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
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
ALERT's three most important conservation trends in 2015 ConservationBill LauranceDecember 30, 2015ALERT, El Nino, infrastructure, roads, deforestation, poaching, illegal mining, no-deforestation pledges, Indonesia, Brazil, wildfires, 2015, haze, Southeast Asia, Sumatra, Cambodia, India, Amazon, Sub-Saharan Africa, peatland, forest fires, Daintree Drought Experiment, power lines, gas lines, G20 nations, BNDES, AIIB, New York Times, New Scientist, West Africa, migratory species, RoadLess, E.C. Joint Research Center, Godzilla Comment
Choking on smoke: The growing curse of Indonesia's wildfires Bill LauranceSeptember 30, 2015Indonesia, fires, smoke, smog, air pollution, wildfires, Malaysia, Singapore, Asia Pulp & Paper, deforestation, oil palm, wood pulp, slash-and-burn, corruption, Sinar Mas, Godzilla, El Nino, drought, air quality, school closures, peatlandsComment
Will 'Godzilla' mega-drought cause global crisis? Bill LauranceSeptember 14, 2015drought, El Nino, wildfires, Susan Laurance, William Laurance, Daintree Drought Experiment, Amazon, Borneo, Papua New Guinea, New Guinea, Indonesia, Australia, rainforests, habitat fragmentation, logging, rainfall deficits, mega-drought, Godzilla, NASAComment
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
Fire alert: Could 2014 be 'the year from hell'? Bill LauranceMarch 27, 2014fires, wildfires, ENSO, El Nino, drought, forest fires, Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Amazon, Sumatra, Borneo, climatology, respiratory distress, asthma, smoke, smogComment
ALERT press release: Roads imperil wilderness Bill LauranceMarch 20, 2014roads, drivers of deforestation, hunting, wildfires, RoadFree, International Day of Forests, press release, ALERTComment
