dispersal, bushmeat, tigers, pangolins, wild pigs, deer, core forest, population growth, protected areas
Which is the Biggest Killer: Climate Change or Habitat Disruption?
Climate ChangeJeremy Hancedeforestation, habitat fragmentation, overhunting, logging, overfishing, overexploitation, climate change, global warming, heat waves, extinction, species extinctions, Sean Maxwell, Mark Cochrane, Jeremy Hance, IUCN Red List, endangered species, agriculture, farming, protected areas, Amazon, environmental synergisms, fire, weather extremes, coral reefs, cloud forests, sea ice, Arctic
Planet at a Crossroads: Report from the IUCN World Congress
ConservationAlice HughesIUCN 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 Hughes
