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
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
Why Do We Support Dumb Development? ConservationBill LauranceJuly 10, 2017development projects, stranded assets, Dutch Disease, perverse incentives, corruption, oil palm, roads, tropical forests, deforestation, dumb development, Borneo, Malasyia, Nichola Abrams, Africa, Asia, Latin America, Oceania, highways, potholes, erosion, rainfallComment
Fragmented Future: Wounded Landscapes Imperil More than Biodiversity Infrastructure ExpansionBill LauranceDecember 21, 2015habitat 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 GalettiComment
Conserving tropical forests could get us halfway to solving global warming Climate ChangeBill LauranceDecember 4, 2015Brett Byers, Rainforest Trust, Million Acre Pledge, Paris COP, COP 21, climate change, deforestation, selective logging, tropical forests, biodiversity, fossil fuels, carbon emissions, forest regeneration Comment
The global villains and heroes of tropical forest destruction Bill LauranceJuly 19, 2015Forest 500, Global Canopy Programme, deforestation, corporations, governments, investors, tropical forests, rainforests, financial institutions, banks, hedge funds, private corporations, public corporations, China, RussiaComment
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
Are vines taking over the planet? Bill LauranceJune 22, 2014vines, lianas, tropical forests, Amazon, carbon storage, forest carbon, carbon dioxide fertilization, tree growth, William Laurance, Stefan Schnitzer, vine infestations, positive feedbacksComment
Species disappearing "1000 times faster than normal" Bill LauranceMay 29, 2014biodiversity, biodiversity hotspots, species extinctions, unknown species, local endemics, missing species, habitat destruction, Stuart Pimm, tropical forests, endangered species, species losses Comment
Is intensifying agriculture good or bad for nature? Bill LauranceApril 11, 2014agriculture, biodiversity, tropics, tropical forests, intensification, wildlife-friendly farming, yield increases, Yale Environment 360, Bill Laurance, William Laurance, human population growth, 21st century trendsComment
We must save logged tropical forests Bill LauranceApril 4, 2014tropical forests, logging, selective logging, biodiversity, ecosystem services, forest conversion, oil palm, slash-and-burn, conversion, logged forestsComment
Are global forest-destroyers turning over a new leaf? Infrastructure ExpansionBill LauranceFebruary 12, 2014APRIL, APP, Golden Agri Resources, Wilmar, oil palm, deforestation, tropical forests, logging, wood pulp, paper pulp, plantations, Asia, Indonesia, no-deforestation pledge, free and prior informed consentComment
How does forest fragmentation affect birds? Infrastructure Expansion, ConservationBill LauranceJanuary 29, 2014birds, bird communities, tropical forests, habitat fragmentation, deforestation, insectivores, frugivores, ecosystem services, ripple effects, temperate forests, temperate ecosystems, global analysis, meta-analysis, extinction, fragment sizeComment
The year's top stories for tropical forests RainforestsBill LauranceJanuary 3, 2014tropical forests, Malaysia, Indonesia, Amazon, Brazil, deforestation, logging, Borneo, oil palm, zero deforestation, Asian Pulp & Paper, paper pulp plantations, deforestation drivers, overhuntingComment
