ALERT Conservation Blogs — ALERT

China imposes serious prison time for wildlife offences

Bill LauranceMay 3, 2014China, illegal wildlife trade, ivory, elephants, rhinos, rhino horn, shark finning, sharks, endangered species, poachingComment

Ocean rubbish--no longer out of sight, out of mind

Craig MorleyMay 2, 2014oceanic rubbish, oceanic garbage, ghost fishing, gyres, oceanic debris, litter, rubbish, debris, great Pacific garbage patch, sea floor, pollution, oceanic pollutionComment

Logging chaos in Papua New Guinea

Bill LauranceApril 30, 2014illegal logging, illegal timber trade, Papua New Guinea, Chatham House, corruption, China, stolen timber, Sam LawsonComment

Using drones for environmental research and spying

Lian Pin KohApril 27, 2014drones, drone, unmanned autonomous vehicle, poaching, illegal logging, forest burning, environmental monitoring, Lian Pin Koh, Serge Wich, ConservationDrones, ConservationDrones.orgComment

Biting back: Aussie coal corporation responds to call for emissions cuts

Bill LauranceApril 25, 2014coal mining, Australia, carbon emissions, global warming, climate change, Australia's dirty dozen, Australian coal, trillion-ton carbon cap Comment

Imperiled parks -- the 'new normal'?

Bill LauranceApril 23, 2014national parks, protected areas, World Heritage site, Thailand, Democratic Republic of Congo, Brazil, Ecuador, New Zealand, Australia, Virunga National Park, Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex, IUCN, World Heritage Site in Danger Comments

Illegal logging still a scourge for forests globally

Bill LauranceApril 21, 2014illegal logging, illegal timber trade, stolen timber, Alan Oxley, Tony Abbott government, Australia, Indonesia, Peru, Democratic Republic of Congo, criminal activities, Anti Forest-Mafia Coalition, illegal logging bill, Rimbunan HijauComment

Canada's carbon calamity

Bill LauranceApril 18, 2014tar sands, oil shale, unconventional petroleum, Canada, Alberta, carbon emissions, global warming, Jim Hansen, IPCCComment

The Tasmanian travesty

Bill LauranceApril 17, 2014World Heritage site, de-listing, World Heritage Commission, Tasmania, tall eucalypt forest, tall eucalypt rainforest, Peter Hitchcock, Australia, loggingComment

Eco-crisis: Deadly assaults on park guards growing

Bill LauranceApril 17, 2014poaching, Virunga National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo, illegal logging, criminal gangs, park guards, drug traffickers, park encroachment, overpopulationComment

Every tree matters: Even a little deforestation alters climate

Bill LauranceApril 16, 2014deforestation, climate, local climate, rising temperature, albedo, evapotranspiration, trees, tree felling, solar radiation, carbon storage, small clearingsComment

Crisis underground: We're overharvesting water

Bill LauranceApril 15, 2014aquifer, underground water, overharvesting, agriculture, food prices, human population growth, USA, India, ChinaComment

Sweeping crackdown on political criticism in Australia

Bill LauranceApril 13, 2014Tony Abbott government, Liberal-National Coalition, Australia, social media, public employees, government employees, criticism of government, crackdown, environmental boycottsComment

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

New Zealand opens up park for oil and gas exploration

Craig MorleyApril 9, 2014New Zealand, Victoria Forest Park, oil, petroleum, natural gas, oil exploration, national parks, Simon Bridges, South Island, Department of ConservationComment

Why are Indonesia's forests so imperiled?

Bill LauranceApril 9, 2014Indonesia, deforestation, logging concessions, industrial concessions, oil palm, pulpwood plantations, industrial fiber plantations, APRIL, APP, Asia Pulp & Paper, Sumatra, Borneo, Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo, Papua, Lian Pin Koh Comments

Will we run out of food?

Bill LauranceApril 7, 2014global food security, food demand, human population growth, agriculture, energy, energy prices, energy supplies, AfricaComment

ALERT fights Australian scheme to silence eco-debates

Bill LauranceApril 6, 2014Tony Abbott, Australia, environmental boycotts, consumers, corporations, boycott, free speechComment

Take a minute to help save Sumatra's last rainforest

Bill LauranceApril 5, 2014Leuser Ecosystem, Aceh, Indonesia, Sumatra, orangutan, tiger, elephant, rhinoceros, deforestation, Ladia Galaska Road Network, lowland rainforestComment

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