ALERT Conservation Blogs — ALERT

Press release: ALERT confronts Australian PM over 'no more parks' vow

Bill LauranceMarch 5, 2014Tony Abbott, Liberal-National Coalition, Australia, national parks, habitat loss, extinctionComment

Deadly isolation: Tree-clearing may doom flying mammals

Bill LauranceMarch 5, 2014population isolation, habitat fragmentation, woodland clearing, Queensland, squirrel glider, inbreeding, genetic variation, extinction, forest patchesComment

Eco-crimes in Sarawak

Bill LauranceMarch 3, 2014Sarawak, logging, Malaysia, deforestation, indigenous lands, Bruner Manser Fund, Taib Mahmud, BorneoComment

Australia scuttles funding for endangered rhino

Bill LauranceMarch 2, 2014Sumatran rhino, rhinoceros, endangered species, Australia, Tony Abbott, Julie Bishop, Indonesia, WWFComment

Does ecotourism help or hurt nature?

Bill LauranceMarch 1, 2014tourism, ecotourism, nature conservation, wildlife, Costa Rica, deforestation, poverty reduction, poaching, illegal encroachment, protected areasComment

Are the media blowing it on climate change?

Climate ChangeBill LauranceFebruary 27, 2014climate change, climate skeptic, BBC, Simon Lewis, Nigel Lawson, global warming, climate debate, GreenpeaceComment

What to do if you see an eco-crime

WildlifeBill LauranceFebruary 24, 2014Wildleaks, wildlife trade, poaching, illegal logging, whistle blower, environmental crimes, bushmeatComment

Mega-canal project could devastate Nicaragua's ecology

Infrastructure ExpansionBill LauranceFebruary 22, 2014Nicaragua, canal, Nicaragua Canal, Lake Nicaragua, deforestation, habitat fragmentation, jaguar, indigenous peoplesComment

Top ecologist: New park only solution to Victoria forest 'disaster'

Conservation, WildlifeBill LauranceFebruary 21, 2014mountain ash forests, Great Forest National Park, David Lindenmayer, Leadbeater's Possum, Victoria, Logging, fires, world's tallest treesComment

The blight of illegal gold mining

Conservation, PeruBill LauranceFebruary 20, 2014gold mining, illegal gold mining, forest invasions, Peru, Indonesia, mercury pollution, deforestation, mining, protected areas, blood goldComment

The mystery of Australia's small mammal declines

WildlifeBill LauranceFebruary 19, 2014mammals, Australia, Northern Territory, Western Australia, extinction, grazing, fire, feral cats, cane toads, fire regimesComment

Carnage for forest elephants

Wildlife, Most PopularBill LauranceFebruary 17, 2014forest elephant, elephant, illegal ivory, ivory trade, roads, poaching, Africa, Equatorial Africa, rainforest, logging, ChinaComment

Big fine for illegal forest-clearing in Sumatra

Rainforests, PoliticsBill LauranceFebruary 13, 2014Leuser Ecosystem, Aceh, oil palm, Indonesia, Sumatra, forest burning, Friends of the Earth Indonesia, Tripa Peat SwampsComment

World's biggest oil palm producer criticized for breaking pledge

PoliticsBill LauranceFebruary 13, 2014Wilmar, Balikpapan, deforestation, no-deforestation pledge, oil palm, Indonesia, NGOs, Kalimantan, rainforest, peat forest, peatlandsComment

The debate about forest conservation

Bill LauranceFebruary 13, 2014selective logging, secondary forest, old-growth forest, rainforest, tropical forest, scientific debate, Corey Bradshaw, ConservationBytes, logged forest, logging, Indonesia Comments

Papua New Guinea's growing forest scandal

RainforestsBill LauranceFebruary 13, 2014Papua New Guinea, timber, SABL, SABLs, Special Agricultural and Business Leases, Commission of Inquiry, scandal, Jemima GarrettComment

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

ALERT's efforts to protect rhino reserve gaining traction

Conservation, WildlifeBill LauranceFebruary 12, 2014one-horned rhinoceros, Chitwan National Park, Nepal, railroad, roads, poaching, habitat fragmentation, national park, World Heritage site, The Ecologist, Avaaz petition, European CommissionComment

European Commission seeks input on illegal wildlife trade

Conservation, Politics, WildlifeBill LauranceFebruary 11, 2014illegal wildlife trade, poaching, organized crime, European Commission, wildlife conservation, overhuntingComment

Across the planet, big trees are in trouble

ConservationBill LauranceFebruary 11, 2014big trees, old trees, giant trees, global warming, droughts, fire regimes, logging, selective logging, rainforests, Amazon, habitat fragmentation, exotic pathogens, exotic weedsComment