Posts in Infrastructure Expansion
Chinese Investments Could Kill 1,500 Indonesian Orangutans
Infrastructure ExpansionBill LauranceIndonesia, orangutan, peat, peatland, peat forest, West Kalimantan, Borneo, deforestation, drainage canal, President Jokowi, President Joko Widodo, PT Mohairson Pawan Khatulistiwa, Sungai Putri peat swamp, Beng Seng Materials, Ketapang Regency, haze, moratorium
In An Urbanized World, How Do We Keep Valuing Nature?
Infrastructure Expansion, Most PopularJeremy Hancenature, nature appreciation, loving nature, Jeremy Hance, forests, deforestation, urban growth, urbanization, rural communities, Brazil, China, shifting baseline, hunting, bushmeat, snares, hunters, overhunting, empty forests, Dominican Republic, West Africa
Sabah's 'Bridge to Hell' and other Scary Eco-News from Asia
Infrastructure ExpansionBill LauranceSoutheast Asia, biodiversity, Sabah, infrastructure, Lower Kinatatangan Wildlife Sanctuary, bridge, Bornean elephant, organutan, poaching, deforestation, Alice Hughes, primates, oil palm, rubber, paper pulp, woodpulp, ecotourism, undiscovered species, undiscovered biodiversity, karst, cement, China, wetlands, protected areas, overhunting, Mekong River, dams, pet trade, orangutan, Bridge to Hell, Borneo
ALERT Joins Battle to Halt Nigeria's 'Highway to Hell'
Infrastructure ExpansionBill LauranceCross River Highway, Cross River Superhighway, Cross River National Park, Cross River Gorilla, Leopard, Bill Laurance, Thomas Lovejoy, Mahmoud Mahmoud, Nigeria, tropical rainforest, primates, deforestation, logging, poaching, habitat fragmentation
Massive Superhighway Imperils Nigeria's Environment
Infrastructure ExpansionBill LauranceNigeria, superhighway, population growth, Amina Mohammed, President Buhari, Cross River State, endangered primates, Cross River National Park, Ekuri People, Ben Ayade, deforestation, bulldozing
The Vast Congo River to be Imperiled by the World's Biggest Dam
Infrastructure ExpansionAlice HughesInga Dam, Inga 3 Dam, Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo River, Congo Basin, roads, powerlines, hydroelectric dam, Transparency International, corruption, deforestation, environmental impact assessments, okapi, bonobo, Congo rainforest, Bundi Valley, aquatic wildlife, freshwater biodiversity, malaria
Rivers of Destruction: The Implications of India’s National Waterways Bill for Biodiversity
Infrastructure ExpansionBill LauranceIndia, rivers, national waterways, river channelization, riparian vegetation, fish, turtles, terrapins, aquatic biodiversity, Ganges River Dolphin, Gharial, sand mining, dredging, marshes, aquatic birds
Are You Ready for a Planet with 2 Billion Cars?
Infrastructure ExpansionBill Laurancecars, trucks, buses, motorcycles, motorized vehicles, traffic, air pollution, nanoparticles, cardiovascular disease, autoimmune disease, road expansion, deforestation, roadkill, greenhouse gases, urban growth, megacities, global roadmap, fuel efficiency, public transport
Could this little bird halt one of the world's biggest mining projects?
Infrastructure ExpansionBill LauranceCarmichael Coal Mine, Adani, Adani Group, Black-throated Finch, Galilee Basin, Queensland, coal mining, habitat loss, extinction, Australia, open-pit coal mine, biodiversity offsets, Eric Vanderduys, April Reside
Want to get sick? Just cut down more forest
Infrastructure ExpansionBill Laurancedisease, deforestation, malaria, leishmaniasis, yellow fever, AIDS, Ebola, hantavirus, truckers, roads, prostitutes, evapotranspiration, globalization, sandflies, mosquitoes
Crunch time for land clearing in Queensland
Infrastructure ExpansionBill LauranceQueensland, land clearing, deforestation, forests, woodlands, Martine Maron, greenhouse gases, carbon emissions, biodiversity, Koala, Great Barrier Reef
The world's forests will collapse if we don't learn to say 'no'
Infrastructure ExpansionBill Lauranceinfrastructure, roads, dams, power lines, gas lines, wilderness, core forest, Philip Fearnside, William Laurance, Amazon, Congo, Mekong River, Eneas Salati, Sub-Saharan Africa
Fragmented Future: Wounded Landscapes Imperil More than Biodiversity
Infrastructure ExpansionBill Laurancehabitat fragmentation, edge effects, tropical forests, frugivorous animals, microclimatic stresses, wind shear, treefalls, carbon emissions, carbon storage, defaunation, hunting, poaching, frugivores, trees, Rebecca Chaplin-Kramer, Nick Haddad, William Laurance, Susan Laurance, Thomas Lovejoy, Amazon, Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project, edge-related fires, surface fires, Carolina Bello, Mauro Galetti
A Vital New Initiative to Learn How Roads Are Imperiling Nature
Infrastructure ExpansionBill LauranceRoadLess, E.C. Joint Research Center, Steve Peedell, Frederic Achard, deforestation, poaching, roads, rainforests, carbon trading, land zoning, land-use planning, wilderness, illegal mining, logging, Congo Basin, Amazon, Peru, Brazil, illegal roads, logging roads, crowdsourcing, satellite imagery
Mega-canal project could devastate Nicaragua's ecology
Are global forest-destroyers turning over a new leaf?
Infrastructure ExpansionBill LauranceAPRIL, APP, Golden Agri Resources, Wilmar, oil palm, deforestation, tropical forests, logging, wood pulp, paper pulp, plantations, Asia, Indonesia, no-deforestation pledge, free and prior informed consent
Massive oil palm project threatens biodiversity in Cameroon
How does forest fragmentation affect birds?
Infrastructure Expansion, ConservationBill Laurancebirds, bird communities, tropical forests, habitat fragmentation, deforestation, insectivores, frugivores, ecosystem services, ripple effects, temperate forests, temperate ecosystems, global analysis, meta-analysis, extinction, fragment size
Where should roads go and not go?
Infrastructure ExpansionBill Lauranceroads, deforestation, global road map, forest conservation, hunting, agriculture, yield gaps, highways, land-use zoning, protected area, parks
