Protesters decry 'feeding frenzy' of African mining investors
Bill LauranceAfrica, mining, foreign investment, inflation, Dutch Disease, Mining on Top in Africa, The Gaia Foundation, London Mining Network, War on Want, Divest London, Global Justice Now, Stop Mad Mining, Hannibal Rhoades, protest, China, Chinese mining investments, environmental destruction, poaching, bribery, corruption, greenwashing, boom and bust
Our biggest environmental crisis -- by far
Bill Lauranceoverpopulation, Africa, Middle East, family planning, contraception, education for young women, radicalization, United Nations Population Division, population growth, fertility rate, family size, divorce, social stability, population projections, immigration, illegal immigration, Muslim nations, Europe, anti-immigration groups, demography, environmental damage, global warming
Will an avalanche of private money help or hurt Africa?
Bill LauranceAfrica, private investment, Bruce Wrobel, Herakles Farms, Cameroon, Christiane Badgley, Joshua Linder, biodiversity hotspot, oil palm, Foreign Policy Magazine, mining, infrastructure
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
Will we run out of food?
Why are we so afraid to talk about human population?
Carnage for forest elephants
Wildlife, Most PopularBill Lauranceforest elephant, elephant, illegal ivory, ivory trade, roads, poaching, Africa, Equatorial Africa, rainforest, logging, China
Agriculture will massively impact the tropics
Conservation, Most PopularBill Lauranceagriculture, deforestation, land use, energy supplies, land sparing, land sharing, biofuels, global food security, tropical ecosystems, tropical biodiversity, biodiversity, freshwater ecosystems, Africa, South America, global food demand, farming, grazing