Nineteen rangers killed trying to save forest elephants
Bill Laurancepark ranger, park rangers, Virunga National Park, Garamba National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo, Africa, Equatorial Africa, ivory, illegal hunting, poaching, China, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, forest elephant, illegal wildlife trade
Growing blight on the Amazon rainforest
Bill Laurancegold mining, illegal gold mining, Amazon, Brazil, Peru, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, indigenous peoples, Amerindians, protected areas, parks, AIDS, malaria, poaching, mercury pollution, sedimentation, aquatic wildlife, Yanomami, Kayapo, artisanal mining, Greg Asner, indigenous reserves
Mysterious black leopards finally reveal their spots
Bill Lauranceblack leopard, leopard, Malaysia, Peninsular Malaysia, leopard spots, automatic cameras, infrared flash, Gopalasamy Reuben Clements, Laurie Hedges, William Laurance, melanism, poaching, illegal wildlife trade, wire snares, James Cook University, University of Nottingham-Malaysia
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
Protected areas do far better when governments work to make them succeed
Bill Lauranceprotected areas, nature reserves, national protection, IUCN categories I-IV, IUCN categories V-VI, Corey Bradshaw, William Laurance, Ian Craigie, poaching, illegal logging, illegal encroachment, biodiversity, extinctions, World Heritage sites
Roads to ruin: The devastating impacts of the global infrastructure explosion
Bill Lauranceroads, infrastructure, G20 nations, New York Times, New Scientist, Bill Laurance, dams, hydroelectric dams, power lines, gas lines, mining, fossil fuels, road expansion, deforestation, species extinctions, biodiversity loss, dinosaur extinctions, International New York Times, forest elephants, overhunting, poaching, logging roads
Habitat fragmentation is having "terrifying" effects on ecosystems
Bill Laurancehabitat fragmentation, deforestation, Nick Haddad, Thomas Lovejoy, William Laurance, Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project, experimental studies, roads, forest invasions, edge effects, Amazon Basin, Congo Basin, forest elephants, poaching
Global gold rush is killing the world's rainforests
Bill Laurancegold, illegal gold mining, blood gold, South America, mercury, sedimentation, aquatic ecosystems, deforestation, poaching, indigenous peoples, French Guiana, Guianas, Magdalena Valley, roads, global financial crisis, Interoceanic Highway, Peru, Amazon
Roads to ruin: Southeast Asia's most environmentally destructive highways
Bill Lauranceroads, highways, deforestation, hunting, poaching, illegal logging, illegal mining, Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar, Gopalasamy Reuben Clements, endangered mammals, endangered species, wilderness, endemic species, Philippines, roads to ruin
Global rally against devastating wildlife poaching
Bill Laurancepoaching, illegal hunting, rally against poaching, elephants, rhinos, rhinoceros, forest elephants, marine turtles, Vietnam, vertebrate wildlife, population declines
It's not just big corporations that are killing Indonesia's forests
Bill LauranceIndonesia, deforestation, smallholders, slash-and-burn farming, illegal logging, poaching, Joko Widodo, election promises, illegal mining, law enforcement, corruption, bribery, local investors, forest burning, big corporations, mega-corporations, oil palm, wood pulp, illegal colonization
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
Conservation priorities for Malaysia--a megadiversity nation in peril
Bill LauranceSociety for Conservation Biology-Asia Chapter, Malaysia, Peninsular Malaysia, Central Forest Spine Master Plan, Heart of Borneo Initiative, deforestation, poaching, park encroachment, Melaka Resolution, Sabah, Sarawak
ALERT launches campaign to save imperiled Thai forest
Bill LauranceThailand, Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex, DPKY Forest Complex, World Heritage, World Heritage in Danger, road impacts, deforestation, illegal logging, poaching, Asian elephant, dhole, Highway 304, Stop Global Warming Association, habitat fragmentation, roadkill
Using old smart-phones to fight eco-crimes
Bill LauranceRainforest Connection, Smart phones, Cameroon, Zoological Society of London, Sumatra, illegal logging, gold mining, poaching, illegal hunting, illegal wildlife trade, forest monitoring
China imposes serious prison time for wildlife offences
Bill LauranceChina, illegal wildlife trade, ivory, elephants, rhinos, rhino horn, shark finning, sharks, endangered species, poaching
Using drones for environmental research and spying
Lian Pin Kohdrones, drone, unmanned autonomous vehicle, poaching, illegal logging, forest burning, environmental monitoring, Lian Pin Koh, Serge Wich, ConservationDrones, ConservationDrones.org
Eco-crisis: Deadly assaults on park guards growing
The plight of primates... 9000 killed for one bushmeat market
Bill Lauranceprimates, deforestation, Indonesia, Ivory Coast, Cote d'Ivoire, poaching, overhunting, pet trade, monkeys, orangutan, Leuser Ecosystem, Sumatra, rhinoceros, elephant, tiger, overpopulation, hunting, bushmeat
Debate about forest conservation scheme in India
Priya DavidarKarnataka corridor, Western Ghats, India, biodiversity hotspot, Priya Davidar, Jean-Philippe Puyravaud, national parks, biological corridor, fuelwood gathering, poaching, tourism, wildlife, invasive species, power line, roads, railroad
