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We're celebrating 6 months since launching ALERT!
Ellen FieldJune 14, 2014Comment
Green groups in 'desperate' bid to halt Australian eco-calamity
Bill LauranceJune 12, 2014one-stop shop, Convention on Biological Diversity, Tony Abbott government, Australia, environmental impact assessments, biodiversity, deforestationComment
Beware environmental wolves in sheep's clothing
Bill LauranceJune 9, 2014anti-environmental groups, front groups, Dow Chemical, Information Council on the Environment, Australian Environment Foundation Comments
Good news: Deforestation slowing in some countries
Bill LauranceJune 9, 2014deforestation, REDD+, governance, law enforcement, payments for ecosystem services, empowering local communities, Brazil, Costa Rica, Mexico, Vietnam, Equatorial Africa, carbon emissions, moratoria, soy, beef, deforestation drivers, Guyana, Kenya, Madagascar Comment
Mega-corporation still destroying forests, despite green pledge
Bill LauranceJune 4, 2014APRIL, Sumatra, Indonesia, paper pulp, deforestation, forest clearing, rainforest, biodiversity, no-deforestation pledge, no deforestation, Foreign Correspondent, Bill Laurance, GreenpeaceComment
Rainforests imperiled by environmental 'one-two punch'
Bill LauranceJune 3, 2014habitat fragmentation, carbon dioxide, atmospheric chemistry, environmental synergism, Amazon, Amazon rainforest, tropical rainforest, Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project, trees, vines, Brazil, forest dynamics, climate change, global change Comment
Nature worth "$145 trillion per year" to humanity
Bill LauranceJune 1, 2014ecosystem services, valuation of nature, economics, Robert Costanza, land-use change, habitat destruction, natural resources, TEEB, carbon storage, crop pollination, recreation, flood mitigation, clean water, clean air, environmental economics Comments
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
Crisis time for India's endangered forests
Jean-Philippe PuyravaudMay 26, 2014Western Ghats, India, Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel, High Level Working Group, Ecologically Sensitive Areas, Ministry of Environment and Forests, sustainability, forest conservation, rainforestsComment
The 'environmental group' that's anti-environmental
Bill LauranceMay 25, 2014Australian Environment Foundation, Institute of Public Affairs, World Heritage, Tasmania, Tasmanian forests, Tony Abbott government, Australian Liberal Party, doublespeak, climate change, wind farms, green thuggery, Alan Oxley, anti-environment, anti-environmental Comments
Brazil funds world's biggest reserve network
Bill LauranceMay 22, 2014ARPA, Amazon Region Protected Areas, Brazil, nature reserves, protected areas, reserve funding, Brazilian Ministry for Environment, Amazon, deforestationComment
The mega-bank that's imperiling the Amazon
Bill LauranceMay 20, 2014Amazon, BNDES, development bank, bank, hydroelectric damComment
African ecosystems assailed by foreign-funded mining boom
Bill LauranceMay 19, 2014Africa, mining, mining boom, foreign investment, China, Australia, Brazil, Russia, India, Canada, corruption, environmental damage, African wildlifeComment
IUCN slams plan to de-list Tasmanian forests
Bill LauranceMay 17, 2014Tony Abbott government, Tasmania, World Heritage, de-listing, World Heritage Committee, IUCN, Doha, industrial loggingComment
Aussies fight attack on Tasmanian World Heritage
Bill LauranceMay 14, 2014Tasmania, World HeritageComment
When it comes to climate change, there are two USAs
Bill LauranceMay 12, 2014USA, America, climate change, global warming, Democrats, Republicans, Democratic Party, Republican Party, attitudes about environment, industrial nations, developing nations Comment
Help ALERT combat threats to crucial Malaysian park
Gopalasamy Reuben ClementsMay 10, 2014Selangor State Park, Malaysia, Peninsular Malaysia, endangered species, deforestation, road expansion, park degazettement, habitat fragmentation, ecosystem services, watershed, catchment, water quality, petitionComment
Melbourne woman combats illegal rhino-horn trade
Bill LauranceMay 8, 2014rhino horn, rhinoceros, illegal trade, Vietnam, Lynn Johnson, toxins in horn, illegal wildlife trade, South AfricaComment
Eco-pariah? Why Japan refuses to stop whaling
Craig MorleyMay 6, 2014whaling, whale harvests, Japan, Jarpa II, International Court of Justice, Southern Oceans, whale meat consumptionComment
Universities: destroyers of life or opportunity for biodiversity?
Jean-Philippe PuyravaudMay 5, 2014biodiversity, universities, Pondicherry University, India, Indian Institute of Technology, divestment, energy corporations, investments, wildlife Comment
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