Posts tagged William Laurance
ALERT's latest campaign: 'Sustainable' corporation blasted for destroying Amazon rainforest
Bill LauranceUnited Cacao, Peru, Peruvian Amazon, deforestation, cacao, chocolate, Cacao del Peru Norte, Thomas Lovejoy, Lian Pin Koh, William Laurance, environmental sustainability, green-washing, tropical rainforest, illegal mining, illegal logging
Where on Earth should roads go and not go?
Bill LauranceA global strategy for road building, William Laurance, Nature magazine, road building, zoning roads, food production, global food demand, road expansion, Pandora's Box effect, illegal logging, poaching, land speculation, land-use zoning, deforestation, illegal mining
Are vines taking over the planet?
Bill Laurancevines, lianas, tropical forests, Amazon, carbon storage, forest carbon, carbon dioxide fertilization, tree growth, William Laurance, Stefan Schnitzer, vine infestations, positive feedbacks
Is intensifying agriculture good or bad for nature?
Bill Lauranceagriculture, biodiversity, tropics, tropical forests, intensification, wildlife-friendly farming, yield increases, Yale Environment 360, Bill Laurance, William Laurance, human population growth, 21st century trends
Protect wilderness from rapacious road expansion
Bill Lauranceroads, developing nations, road expansion, wilderness, RoadFree, Kriton Arsenis, William Laurance, International Day of Forests, deforestation, logging, mining, hunting, illegal colonization, land speculation