Posts tagged infrastructure
Brazil burning: Drought & legal changes imperil forests
Climate ChangeBill LauranceBrazil, deforestation, Forest Code, Dilma Rousseff, fires, El Nino, drought, Amazon, infrastructure, indigenous lands, Brazilian Congress, zero deforestation, Godzilla, climate change, Paris COP
Key Trends to Watch: Perils and Promise for Rainforests in 2016
RainforestsBill Laurancerainforest, 2016, deforestation, carbon emissions, commodity prices, timber, oil palm, soy, beef, oil, mining, minerals, China, roads, infrastructure, Africa, El Nino, drought, Godzilla, Indonesia, haze, peat fires, peatland, Southeast Asia, Brazil, recession, exports, hydroelectric dams, Amazon, Mata Atlantica, Atlantic forests, President Dilma, Zero-deforestation agreement, no-deforestation pledge, wood pulp, land-use planning, Malaysia, Paris COP, REDD, REDD+, global warming, climate change, biodiversity, scientific uncertainty
ALERT's three most important conservation trends in 2015
ConservationBill LauranceALERT, El Nino, infrastructure, roads, deforestation, poaching, illegal mining, no-deforestation pledges, Indonesia, Brazil, wildfires, 2015, haze, Southeast Asia, Sumatra, Cambodia, India, Amazon, Sub-Saharan Africa, peatland, forest fires, Daintree Drought Experiment, power lines, gas lines, G20 nations, BNDES, AIIB, New York Times, New Scientist, West Africa, migratory species, RoadLess, E.C. Joint Research Center, Godzilla
Africa's Greatest Environmental Challenge -- Ever
ConservationBill LauranceAfrica, Sub-Saharan Africa, development corridors, African Development Bank, mining, agriculture, food security, population growth, Current Biology, roads, railroads, energy infrastructure, power lines, gas lines, colonization, poaching, hunting, deforestation, infrastructure, wildlife, elephant, fires
Wildife struggle in an increasingly noisy world
Bill Laurancenoise, traffic noise, road expansion, Heidi Ware, phantom road, wildlife stress, migratory species, migratory birds, William Laurance, national parks, nature reserves, infrastructure, human-generated noise, Idaho
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
Why biodiversity is declining even as protected areas increase
Bill Lauranceprotected areas, biodiversity, biodiversity loss, extinction, habitat destruction, land sparing, land sharing, Ro Hill, infrastructure, G20 nations
ALERT scientists tell G20 leaders to stop the 'infrastructure insanity'!
Bill LauranceG20, G20 nations, infrastructure, roads, dams, mining, power lines, gas lines, fossil fuels, deforestation, habitat loss, overhunting, Bill Laurance, Tom Lovejoy, Current Biology, global warming
The world's two most dangerous environmental trends
Bill LauranceBrazilian development bank, BNDES, AIIB, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, infrastructure, G20, roads, mining, dams, hydroelectric dams, Brazil, China, World Bank, African Development Bank, Asian Development Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, environmental impacts, deforestation, climate change
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
Neotropical rainforests under assault from infrastructure & mining
Bill LauranceNeotropical forests, rainforests, Interoceanic Canal, Nicaragua, Brazil, Amazon, Andes, mining, hydroelectric projects, hydroelectric dams, infrastructure, BNDES, IIRSA, China, Central America, South America, deforestation, roads, Tapajos River, ATBC, Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation
Sign petition to help stop Thailand 'death-trap' highway
Bill LauranceDong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex, death-trap highway, Rainforest Rescue, road kill, Thailand, highway, illegal logging, illegal hunting, infrastructure, World Heritage Area
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
