Deadly Australian drop bears are much more abundant than previously thought
Bill LauranceDrop Bears, Thylarctos plummetus, Koala Bear, Australia, forests, predators, tourists, Australian Geographer, Volker Janssen, human attacks, James Cook University
Australia’s ‘Ecological Axis of Evil’ triggers native mammal collapse
Bill Laurancenorthern Australia, mammal declines, quolls, native rodents, bandicoots, smaller vertebrates, overgrazing, fire management, fires, feral animals, feral cats, dingoes, invasive species, livestock grazing, protected areas, species extinction, biodiversity crisis, Australia, Mark Ziembicki
Australia's shame: World Heritage sites in peril
Bill LauranceWet Tropics World Heritage Area, Wet Tropics of Queensland, Australia, Queensland government, Australian federal government, Tony Abbott, World Heritage, Great Barrier Reef, Virunga National Park, World Heritage Outlook Report, Salonga National Park, Tropical Rainforests Heritage of Sumatra, climate change, invasive species, infrastructure, urbanization, feral animals, Wet Tropics Management Authority, environmental impact assessments, cultural values, biodiversity
Progress in the battle against illegal logging
Bill Lauranceillegal logging, Chatham House, timber-importing nations, USA, Britain, France, Japan, Netherlands, FLEGT, Lacey Act, Illegal-logging Prohibition Act, Australia, China, Russia, Malaysia, Alan Oxley, wood products, paper products
The man who loves global warming
Bill LauranceAlan Oxley, global warming, greenhouse gases, coal miners, coal mining, lobbyist, Australia, fossil fuels, ITS Global, divestment, Australian National University, Stanford University, China
Are Australia's mysterious mammal declines spreading?
Bill Laurancemammal declines, Australia, tropical bettong, bettong, bandicoots, quolls, native rodents, feral cats, cane toads, pathogens, fire regimes, overgrazing, mammal extinctions, biodiversity loss, Sandra Abell-Davis, north Queensland
Last chance to save the world's primary forests
James Watsonprimary forests, old-growth forests, deforestation, international conventions, climate change, adaptive capacity, climate refugia, industrial nations, USA, Russia, Canada, Australia, New Zealand
Logging sharply increases fire risk for endangered forests
Big risks for the world's biggest coal mine
Bill LauranceAdani, Carmichael Coal Mine, Queensland, Australia, carbon emissions, India, Mundra, Gujarat State, corruption, scandal, Campbell Newman, coal mining, global warming
Scientists slam Australia for being, well, stupid
Green groups in 'desperate' bid to halt Australian eco-calamity
African ecosystems assailed by foreign-funded mining boom
Bill LauranceAfrica, mining, mining boom, foreign investment, China, Australia, Brazil, Russia, India, Canada, corruption, environmental damage, African wildlife
Biting back: Aussie coal corporation responds to call for emissions cuts
Imperiled parks -- the 'new normal'?
Bill Laurancenational 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
Illegal logging still a scourge for forests globally
Bill Lauranceillegal 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 Hijau
The Tasmanian travesty
Sweeping crackdown on political criticism in Australia
ALERT fights Australian scheme to silence eco-debates
Will Japan stop killing whales?
Craig Morleywhales, whaling, whale hunts, Japan, International Court of Justice, Craig Morley, Jarpa II, Australia, Minke Whales, Antarctic waters, Southern Pacific, Northern Pacific
Will Australia have to kiss some species goodbye?
