Jalan ilegal dapat memudahkan pemburu, penambang, hinga perampas lahan merangsek ke hutan. Lalu kehancuran dimulai.
- Distinguished Research Professor and Australian Laureate, James Cook University
What harm can a road do? Plenty. Once built, illegal roads let loggers, miners, poachers and landgrabbers into the jungle, and the felling begins.
Dalam beberapa tahun terakhir, Indonesia telah memangkas laju deforestasi. Itulah mengapa aksi pengekangan terbaru terhadap para peneliti di negeri ini sangat mengejutkan.
In recent years, Indonesia has slashed the rate of deforestation. That’s why this new crackdown on researchers is so surprising.
As an economic superpower, China has far more left to do to ensure our planet remains liveable for vulnerable wildlife.
Australia has been identified as a hotspot for emerging diseases, which occurs when human activities collide with a richness of animal species.
Bertanding kembalinya Jokowi mungkin membahayakan keanekaragaman hayati global, karena ia mengancam mengingkari moratorium pembukaan perkebunan kelapa sawit baru.
Jokowi’s re-election may put the global biodiversity at risk
When people build fences across semi-arid landscapes we cut off vital paths to seasonal food and water.
A new petition is urging state and federal governments to rein in Australia’s rampant land clearing, which worsens the risk of bushfires and threatens to undo the work of the Emissions Reduction Fund.
The natural world depends on insects to function, but they may be the next casualty of climate change.
National parks and nature reserves are vital for conservation, but are also great places for recreation. Balancing the two is tricky, but it can be done if we realise parks are not just playgrounds.
Pour aider à sauvegarder les populations de rhinocéros, pourquoi ne pas accueillir ces animaux dans de grands parcs en Australie ?
Would you pay to see rhinos in Australia’s savannas or forests? It’s not as crazy as it sounds – and could help save collapsing rhino populations.
Jika proyek ini berjalan seperti rencana, proyek ini akan membanjiri jantung habitat orang utan Tapanuli dan menjelajah sisanya dengan banyak jalan baru dan pembukaan jaringan listrik.
A US$1.6 billion dollar dam in Sumatra threatens the recently discovered and desperately imperilled Tapanuli Orangutan.
Chinese investment is driving an unprecedented investment boom in global infrastructure. But despite its claims to be pursuing green development, China’s building bonanza is harming the planet.
Legislation designed to protect wildlife is being rolled back or ignored in all sorts of ways in all sorts of places, according to a new global database of attacks on green tape.
A new mapping study shows that roads have sliced and diced almost the entire land surface of Earth, leaving huge areas prone to illegal logging, mining and hunting.
Are giraffes really facing extinction? The decline of these beloved animals - and many others – has been hidden in plain sight as Africa builds ever more roads, railways and cities.
The jury is in and the debate is over: Earth’s sixth great extinction has arrived.
The organisms that we’re now discovering are often more hidden and more difficult to catch than ever before.
Wildlife in wilderness areas have more genetic diversity, which is better for their survival.
The world has lost 10% of its wilderness areas in the past 20 years and, with it, vast stores of carbon.
The Leuser ecosystem in northern Sumatra is home to some of the world’s rarest and best-loved animals. Thanks to a new government moratorium on land clearing, conservationists have enjoyed a big win.
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