Limiting climate change is just the start of what we need to do to forestall a runaway cascade of species extinctions, write Bill Laurance & Paul Ehrlich. We must also reverse the destruction and fragmentation of key wildlife habitats, constrain our over-consumption of natural resources, stabilise human numbers - and elect leaders determined to prioritise these issues.
The debate is over: Earth's sixth great extinction has arrived Bill Laurance Paul Ehrlich | 18th November 2016 News Extinction Climate Change Conservation frog-cut.jpg Limiting climate change is just …
The destruction of the world's wilderness is accelerating with a new clutch of mega projects from dams, roads and mines to large scale agriculture, write James Watson, Bill Laurance, Brendan Mackey & James Allan. It's cost-effective to put a stop to it right now for the carbon value of wilderness alone - never mind the biodiversity and indigenous peoples it safeguards.
Wilderness needs immediate protection for climate - and much more James Watson Bill Laurance Brendan Mackey James Allan | 16th September 2016 Comment Climate Change Forests Wilderness Conservation …
Africa is facing an unprecedented surge in road and railway building with 33 huge 'development corridors' planned that threaten 2,400 of the continent's protected wildlife areas, writes Bill Laurance. We must block the most destructive plans and limit avoidable impacts on natural areas - before it's too late.
… this, the corridors will encourage human migration into many sparsely populated areas …