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'''William F. Laurance''' (born 12 October 1957), also known as '''Bill Laurance''',<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://research.jcu.edu.au/portfolio/bill.laurance | title=Prof Bill Laurance - Research Portfolio - James Cook University}}</ref> is Distinguished Research Professor at [[James Cook University]], [[Australia]] and has been elected as a Fellow of the [[Australian Academy of Science]].<ref name="Fellows elected in 2016">{{cite web|title=Fellows elected in 2015|url=https://www.science.org.au/fellows-elected-2015|access-date=27 December 2017}}</ref> He has received an [[Australian Laureate Fellowship]] from the [[Australian Research Council]].<ref>{{cite web|title=2010 Australian Laureate Fellows – Professor William Laurance|url=http://www.arc.gov.au/pdf/ALF10/ALF_professor_william_laurance.pdf}}</ref> He held the Prince Bernhard Chair for International Nature Conservation at [[Utrecht University]], [[Netherlands]] from 2010 to 2014.
'''William F. Laurance''' (born 12 October 1957), also known as '''Bill Laurance''',<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://research.jcu.edu.au/portfolio/bill.laurance | title=Prof Bill Laurance - Research Portfolio - James Cook University}}</ref> is Distinguished Research Professor at [[James Cook University]], [[Australia]] and has been elected as a Fellow of the [[Australian Academy of Science]].<ref name="Fellows elected in 2016">{{cite web|title=Fellows elected in 2015|url=https://www.science.org.au/fellows-elected-2015|access-date=27 December 2017}}</ref> He has received an [[Australian Laureate Fellowship]] from the [[Australian Research Council]].<ref>{{cite web|title=2010 Australian Laureate Fellows – Professor William Laurance|url=http://www.arc.gov.au/pdf/ALF10/ALF_professor_william_laurance.pdf}}</ref> He held the Prince Bernhard Chair for International Nature Conservation at [[Utrecht University]], [[Netherlands]] from 2010 to 2014.
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William F. [[Laurance]] grew up in the western US, in [[Oregon]] and [[Idaho]].<ref name="Laurance 2000">{{cite book|last=Laurance|first=William|title=Stinging Trees and Wait-a-Whiles: Confessions of a Rainforest Biologist|year=2000|publisher=University of Chicago|location=Chicago|url=https://archive.org/details/stingingtreeswai00laur|url-access=registration|page=[https://archive.org/details/stingingtreeswai00laur/page/85 85]|quote=rancher.|isbn=978-0-226-46896-9}}</ref> He initially aspired to direct his own zoo, but later turned to ecology and conservation biology.<ref name="Laurance 2000" />
William F. [[Laurance]] grew up in the western US, in [[Oregon]] and [[Idaho]].<ref name="Laurance 2000">{{cite book|last=Laurance|first=William|title=Stinging Trees and Wait-a-Whiles: Confessions of a Rainforest Biologist|year=2000|publisher=University of Chicago|location=Chicago|url=https://archive.org/details/stingingtreeswai00laur|url-access=registration|page=[https://archive.org/details/stingingtreeswai00laur/page/85 85]|quote=rancher.|isbn=978-0-226-46896-9}}</ref> He initially aspired to direct his own zoo, but later turned to ecology and conservation biology.<ref name="Laurance 2000" />


Since he was interested in nature conservation, he decided in the early 1980s to study imperiled [[tropical forests]] for his PhD. During this time, he also became involved in some heated conservation issues<ref name="Confessions of a Rainforest Biologist">{{cite book | title=Stinging Trees and Wait-a-Whiles: Confessions of a Rainforest Biologist | url=https://archive.org/details/stingingtreeswai00laur | url-access=registration | publisher=Chicago Press | last=Laurance | first=William | year=2000}}</ref> in Australia and elsewhere.
Since he was interested in nature conservation, he decided in the early 1980s to study imperiled [[tropical forests]] for his PhD. During this time, he also became involved in some heated conservation issues<ref name="Confessions of a Rainforest Biologist">{{cite book | title=Stinging Trees and Wait-a-Whiles: Confessions of a Rainforest Biologist | url=https://archive.org/details/stingingtreeswai00laur | url-access=registration | publisher=Chicago Press | last=Laurance | first=William | year=2000| isbn=9780226468969 }}</ref> in Australia and elsewhere.


== Professional career ==
== Professional career ==
Laurance has authored eight books and has over 700 scientific and popular articles<ref name="The Habits of Successful Ecologists, or Does Facebook count as 'outreach'?">{{cite journal|last=Queenborough|first=Simon A.|author2=Ira R. Cooke |title=The Habits of Successful Ecologists, or Does Facebook count as 'outreach'?|journal=Bulletin of the British Ecological Society|year=2011|volume=42|issue=1|pages=40–42}}</ref> to his credit. These include two edited volumes,<ref name="Emerging Threats to Tropical Forests">{{cite book|last=Laurance, W. F.|first=and C. A. Peres (editors)|title=Emerging Threats to Tropical Forests|year=2006|publisher=University of Chicago Press, Chicago|page=534|url=http://www.press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/E/bo3750533.html}}</ref><ref name="Tropical Forest Remnants(1)">{{cite book | url=http://www.press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/T/bo3612833.html | title=Tropical Forest Remnants Ecology, Management, and Conservation of Fragmented Communities. | publisher=Chicago Press | last=Laurance, W. F. | first=and R. O. Bierregaard Jr. | year=1997 | page=616}}</ref> as well as analyses of conservation-policy challenges in the Brazilian Amazon,<ref name="Laurance, W. F. 1998. A crisis in the making: responses of Amazonian forests to land use and climate change. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 13:411-415.">{{cite journal | last1 = Laurance | first1 = W. | title = A crisis in the making: Responses of Amazonian forests to land use and climate change | doi = 10.1016/S0169-5347(98)01433-5 | journal = Trends in Ecology & Evolution | volume = 13 | issue = 10 | pages = 411–415 | year = 1998 | pmid = 21238369}}</ref> Gabon,<ref name="Laurance, W. F., A. Alonso, M. Lee, and P. Campbell. 2006. Challenges for forest conservation in Gabon, central Africa. Futures 38:454-470.">{{cite journal | last1 = Laurance | first1 = W. F. | last2 = Alonso | first2 = A. | last3 = Lee | first3 = M. | last4 = Campbell | first4 = P. | title = Challenges for forest conservation in Gabon, Central Africa | doi = 10.1016/j.futures.2005.07.012 | journal = Futures | volume = 38 | issue = 4 | pages = 454–470 | year = 2006 }}</ref> Southeast Asia,<ref name="Grainger, A., D. Boucher, P. Frumhoff, W. F. Laurance, T. Lovejoy, J. McNeeley, M. Neikisch, P. Raven, N. Sodhi, O. Venter, and S. Pimm. 2009. Biodiversity and REDD at Copenhagen. Current Biology 19:R974-R976.">{{cite journal | last1 = Grainger | first1 = A. | last2 = Boucher | first2 = D. H. | last3 = Frumhoff | first3 = P. C. | last4 = Laurance | first4 = W. F. | last5 = Lovejoy | first5 = T. | last6 = McNeely | first6 = J. | last7 = Niekisch | first7 = M. | last8 = Raven | first8 = P. | last9 = Sodhi | first9 = N. S. | last10 = Venter | first10 = O. | last11 = Pimm | first11 = S. L. | doi = 10.1016/j.cub.2009.10.001 | title = Biodiversity and REDD at Copenhagen | journal = Current Biology | volume = 19 | issue = 21 | pages = R974–R976 | year = 2009 | pmid = 19922850}}</ref> and New Guinea.<ref name="Laurance, W. F., T. Kakul, R. Keenan, J. Sayer, G. R. Clements, F. Villegas, and N. Sodhi. 2011. Predatory corporations, failing governance, and the fate of forests in Papua New Guinea. Conservation Letters 4:95-100.">{{cite journal | last1 = Laurance | first1 = W. F. | last2 = Kakul | first2 = T. | last3 = Keenan | first3 = R. J. | last4 = Sayer | first4 = J. | last5 = Passingan | first5 = S. | last6 = Clements | first6 = G. R. | last7 = Villegas | first7 = F. | last8 = Sodhi | first8 = N. S. | doi = 10.1111/j.1755-263X.2010.00156.x | title = Predatory corporations, failing governance, and the fate of forests in Papua New Guinea | journal = Conservation Letters | volume = 4 | issue = 2 | pages = 95–100 | year = 2011 }}</ref> He has also synthesized changing trends,<ref name="Laurance, W. F. 2008. Tipping the balance. The Ecologist, July/August, pp. 37-41.">{{cite journal|last=Laurance|first=W. F.|title=Tipping the balance|journal=The Ecologist|year=2008|pages=37–41}}</ref> new initiatives,<ref name="Laurance, W. F. 2008. Better [[REDD]] than dead. BioScience 58:677.">{{cite journal | last1 = Laurance | first1 = W. F. | title = Better REDD than Dead (Response from Laurance) | doi = 10.1641/B580819 | journal = BioScience | volume = 58 | issue = 8 | pages = 677 | year = 2008 | doi-access = free }}</ref> and major debates<ref name="Laurance, W. F. 2001. Tropical logging and human invasions. Conservation Biology 15:4-5.">{{cite journal|doi=10.1046/j.1523-1739.2001.00_11-2.x|title=Tropical Logging and Human Invasions|journal=Conservation Biology|volume=15|pages=4–5|year=2001|last1=Laurance|first1=William F.}}</ref> in tropical conservation science and policy.
Laurance has published eight books and nearly 800 scientific and popular articles.<ref name="The Habits of Successful Ecologists, or Does Facebook count as 'outreach'?">{{cite journal|last=Queenborough|first=Simon A.|author2=Ira R. Cooke |title=The Habits of Successful Ecologists, or Does Facebook count as 'outreach'?|journal=Bulletin of the British Ecological Society|year=2011|volume=42|issue=1|pages=40–42}}</ref> These include two edited volumes,<ref name="Emerging Threats to Tropical Forests">{{cite book|editor1=Laurance, W. F.|editor2=C. A. Peres |title=Emerging Threats to Tropical Forests|year=2006|publisher=University of Chicago Press, Chicago|page=534|url=http://www.press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/E/bo3750533.html}}</ref><ref name="Tropical Forest Remnants(1)">{{cite book | url=http://www.press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/T/bo3612833.html | title=Tropical Forest Remnants Ecology, Management, and Conservation of Fragmented Communities. | publisher=Chicago Press | last=Laurance, W. F. | first=and R. O. Bierregaard Jr. | year=1997 | page=616}}</ref> as well as analyses of conservation-policy challenges in the Brazilian Amazon,<ref name="Laurance, W. F. 1998. A crisis in the making: responses of Amazonian forests to land use and climate change. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 13:411-415.">{{cite journal | last1 = Laurance | first1 = W. | title = A crisis in the making: Responses of Amazonian forests to land use and climate change | doi = 10.1016/S0169-5347(98)01433-5 | journal = Trends in Ecology & Evolution | volume = 13 | issue = 10 | pages = 411–415 | year = 1998 | pmid = 21238369| bibcode = 1998TEcoE..13..411L }}</ref> Gabon,<ref name="Laurance, W. F., A. Alonso, M. Lee, and P. Campbell. 2006. Challenges for forest conservation in Gabon, central Africa. Futures 38:454-470.">{{cite journal | last1 = Laurance | first1 = W. F. | last2 = Alonso | first2 = A. | last3 = Lee | first3 = M. | last4 = Campbell | first4 = P. | title = Challenges for forest conservation in Gabon, Central Africa | doi = 10.1016/j.futures.2005.07.012 | journal = Futures | volume = 38 | issue = 4 | pages = 454–470 | year = 2006 }}</ref> Southeast Asia,<ref name="Grainger, A., D. Boucher, P. Frumhoff, W. F. Laurance, T. Lovejoy, J. McNeeley, M. Neikisch, P. Raven, N. Sodhi, O. Venter, and S. Pimm. 2009. Biodiversity and REDD at Copenhagen. Current Biology 19:R974-R976.">{{cite journal | last1 = Grainger | first1 = A. | last2 = Boucher | first2 = D. H. | last3 = Frumhoff | first3 = P. C. | last4 = Laurance | first4 = W. F. | last5 = Lovejoy | first5 = T. | last6 = McNeely | first6 = J. | last7 = Niekisch | first7 = M. | last8 = Raven | first8 = P. | last9 = Sodhi | first9 = N. S. | last10 = Venter | first10 = O. | last11 = Pimm | first11 = S. L. | doi = 10.1016/j.cub.2009.10.001 | title = Biodiversity and REDD at Copenhagen | journal = Current Biology | volume = 19 | issue = 21 | pages = R974–R976 | year = 2009 | pmid = 19922850| doi-access = free | bibcode = 2009CBio...19.R974G }}</ref> and New Guinea.<ref name="Laurance, W. F., T. Kakul, R. Keenan, J. Sayer, G. R. Clements, F. Villegas, and N. Sodhi. 2011. Predatory corporations, failing governance, and the fate of forests in Papua New Guinea. Conservation Letters 4:95-100.">{{cite journal | last1 = Laurance | first1 = W. F. | last2 = Kakul | first2 = T. | last3 = Keenan | first3 = R. J. | last4 = Sayer | first4 = J. | last5 = Passingan | first5 = S. | last6 = Clements | first6 = G. R. | last7 = Villegas | first7 = F. | last8 = Sodhi | first8 = N. S. | doi = 10.1111/j.1755-263X.2010.00156.x | title = Predatory corporations, failing governance, and the fate of forests in Papua New Guinea | journal = Conservation Letters | volume = 4 | issue = 2 | pages = 95–100 | year = 2011 | bibcode = 2011ConL....4...95L | s2cid = 30932205 }}</ref> He has also synthesized changing trends,<ref name="Laurance, W. F. 2008. Tipping the balance. The Ecologist, July/August, pp. 37-41.">{{cite journal|last=Laurance|first=W. F.|title=Tipping the balance|journal=The Ecologist|year=2008|pages=37–41}}</ref> new initiatives,<ref name="Laurance, W. F. 2008. Better [[REDD]] than dead. BioScience 58:677.">{{cite journal | last1 = Laurance | first1 = W. F. | title = Better REDD than Dead (Response from Laurance) | doi = 10.1641/B580819 | journal = BioScience | volume = 58 | issue = 8 | pages = 677 | year = 2008 | doi-access = free }}</ref> and major debates<ref name="Laurance, W. F. 2001. Tropical logging and human invasions. Conservation Biology 15:4-5.">{{cite journal|doi=10.1046/j.1523-1739.2001.00_11-2.x|title=Tropical Logging and Human Invasions|journal=Conservation Biology|volume=15|pages=4–5|year=2001|last1=Laurance|first1=William F.|issue=1 |doi-broken-date=6 December 2024 |bibcode=2001ConBi..15....4L |s2cid=84907640 }}</ref> in tropical conservation science and policy.


He is among the most highly cited scientists globally in the fields of [[ecology]] and [[environmental science]].<ref name="Citation indices for William Laurance">{{cite web|title=Citation indices for William Laurance|url=https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=SfWToWoAAAAJ&hl=en}}</ref> His works have been cited more than 72,000 times, and his Hirsch's h index of 133 <ref name="Citation indices for William Laurance"/> (as per April 2021) is among the highest of any environmental scientist in the world.<ref name="Citation indices for William Laurance"/> He has published more than three dozen papers to date in Science<ref name="Papers in Science Daily.">{{cite web|title=Papers in Science Daily.|url=https://www.sciencedaily.com/search/?keyword=William+Laurance}}</ref> and Nature.
He is among the most highly cited scientists globally in the fields of [[ecology]], [[environmental science]], and evolution<ref name="Citation indices for William Laurance">{{cite web|title=Citation indices for William Laurance|url=https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=SfWToWoAAAAJ&hl=en}}</ref> His works have been cited more than 98,000 times, and his Hirsch's h index of 151 <ref name="Citation indices for William Laurance"/> (as per October 2024) is the highest of any environmental scientist or ecologist in Australia and ranked number 6 globally.<ref name="Citation indices for William Laurance"/> He has published more than 60 papers to date in ''Science''<ref name="Papers in Science Daily.">{{cite web|title=Papers in Science Daily.|url=https://www.sciencedaily.com/search/?keyword=William+Laurance}}</ref> and ''Nature''.


He has conducted long-term research across the world's [[tropics]], from the [[Amazon Basin]] to the [[Asia-Pacific]] region and [[Congo Basin]].
He has conducted long-term research across the world's [[tropics]], from the [[Amazon Basin]] to the [[Asia-Pacific]] region and [[Congo Basin]].
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[[File:Billmalayasia.JPG|right|thumb|Laurance inspecting wild elephant footprints in Peninsular Malaysia]]
[[File:Billmalayasia.JPG|right|thumb|Laurance inspecting wild elephant footprints in Peninsular Malaysia]]


In his long-term studies of [[habitat fragmentation]] in the Amazon Basin, he introduced concepts, including "biomass collapse",<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Laurance | first1 = W. F. | title = Biomass Collapse in Amazonian Forest Fragments | doi = 10.1126/science.278.5340.1117 | journal = Science | volume = 278 | issue = 5340 | pages = 1117–1118 | year = 1997 | bibcode = 1997Sci...278.1117L }}</ref> the "hyperdynamism hypothesis",<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Laurance | first1 = W. F. | last2 = Lovejoy | first2 = T. E. | last3 = Vasconcelos | first3 = H. L. | last4 = Bruna | first4 = E. M. | last5 = Didham | first5 = R. K. | last6 = Stouffer | first6 = P. C. | last7 = Gascon | first7 = C. | last8 = Bierregaard | first8 = R. O. | last9 = Laurance | first9 = S. G. | last10 = Sampaio | first10 = E. | doi = 10.1046/j.1523-1739.2002.01025.x | title = Ecosystem Decay of Amazonian Forest Fragments: A 22-Year Investigation | journal = Conservation Biology | volume = 16 | issue = 3 | pages = 605–618 | year = 2002 }}</ref> the "landscape-divergence hypothesis",<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Laurance | first1 = W. F. | last2 = Nascimento | first2 = H. E. M. | last3 = Laurance | first3 = S. G. | last4 = Andrade | first4 = A. | last5 = Ewers | first5 = R. M. | last6 = Harms | first6 = K. E. | last7 = Luizão | first7 = R. C. C. | last8 = Ribeiro | first8 = J. E. | editor1-last = Bennett | editor1-first = Peter | doi = 10.1371/journal.pone.0001017 | title = Habitat Fragmentation, Variable Edge Effects, and the Landscape-Divergence Hypothesis | journal = PLoS ONE | volume = 2 | issue = 10 | pages = e1017 | year = 2007 | pmid = 17925865| pmc =1995757 | bibcode = 2007PLoSO...2.1017L }} {{open access}}</ref> the large spatial scale of some edge effects,<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Laurance | first1 = W. F. | last2 = Oliveira | first2 = A. A. | last3 = Laurance | first3 = S. G. | last4 = Condit | first4 = R. | last5 = Nascimento | first5 = H. E. M. | last6 = Sanchez-Thorin | first6 = A. C. | last7 = Lovejoy | first7 = T. E. | last8 = Andrade | first8 = A. | last9 = d'Angelo | first9 = S. | last10 = Ribeiro | first10 = J. E. | last11 = Dick | first11 = C. W. | doi = 10.1038/nature02383 | title = Pervasive alteration of tree communities in undisturbed Amazonian forests | journal = Nature | volume = 428 | issue = 6979 | pages = 171–175 | year = 2004 | pmid = 15014498| bibcode = 2004Natur.428..171L | url = https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/83306/1/Laurance2004.pdf | hdl = 2027.42/83306 | hdl-access = free }}</ref> the key role of matrix tolerance in determining species'<ref name="Nascimento, H. E. M., A. Andrade, J. Camargo, W. F. Laurance, S. G. Laurance, and J. E. L. Ribeiro. 2006. Effects of the surrounding matrix on tree recruitment in Amazonian forest fragments. Conservation Biology 20:853-860.">{{cite journal | last1 = Nascimento | first1 = H. E. M. | last2 = Andrade | first2 = A. A. C. S. | last3 = Camargo | first3 = J. L. C. | last4 = Laurance | first4 = W. F. | last5 = Laurance | first5 = S. G. | last6 = Ribeiro | first6 = J. E. L. | doi = 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2006.00344.x | title = Effects of the Surrounding Matrix on Tree Recruitment in Amazonian Forest Fragments | journal = Conservation Biology | volume = 20 | issue = 3 | pages = 853–860 | year = 2006 | pmid = 16909577}}</ref> responses to fragmentation, and the importance of synergisms between fragmentation and other environmental insults.<ref name="Laurance, W. F., and D. C. Useche. 2009. Environmental synergisms and [[extinctions]] of tropical species. Conservation Biology 23:1427-1437.">{{cite journal | last1 = Laurance | first1 = W. F. | last2 = Useche | first2 = D. C. | doi = 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2009.01336.x | title = Environmental Synergisms and Extinctions of Tropical Species | journal = Conservation Biology | volume = 23 | issue = 6 | pages = 1427–1437 | year = 2009 | pmid = 20078643| url = https://zenodo.org/record/891065 }}</ref>
In his long-term studies of [[habitat fragmentation]] in the Amazon Basin, he introduced concepts, including "biomass collapse",<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Laurance | first1 = W. F. | title = Biomass Collapse in Amazonian Forest Fragments | doi = 10.1126/science.278.5340.1117 | journal = Science | volume = 278 | issue = 5340 | pages = 1117–1118 | year = 1997 | bibcode = 1997Sci...278.1117L }}</ref> the "hyperdynamism hypothesis",<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Laurance | first1 = W. F. | last2 = Lovejoy | first2 = T. E. | last3 = Vasconcelos | first3 = H. L. | last4 = Bruna | first4 = E. M. | last5 = Didham | first5 = R. K. | last6 = Stouffer | first6 = P. C. | last7 = Gascon | first7 = C. | last8 = Bierregaard | first8 = R. O. | last9 = Laurance | first9 = S. G. | last10 = Sampaio | first10 = E. | doi = 10.1046/j.1523-1739.2002.01025.x | title = Ecosystem Decay of Amazonian Forest Fragments: A 22-Year Investigation | journal = Conservation Biology | volume = 16 | issue = 3 | pages = 605–618 | year = 2002 | s2cid = 876102 | doi-access = free | bibcode = 2002ConBi..16..605L }}</ref> the "landscape-divergence hypothesis",<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Laurance | first1 = W. F. | last2 = Nascimento | first2 = H. E. M. | last3 = Laurance | first3 = S. G. | last4 = Andrade | first4 = A. | last5 = Ewers | first5 = R. M. | last6 = Harms | first6 = K. E. | last7 = Luizão | first7 = R. C. C. | last8 = Ribeiro | first8 = J. E. | editor1-last = Bennett | editor1-first = Peter | doi = 10.1371/journal.pone.0001017 | title = Habitat Fragmentation, Variable Edge Effects, and the Landscape-Divergence Hypothesis | journal = PLOS ONE | volume = 2 | issue = 10 | pages = e1017 | year = 2007 | pmid = 17925865| pmc =1995757 | bibcode = 2007PLoSO...2.1017L | doi-access = free }} {{open access}}</ref> the large spatial scale of some edge effects,<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Laurance | first1 = W. F. | last2 = Oliveira | first2 = A. A. | last3 = Laurance | first3 = S. G. | last4 = Condit | first4 = R. | last5 = Nascimento | first5 = H. E. M. | last6 = Sanchez-Thorin | first6 = A. C. | last7 = Lovejoy | first7 = T. E. | last8 = Andrade | first8 = A. | last9 = d'Angelo | first9 = S. | last10 = Ribeiro | first10 = J. E. | last11 = Dick | first11 = C. W. | doi = 10.1038/nature02383 | title = Pervasive alteration of tree communities in undisturbed Amazonian forests | journal = Nature | volume = 428 | issue = 6979 | pages = 171–175 | year = 2004 | pmid = 15014498| bibcode = 2004Natur.428..171L | url = https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/83306/1/Laurance2004.pdf | hdl = 2027.42/83306 | s2cid = 731347 | hdl-access = free }}</ref> the key role of matrix tolerance in determining species'<ref name="Nascimento, H. E. M., A. Andrade, J. Camargo, W. F. Laurance, S. G. Laurance, and J. E. L. Ribeiro. 2006. Effects of the surrounding matrix on tree recruitment in Amazonian forest fragments. Conservation Biology 20:853-860.">{{cite journal | last1 = Nascimento | first1 = H. E. M. | last2 = Andrade | first2 = A. A. C. S. | last3 = Camargo | first3 = J. L. C. | last4 = Laurance | first4 = W. F. | last5 = Laurance | first5 = S. G. | last6 = Ribeiro | first6 = J. E. L. | doi = 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2006.00344.x | title = Effects of the Surrounding Matrix on Tree Recruitment in Amazonian Forest Fragments | journal = Conservation Biology | volume = 20 | issue = 3 | pages = 853–860 | year = 2006 | pmid = 16909577| s2cid = 25867280 | doi-access = free | bibcode = 2006ConBi..20..853N }}</ref> responses to fragmentation, and the importance of synergisms between fragmentation and other environmental insults.<ref name="Laurance, W. F., and D. C. Useche. 2009. Environmental synergisms and [[extinctions]] of tropical species. Conservation Biology 23:1427-1437.">{{cite journal | last1 = Laurance | first1 = W. F. | last2 = Useche | first2 = D. C. | doi = 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2009.01336.x | title = Environmental Synergisms and Extinctions of Tropical Species | journal = Conservation Biology | volume = 23 | issue = 6 | pages = 1427–1437 | year = 2009 | pmid = 20078643| bibcode = 2009ConBi..23.1427L | s2cid = 7175589 | url = https://zenodo.org/record/891065 }}</ref>


His scientific interests include assessing the impacts of [[deforestation]],<ref name="Laurance, W. F., A. K. M. Albernaz, G. Schroth, P. M. Fearnside, E. Venticinque, and C. Da Costa. 2002. Predictors of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon. Journal of Biogeography 29:737-748.">{{cite journal | last1 = Laurance | first1 = W. F. | last2 = Albernaz | first2 = A. K. M. | last3 = Schroth | first3 = G. | last4 = Fearnside | first4 = P. M. | last5 = Bergen | first5 = S. | last6 = Venticinque | first6 = E. M. | last7 = Da Costa | first7 = C. | doi = 10.1046/j.1365-2699.2002.00721.x | title = Predictors of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon | journal = Journal of Biogeography | volume = 29 | issue = 5–6 | pages = 737–748 | year = 2002 }}</ref> [[logging]],<ref name="Laurance, W. F. 1997. Effects of logging on wildlife in the tropics. Conservation Biology 11:311-312.">{{cite journal|last=Laurance|first=W. F.|title=Effects of logging on wildlife in the tropics|journal=Conservation Biology|year=1997|volume=11|issue=2|pages=311–312|doi=10.1046/j.1523-1739.1997.011002308.x}}</ref> [[hunting]],<ref name="Velho, N., K. Karanth, and W. F. Laurance. 2012. Hunting a serious and understudied threat in India, a globally significant conservation region. Biological Conservation 148:210-215.">{{cite journal | last1 = Velho | first1 = N. | last2 = Karanth | first2 = K. K. | last3 = Laurance | first3 = W. F. | title = Hunting: A serious and understudied threat in India, a globally significant conservation region | doi = 10.1016/j.biocon.2012.01.022 | journal = Biological Conservation | volume = 148 | pages = 210–215 | year = 2012 }}</ref> [[wildfires]],<ref name="Laurance, W. F. 2003. Slow burn: the insidious effects of surface fires on tropical forests. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 18:209-212.">{{cite journal | last1 = Laurance | first1 = W. F. | title = Slow burn: The insidious effects of surface fires on tropical forests | doi = 10.1016/S0169-5347(03)00064-8 | journal = Trends in Ecology & Evolution | volume = 18 | issue = 5 | pages = 209–212 | year = 2003 }}</ref> [[road expansion]],<ref name="Laurance, W. F., B. M. Croes, L. Tchignoumba, S. A. Lahm, A. Alonso, M. Lee, P. Campbell, and C. Ondzeano. 2006. Impacts of roads and hunting on central- African rainforest mammals. Conservation Biology 20:1251-1261.">{{cite journal | last1 = Laurance | first1 = W. F. | last2 = Croes | first2 = B. M. | last3 = Tchignoumba | first3 = L. | last4 = Lahm | first4 = S. A. | last5 = Alonso | first5 = A. | last6 = Lee | first6 = M. E. | last7 = Campbell | first7 = P. | last8 = Ondzeano | first8 = C. | doi = 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2006.00420.x | title = Impacts of Roads and Hunting on Central African Rainforest Mammals | journal = Conservation Biology | volume = 20 | issue = 4 | pages = 1251–1261 | year = 2006 | pmid = 16922241}}</ref> and [[Global warming|climatic change]]<ref name="Laurance, W. F. 2004. Forest-climate interactions in fragmented tropical landscapes. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 359:345-352.">{{cite journal | last1 = Laurance | first1 = W. F. | title = Forest-climate interactions in fragmented tropical landscapes | doi = 10.1098/rstb.2003.1430 | journal = Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences | volume = 359 | issue = 1443 | pages = 345–352 | year = 2004 | pmid = 15212089| pmc = 1693331}}</ref> on tropical ecosystems and biodiversity.
His scientific interests include assessing the impacts of [[deforestation]],<ref name="Laurance, W. F., A. K. M. Albernaz, G. Schroth, P. M. Fearnside, E. Venticinque, and C. Da Costa. 2002. Predictors of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon. Journal of Biogeography 29:737-748.">{{cite journal | last1 = Laurance | first1 = W. F. | last2 = Albernaz | first2 = A. K. M. | last3 = Schroth | first3 = G. | last4 = Fearnside | first4 = P. M. | last5 = Bergen | first5 = S. | last6 = Venticinque | first6 = E. M. | last7 = Da Costa | first7 = C. | doi = 10.1046/j.1365-2699.2002.00721.x | title = Predictors of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon | journal = Journal of Biogeography | volume = 29 | issue = 5–6 | pages = 737–748 | year = 2002 | bibcode = 2002JBiog..29..737L | s2cid = 31032936 }}</ref> [[logging]],<ref name="Laurance, W. F. 1997. Effects of logging on wildlife in the tropics. Conservation Biology 11:311-312.">{{cite journal|last=Laurance|first=W. F.|title=Effects of logging on wildlife in the tropics|journal=Conservation Biology|year=1997|volume=11|issue=2|pages=311–312|doi=10.1046/j.1523-1739.1997.011002308.x|s2cid=83484135 }}</ref> [[hunting]],<ref name="Velho, N., K. Karanth, and W. F. Laurance. 2012. Hunting a serious and understudied threat in India, a globally significant conservation region. Biological Conservation 148:210-215.">{{cite journal | last1 = Velho | first1 = N. | last2 = Karanth | first2 = K. K. | last3 = Laurance | first3 = W. F. | title = Hunting: A serious and understudied threat in India, a globally significant conservation region | doi = 10.1016/j.biocon.2012.01.022 | journal = Biological Conservation | volume = 148 | pages = 210–215 | year = 2012 | issue = 1 | bibcode = 2012BCons.148..210V | s2cid = 86382071 }}</ref> [[wildfires]],<ref name="Laurance, W. F. 2003. Slow burn: the insidious effects of surface fires on tropical forests. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 18:209-212.">{{cite journal | last1 = Laurance | first1 = W. F. | title = Slow burn: The insidious effects of surface fires on tropical forests | doi = 10.1016/S0169-5347(03)00064-8 | journal = Trends in Ecology & Evolution | volume = 18 | issue = 5 | pages = 209–212 | year = 2003 }}</ref> [[road expansion]],<ref name="Laurance, W. F., B. M. Croes, L. Tchignoumba, S. A. Lahm, A. Alonso, M. Lee, P. Campbell, and C. Ondzeano. 2006. Impacts of roads and hunting on central- African rainforest mammals. Conservation Biology 20:1251-1261.">{{cite journal | last1 = Laurance | first1 = W. F. | last2 = Croes | first2 = B. M. | last3 = Tchignoumba | first3 = L. | last4 = Lahm | first4 = S. A. | last5 = Alonso | first5 = A. | last6 = Lee | first6 = M. E. | last7 = Campbell | first7 = P. | last8 = Ondzeano | first8 = C. | doi = 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2006.00420.x | title = Impacts of Roads and Hunting on Central African Rainforest Mammals | journal = Conservation Biology | volume = 20 | issue = 4 | pages = 1251–1261 | year = 2006 | pmid = 16922241| bibcode = 2006ConBi..20.1251L | s2cid = 24818895 }}</ref> and [[Global warming|climatic change]]<ref name="Laurance, W. F. 2004. Forest-climate interactions in fragmented tropical landscapes. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 359:345-352.">{{cite journal | last1 = Laurance | first1 = W. F. | title = Forest-climate interactions in fragmented tropical landscapes | doi = 10.1098/rstb.2003.1430 | journal = Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences | volume = 359 | issue = 1443 | pages = 345–352 | year = 2004 | pmid = 15212089| pmc = 1693331}}</ref> on tropical ecosystems and biodiversity.


Laurance has also studied the drivers of [[Decline in amphibian populations|global amphibian declines]];<ref name="Laurance, W. F., K. R. McDonald, and R. Speare. 1996. Epidemic disease and the catastrophic decline of Australian rain forest frogs. Conservation Biology 10:406-413.">{{cite journal | last1 = Laurance | first1 = W. F. | last2 = McDonald | first2 = K. R. | last3 = Speare | first3 = R. | doi = 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1996.10020406.x | title = Epidemic Disease and the Catastrophic Decline of Australian Rain Forest Frogs | journal = Conservation Biology | volume = 10 | issue = 2 | pages = 406–413 | year = 1996 }}</ref> quantifying the threats to tropical protected areas;<ref name="Laurance, W. F. et al. 2012. Averting biodiversity collapse in tropical forest protected areas. Nature 489:290-294.">{{cite journal | last1 = Laurance | first1 = W. F. | last2 = Useche | first2 = D. | last3 = Rendeiro | first3 = J. | last4 = Kalka | first4 = M. | last5 = Bradshaw | first5 = C. J. A. | last6 = Sloan | first6 = S. P. | last7 = Laurance | first7 = S. G. | last8 = Campbell | first8 = M. | last9 = Abernethy | first9 = K. | last10 = Alvarez | first10 = P. | last11 = Arroyo-Rodriguez | first11 = V. | last12 = Ashton | first12 = P. | last13 = Benítez-Malvido | first13 = J. | last14 = Blom | first14 = A. | last15 = Bobo | first15 = K. S. | last16 = Cannon | first16 = C. H. | last17 = Cao | first17 = M. | last18 = Carroll | first18 = R. | last19 = Chapman | first19 = C. | last20 = Coates | first20 = R. | last21 = Cords | first21 = M. | last22 = Danielsen | first22 = F. | last23 = De Dijn | first23 = B. | last24 = Dinerstein | first24 = E. | last25 = Donnelly | first25 = M. A. | last26 = Edwards | first26 = D. | last27 = Edwards | first28 = N. | first29 = P. | last30 = Forget | first30 = P. M. | last28 = Farwig | last29 = Fashing | first27 = F. | title = Averting biodiversity collapse in tropical forest protected areas | doi = 10.1038/nature11318 | journal = Nature | volume = 489 | issue = 7415 | pages = 290–294 | year = 2012 | pmid = 22832582
Laurance has also studied the drivers of [[Decline in amphibian populations|global amphibian declines]];<ref name="Laurance, W. F., K. R. McDonald, and R. Speare. 1996. Epidemic disease and the catastrophic decline of Australian rain forest frogs. Conservation Biology 10:406-413.">{{cite journal | last1 = Laurance | first1 = W. F. | last2 = McDonald | first2 = K. R. | last3 = Speare | first3 = R. | doi = 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1996.10020406.x | title = Epidemic Disease and the Catastrophic Decline of Australian Rain Forest Frogs | journal = Conservation Biology | volume = 10 | issue = 2 | pages = 406–413 | year = 1996 | bibcode = 1996ConBi..10..406L }}</ref> quantifying the threats to tropical protected areas;<ref name="Laurance, W. F. et al. 2012. Averting biodiversity collapse in tropical forest protected areas. Nature 489:290-294.">{{cite journal | last1 = Laurance | first1 = W. F. | last2 = Useche | first2 = D. | last3 = Rendeiro | first3 = J. | last4 = Kalka | first4 = M. | last5 = Bradshaw | first5 = C. J. A. | last6 = Sloan | first6 = S. P. | last7 = Laurance | first7 = S. G. | last8 = Campbell | first8 = M. | last9 = Abernethy | first9 = K. | last10 = Alvarez | first10 = P. | last11 = Arroyo-Rodriguez | first11 = V. | last12 = Ashton | first12 = P. | last13 = Benítez-Malvido | first13 = J. | last14 = Blom | first14 = A. | last15 = Bobo | first15 = K. S. | last16 = Cannon | first16 = C. H. | last17 = Cao | first17 = M. | last18 = Carroll | first18 = R. | last19 = Chapman | first19 = C. | last20 = Coates | first20 = R. | last21 = Cords | first21 = M. | last22 = Danielsen | first22 = F. | last23 = De Dijn | first23 = B. | last24 = Dinerstein | first24 = E. | last25 = Donnelly | first25 = M. A. | last26 = Edwards | first26 = D. | last27 = Edwards | first28 = N. | first29 = P. | last30 = Forget | first30 = P. M. | last28 = Farwig | last29 = Fashing | first27 = F. | title = Averting biodiversity collapse in tropical forest protected areas | doi = 10.1038/nature11318 | journal = Nature | volume = 489 | issue = 7415 | pages = 290–294 | year = 2012 | pmid = 22832582
| bibcode = 2012Natur.489..290L | display-authors = 29 | hdl = 1808/11092 | hdl-access = free }}</ref> evaluating potential effects of global atmospheric changes on the species composition, dynamics;<ref name="Laurance, W. F. 2005. Forest-climate interactions in fragmented tropical landscapes. Pages 31-38 in Tropical Forests and Global Atmospheric Change ([[Yadvinder Malhi|Y. Malhi]] and O. L. Phillips, eds.). Oxford University Press, Oxford, U.K.">{{cite journal|last=Laurance|first=W. F.|title=Forest-climate interactions in fragmented tropical landscapes.|journal=Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences|volume=359|issue=1443|year=2005|publisher=University Press, Oxford, U.K.|pages=31–38|pmid=15212089|doi=10.1098/rstb.2003.1430|pmc=1693331}}</ref> and carbon storage of intact tropical forests;<ref name="Phillips, O. P., Y. Malhi, N. Higuchi, W. F. Laurance, et al. 1998. Changes in the carbon balance of tropical forests: evidence from long-term plots. Science 282:439-442.">{{cite journal | last1 = Phillips | first1 = O. L. | last2 = Malhi | first2 = Y. |author-link2=Yadvinder Malhi| last3 = Higuchi | first3 = N. | last4 = Laurance | first4 = W. F. | last5 = Nunez | first5 = P. V. | last6 = Vasquez | first6 = R. M. | last7 = Laurance | first7 = S. G. | last8 = Ferreira | first8 = L. V. | last9 = Stern | first9 = M. | last10 = Brown | first10 = S. | last11 = Grace | first11 = J. | title = Changes in the Carbon Balance of Tropical Forests: Evidence from Long-Term Plots | doi = 10.1126/science.282.5388.439 | journal = [[Science (journal)|Science]] | volume = 282 | issue = 5388 | pages = 439–442 | year = 1998 | pmid = 9774263| bibcode = 1998Sci...282..439P }}</ref> and understanding how droughts affect tropical tree communities.<ref name="Laurance, W. F., G. B. Williamson, P. Delamonica, A. Olivera, C. Gascon, T. E. Lovejoy, and L. Pohl. 2001. Effects of a strong drought on Amazonian forest fragments and edges. Journal of Tropical Ecology 17:771-785.">{{cite journal | last1 = Laurance | first1 = W. F. | last2 = Williamson | first2 = G. B. | last3 = Delamônica | first3 = P. | last4 = Oliveira | first4 = A. | last5 = Lovejoy | first5 = T. E. | last6 = Gascon | first6 = C. | last7 = Pohl | first7 = L. | title = Effects of a strong drought on Amazonian forest fragments and edges | doi = 10.1017/S0266467401001596 | journal = Journal of Tropical Ecology | volume = 17 | issue = 6 | pages = 771–785 | year = 2001 | url = https://semanticscholar.org/paper/731787b7c8e4d9ec61c2f6a9765c063c051b5cc9 }}</ref>
| bibcode = 2012Natur.489..290L | display-authors = 29 | hdl = 1808/11092 | s2cid = 2214915 | url = http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/45125/1/nature_489_7415_2012.pdf | hdl-access = free }}</ref> evaluating potential effects of global atmospheric changes on the [[species composition]], dynamics;<ref name="Laurance, W. F. 2005. Forest-climate interactions in fragmented tropical landscapes. Pages 31-38 in Tropical Forests and Global Atmospheric Change ([[Yadvinder Malhi|Y. Malhi]] and O. L. Phillips, eds.). Oxford University Press, Oxford, U.K.">{{cite journal|last=Laurance|first=W. F.|title=Forest-climate interactions in fragmented tropical landscapes.|journal=Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences|volume=359|issue=1443|year=2005|publisher=University Press, Oxford, U.K.|pages=31–38|pmid=15212089|doi=10.1098/rstb.2003.1430|pmc=1693331}}</ref> and carbon storage of intact tropical forests;<ref name="Phillips, O. P., Y. Malhi, N. Higuchi, W. F. Laurance, et al. 1998. Changes in the carbon balance of tropical forests: evidence from long-term plots. Science 282:439-442.">{{cite journal | last1 = Phillips | first1 = O. L. |author1-link=Oliver Phillips (ecologist) |last2 = Malhi | first2 = Y. |author-link2=Yadvinder Malhi| last3 = Higuchi | first3 = N. | last4 = Laurance | first4 = W. F. | last5 = Nunez | first5 = P. V. | last6 = Vasquez | first6 = R. M. | last7 = Laurance | first7 = S. G. | last8 = Ferreira | first8 = L. V. | last9 = Stern | first9 = M. | last10 = Brown | first10 = S. | last11 = Grace | first11 = J. | title = Changes in the Carbon Balance of Tropical Forests: Evidence from Long-Term Plots | doi = 10.1126/science.282.5388.439 | journal = [[Science (journal)|Science]] | volume = 282 | issue = 5388 | pages = 439–442 | year = 1998 | pmid = 9774263| bibcode = 1998Sci...282..439P }}</ref> and understanding how droughts affect tropical tree communities.<ref name="Laurance, W. F., G. B. Williamson, P. Delamonica, A. Olivera, C. Gascon, T. E. Lovejoy, and L. Pohl. 2001. Effects of a strong drought on Amazonian forest fragments and edges. Journal of Tropical Ecology 17:771-785.">{{cite journal | last1 = Laurance | first1 = W. F. | last2 = Williamson | first2 = G. B. | last3 = Delamônica | first3 = P. | last4 = Oliveira | first4 = A. | last5 = Lovejoy | first5 = T. E. | last6 = Gascon | first6 = C. | last7 = Pohl | first7 = L. | title = Effects of a strong drought on Amazonian forest fragments and edges | doi = 10.1017/S0266467401001596 | journal = Journal of Tropical Ecology | volume = 17 | issue = 6 | pages = 771–785 | year = 2001 | s2cid = 39299988 }}</ref>


Laurance is also involved with the Environmental Leadership and Training Initiative,<ref name="ELTI meeting, 2008">{{cite web|title=ELTI meeting, 2008|url=http://www.stri.si.edu/english/about_stri/headline_news/news/article.php?id=752}}</ref> a $15 million program run by [[Yale University]] and the Smithsonian Institution to train environmental decision-makers across Latin America and Southeast Asia. Laurance also writes in popular magazines about environmental policies in the tropics.<ref name="Laurance, W. F. 2007. Cursing condoms. New Scientist, 1 September, p. 23.">{{cite journal | last1 = Laurance | first1 = W. | title = Comment: Cursing condoms | doi = 10.1016/S0262-4079(07)62194-0 | journal = New Scientist | volume = 195 | issue = 2619 | pages = 23 | year = 2007 }}</ref><ref name="Laurance, W. F. 2005. Razing Amazonia. New Scientist, 15 October, pp. 34-39.">{{cite journal|last=Laurance|first=W. F.|title=Razing Amazonia|journal=New Scientist|year=2005|pages=34–39}}</ref>
Laurance is also involved with the Environmental Leadership and Training Initiative,<ref name="ELTI meeting, 2008">{{cite web|title=ELTI meeting, 2008|url=http://www.stri.si.edu/english/about_stri/headline_news/news/article.php?id=752}}</ref> a $15 million program run by [[Yale University]] and the Smithsonian Institution to train environmental decision-makers across Latin America and Southeast Asia. Laurance also writes in popular magazines about environmental policies in the tropics.<ref name="Laurance, W. F. 2007. Cursing condoms. New Scientist, 1 September, p. 23.">{{cite journal | last1 = Laurance | first1 = W. | title = Comment: Cursing condoms | doi = 10.1016/S0262-4079(07)62194-0 | journal = New Scientist | volume = 195 | issue = 2619 | pages = 23 | year = 2007 }}</ref><ref name="Laurance, W. F. 2005. Razing Amazonia. New Scientist, 15 October, pp. 34-39.">{{cite journal|last=Laurance|first=W. F.|title=Razing Amazonia|journal=New Scientist|year=2005|pages=34–39}}</ref>
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His awards include the 2008 BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Ecology and Conservation Biology (co-winner with Thomas Lovejoy), the Heineken Environment Prize, and a Distinguished Service Award from the [[Society for Conservation Biology]].
His awards include the 2008 BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Ecology and Conservation Biology (co-winner with Thomas Lovejoy), the Heineken Environment Prize, and a Distinguished Service Award from the [[Society for Conservation Biology]].
* Cassowary Prize for Tropical Research and Conservation, 2018
* Cassowary Prize for Tropical Research and Conservation, 2018
* Elected [[Fellow]] of the Australian Academy of Sciences, 2015.<ref name="Fellows elected in 2016" />
* Elected [[Fellow]] of the Australian Academy of Science, 2015.<ref name="Fellows elected in 2016" />
* Outstanding Contributions to Nature Conservation, Zoological Society of London, 2015.<ref name="Bill Laurance wins 'Outstanding Contributions to Conservation' prize, Conservation Bytes">{{cite news|title=Bill Laurance wins 'Outstanding Contributions to Conservation' prize, Conservation Bytes|url=http://conservationbytes.com/tag/william-laurance/}}</ref>
* Outstanding Contributions to Nature Conservation, Zoological Society of London, 2015.<ref name="Bill Laurance wins 'Outstanding Contributions to Conservation' prize, Conservation Bytes">{{cite news|title=Bill Laurance wins 'Outstanding Contributions to Conservation' prize, Conservation Bytes|url=http://conservationbytes.com/tag/william-laurance/}}</ref>
* The Dr A.H. Heineken Prize for Environmental Sciences, [[Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences]] and A. H. Heineken Foundation, 2012.<ref name="Six new Heineken Prizes 2012 Laureates">{{cite web|title=Six new Heineken Prizes 2012 Laureates|url=https://www.google.co.in/search?client=ubuntu&channel=fs&q=Heineken+prize&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&redir_esc=&ei=ZT0SUcvIM47trQeCj4DYCw#hl=en&client=ubuntu&hs=soj&tbo=d&channel=fs&sclient=psy-ab&q=Heineken+prize+William+Laurance&oq=Heineken+prize+William+Laurance&gs_l=serp.3..33i21.5271.7914.0.8108.17.17.0.0.0.0.420.3400.0j3j11j0j1.15.0.les%3B..0.0...1c.1.2.serp.nOJ3NuuEvgk&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.r_qf.&bvm=bv.41934586,d.bmk&fp=97c92140de90cb84&biw=1366&bih=559}}</ref>
* The Dr A.H. Heineken Prize for Environmental Sciences, [[Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences]] and A. H. Heineken Foundation, 2012.<ref name="Six new Heineken Prizes 2012 Laureates">{{cite web|title=Six new Heineken Prizes 2012 Laureates|url=https://www.google.co.in/search?client=ubuntu&channel=fs&q=Heineken+prize&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&redir_esc=&ei=ZT0SUcvIM47trQeCj4DYCw#hl=en&client=ubuntu&hs=soj&tbo=d&channel=fs&sclient=psy-ab&q=Heineken+prize+William+Laurance&oq=Heineken+prize+William+Laurance&gs_l=serp.3..33i21.5271.7914.0.8108.17.17.0.0.0.0.420.3400.0j3j11j0j1.15.0.les%3B..0.0...1c.1.2.serp.nOJ3NuuEvgk&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.r_qf.&bvm=bv.41934586,d.bmk&fp=97c92140de90cb84&biw=1366&bih=559}}</ref>
* Distinguished Service Award, Society for Conservation Biology, 2011.<ref name="Past SCB Award Recipients">{{cite news|title=Past SCB Award Recipients|url=http://www.conbio.org/professional-development/service-awards/past-recipients}}</ref>
* Distinguished Service Award, Society for Conservation Biology, 2011.<ref name="Past SCB Award Recipients">{{cite news|title=Past SCB Award Recipients|url=http://www.conbio.org/professional-development/service-awards/past-recipients}}</ref>
* Six-time recipient of the Faculty of 1000 Selection for Outstanding Articles.<ref name="W. F. Laurance et al. 2012. Making conservation research more relevant for conservation practitioners. Biological Conservation 153:164-168">{{cite journal | last1 = Laurance | first1 = W. F. | last2 = Koster | first2 = H. | last3 = Grooten | first3 = M. | last4 = Anderson | first4 = A. B. | last5 = Zuidema | first5 = P. A. | last6 = Zwick | first6 = S. | last7 = Zagt | first7 = R. J. | last8 = Lynam | first8 = A. J. | last9 = Linkie | first9 = M. | last10 = Anten | first10 = N. P. R. | title = Making conservation research more relevant for conservation practitioners | doi = 10.1016/j.biocon.2012.05.012 | journal = Biological Conservation | volume = 153 | pages = 164–168 | year = 2012 }}</ref>
* Six-time recipient of the Faculty of 1000 Selection for Outstanding Articles.<ref name="W. F. Laurance et al. 2012. Making conservation research more relevant for conservation practitioners. Biological Conservation 153:164-168">{{cite journal | last1 = Laurance | first1 = W. F. | last2 = Koster | first2 = H. | last3 = Grooten | first3 = M. | last4 = Anderson | first4 = A. B. | last5 = Zuidema | first5 = P. A. | last6 = Zwick | first6 = S. | last7 = Zagt | first7 = R. J. | last8 = Lynam | first8 = A. J. | last9 = Linkie | first9 = M. | last10 = Anten | first10 = N. P. R. | title = Making conservation research more relevant for conservation practitioners | doi = 10.1016/j.biocon.2012.05.012 | journal = Biological Conservation | volume = 153 | pages = 164–168 | year = 2012 | bibcode = 2012BCons.153..164L }}</ref>
* Four-time winner of Australia's Best Science Writing Prize.<ref name="W. F. Laurance. 2011 Painting the rainforests REDD. Australian Geographic Magazine, July–August, pp. 102-103.">{{cite journal|last=Laurance|first=W.F.|title=Painting the rainforests REDD|journal=Australian Geographic Magazine|year=2011|pages=102–103}}</ref>
* Four-time winner of Australia's Best Science Writing Prize.<ref name="W. F. Laurance. 2011 Painting the rainforests REDD. Australian Geographic Magazine, July–August, pp. 102-103.">{{cite journal|last=Laurance|first=W.F.|title=Painting the rainforests REDD|journal=Australian Geographic Magazine|year=2011|pages=102–103}}</ref>
* Top 50-most cited papers in Biological Conservation.<ref name="W. F. Laurance. 2008 Theory meets reality: How habitat fragmentation research has transcended island biogeographic theory. Biological Conservation 141:1731-1744">{{cite journal | last1 = Laurance | first1 = W. | title = Theory meets reality: How habitat fragmentation research has transcended island biogeographic theory | doi = 10.1016/j.biocon.2008.05.011 | journal = Biological Conservation | volume = 141 | issue = 7 | pages = 1731–1744 | year = 2008 }}</ref>
* Top 50-most cited papers in Biological Conservation.<ref name="W. F. Laurance. 2008 Theory meets reality: How habitat fragmentation research has transcended island biogeographic theory. Biological Conservation 141:1731-1744">{{cite journal | last1 = Laurance | first1 = W. | title = Theory meets reality: How habitat fragmentation research has transcended island biogeographic theory | doi = 10.1016/j.biocon.2008.05.011 | journal = Biological Conservation | volume = 141 | issue = 7 | pages = 1731–1744 | year = 2008 | bibcode = 2008BCons.141.1731L }}</ref>
* [[Australian Laureate Fellowship]], 2010<ref name=laureate>{{cite news |url=https://www.jcu.edu.au/news/releases/2012/july/jcu-two-join-elite-of-researchers |title=JCU two join elite of researchers |date=30 July 2012 |access-date=30 January 2018 |work=[[James Cook University]] }}</ref>
* [[Australian Laureate Fellowship]], 2010<ref name=laureate>{{cite news |url=https://www.jcu.edu.au/news/releases/2012/july/jcu-two-join-elite-of-researchers |title=JCU two join elite of researchers |date=30 July 2012 |access-date=30 January 2018 |work=[[James Cook University]] }}</ref>
* Distinguished Alumni Award, Boise State University, USA, 2010.<ref name="Award from Boise State University, 2010">{{cite news|title=Award from Boise State University, 2010.|url=http://alumni.boisestate.edu/programs/recipients.php}}</ref>
* Distinguished Alumni Award, Boise State University, USA, 2010.<ref name="Award from Boise State University, 2010">{{cite news|title=Award from Boise State University, 2010.|url=http://alumni.boisestate.edu/programs/recipients.php}}</ref>
* [[BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award]] in Ecology and Conservation Biology Award (co-winner with [[Thomas Lovejoy]]), 2008 <ref name="Winners of the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in the Ecology and Conservation Biology Category">{{cite news|title=Winners of the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in the Ecology and Conservation Biology Category|url=http://www.fbbva.es/TLFU/tlfu/ing/noticias/fichanoticia/index.jsp?codigo=458}}</ref>
* [[BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award]] in Ecology and Conservation Biology Award (co-winner with [[Thomas Lovejoy]]), 2008 <ref name="Winners of the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in the Ecology and Conservation Biology Category">{{cite news|title=Winners of the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in the Ecology and Conservation Biology Category|url=http://www.fbbva.es/TLFU/tlfu/ing/noticias/fichanoticia/index.jsp?codigo=458}}</ref>
* Highly Cited Researcher Award, ISI Thompson Scientific, 2007, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
* Highly Cited Researcher Award, ISI Thompson Scientific, 2007, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
* Outstanding Paper of the Year, International Association of Landscape Ecologists, 2006 <ref name="(for W. F. Laurance et al. 2006. Rapid decay of tree-community composition in Amazonian forest fragments. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 103:19010-19014)">{{cite journal | last1 = Laurance | first1 = W. F. | last2 = Nascimento | first2 = H. E. M. | last3 = Laurance | first3 = S. G. | last4 = Andrade | first4 = A. | last5 = Ribeiro | first5 = J. E. L. S. | last6 = Giraldo | first6 = J. P. | last7 = Lovejoy | first7 = T. E. | last8 = Condit | first8 = R. | last9 = Chave | first9 = J. | last10 = Harms | first10 = K. E. | last11 = d'Angelo | first11 = S. | doi = 10.1073/pnas.0609048103 | title = Rapid decay of tree-community composition in Amazonian forest fragments | journal = Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | volume = 103 | issue = 50 | pages = 19010–19014 | year = 2006 | pmid = 17148598| pmc = 1682011| bibcode = 2006PNAS..10319010L }}</ref>
* Outstanding Paper of the Year, International Association of Landscape Ecologists, 2006 <ref name="(for W. F. Laurance et al. 2006. Rapid decay of tree-community composition in Amazonian forest fragments. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 103:19010-19014)">{{cite journal | last1 = Laurance | first1 = W. F. | last2 = Nascimento | first2 = H. E. M. | last3 = Laurance | first3 = S. G. | last4 = Andrade | first4 = A. | last5 = Ribeiro | first5 = J. E. L. S. | last6 = Giraldo | first6 = J. P. | last7 = Lovejoy | first7 = T. E. | last8 = Condit | first8 = R. | last9 = Chave | first9 = J. | last10 = Harms | first10 = K. E. | last11 = d'Angelo | first11 = S. | doi = 10.1073/pnas.0609048103 | title = Rapid decay of tree-community composition in Amazonian forest fragments | journal = Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | volume = 103 | issue = 50 | pages = 19010–19014 | year = 2006 | pmid = 17148598| pmc = 1682011| bibcode = 2006PNAS..10319010L | doi-access = free }}</ref>


=== Fellowships and councils ===
=== Fellowships and councils ===
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* Oppose new roads and oil projects inside Ecuadorian protected areas<ref name="Opening a Pandora's box">{{cite news|title=Opening a Pandora's box|url=http://www.waorani.com/index2.htm}}</ref>
* Oppose new roads and oil projects inside Ecuadorian protected areas<ref name="Opening a Pandora's box">{{cite news|title=Opening a Pandora's box|url=http://www.waorani.com/index2.htm}}</ref>
* Reduce illegal gold mining in the Guiana Shield of northern South America<ref name="Mining in Venezuelan Amazon">{{cite news|url=http://news.mongabay.com/2006/1109-atbc.html|title=Mining in Venezuelan Amazon threatens biodiversity, indigenous groups |author=Rhett Butler|date=November 9, 2006 }}</ref>
* Reduce illegal gold mining in the Guiana Shield of northern South America<ref name="Mining in Venezuelan Amazon">{{cite news|url=http://news.mongabay.com/2006/1109-atbc.html|title=Mining in Venezuelan Amazon threatens biodiversity, indigenous groups |author=Rhett Butler|date=November 9, 2006 }}</ref>
* Slow the pace of [[Amazon Rainforest|Amazon]] [[deforestation]]<ref name="Laurance, W. F., A. K. M. Albernaz, P. M. Fearnside, H. L. Vasconcelos, and L. V. Ferreira. 2004. Deforestation in Amazonia. Science 304:1109.">{{cite journal | last1 = Laurance | first1 = W. F. | title = Deforestation in Amazonia | doi = 10.1126/science.304.5674.1109b | journal = Science | volume = 304 | issue = 5674 | pages = 1109b–1111b | year = 2004 | pmid = 15155931}}</ref>
* Slow the pace of [[Amazon Rainforest|Amazon]] [[deforestation]]<ref name="Laurance, W. F., A. K. M. Albernaz, P. M. Fearnside, H. L. Vasconcelos, and L. V. Ferreira. 2004. Deforestation in Amazonia. Science 304:1109.">{{cite journal | last1 = Laurance | first1 = W. F. | title = Deforestation in Amazonia | doi = 10.1126/science.304.5674.1109b | journal = Science | volume = 304 | issue = 5674 | pages = 1109b–1111b | year = 2004 | pmid = 15155931| s2cid = 44946831 }}</ref>
* Limit rapid expansion of [[industrial logging]] in Guyana<ref name="Laurance, W. F. 2008. Environmental promise and peril in the Amazon">{{cite book|last=Laurance|first=W. F.|editor1=W. Carson |editor2=S. Schnitzer |title=Tropical Forest Community Ecology |chapter=Environmental promise and peril in the Amazon|publisher=Blackwell Scientific, New York|year=2008|pages=458–473}}</ref>
* Limit rapid expansion of [[industrial logging]] in Guyana<ref name="Laurance, W. F. 2008. Environmental promise and peril in the Amazon">{{cite book|last=Laurance|first=W. F.|editor1=W. Carson |editor2=S. Schnitzer |title=Tropical Forest Community Ecology |chapter=Environmental promise and peril in the Amazon|publisher=Blackwell Scientific, New York|year=2008|pages=458–473}}</ref>
* Applaud the designation of new protected areas in Gabon<ref name="Laurance, W. F. 2002. Gabon sets aside land for parks. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 17:459.">{{cite journal|last=Laurance|first=W. F.|title=Gabon sets aside land for parks|journal=Trends in Ecology & Evolution|year=2002|volume=17|issue=10|page=459|doi=10.1016/s0169-5347(02)02609-5 }}</ref>
* Applaud the designation of new protected areas in Gabon<ref name="Laurance, W. F. 2002. Gabon sets aside land for parks. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 17:459.">{{cite journal|last=Laurance|first=W. F.|title=Gabon sets aside land for parks|journal=Trends in Ecology & Evolution|year=2002|volume=17|issue=10|page=459|doi=10.1016/s0169-5347(02)02609-5 }}</ref>
* Reduce logging and [[mining]] encroachment into the Rio Caura Basin of [[Venezuela]]<ref name="Undisputed jewels of South America">{{cite news|title=Undisputed jewels of South America|url=http://tropicalbio.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=173:gold-rush-in-the-guianas&catid=69&Itemid=109}}</ref>
* Reduce logging and [[mining]] encroachment into the [[Caura River (Venezuela)|Rio Caura]] basin of [[Venezuela]]<ref name="Undisputed jewels of South America">{{cite news|title=Undisputed jewels of South America|url=http://tropicalbio.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=173:gold-rush-in-the-guianas&catid=69&Itemid=109}}</ref>
* Halt illegal colonization of [[protected areas]] in central Amazonia<ref name="Laurance, W. F. 2001. Tropical logging and human invasions. Conservation Biology 15:4-5." />
* Halt illegal colonization of [[protected areas]] in central Amazonia<ref name="Laurance, W. F. 2001. Tropical logging and human invasions. Conservation Biology 15:4-5." />
* Support a new national park in the imperiled Cerro Chucantí region of [[Panama]]<ref name="Cache of rare and undiscovered species in Panama">{{cite news|title=Cache of rare and undiscovered species in Panama|url=http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0421-panama.html}}</ref>
* Support a new national park in the imperiled Cerro Chucantí region of [[Panama]]<ref name="Cache of rare and undiscovered species in Panama">{{cite news|title=Cache of rare and undiscovered species in Panama|url=http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0421-panama.html}}</ref>
* Promote designation of the "Heart of Borneo" network of protected areas<ref name="Experts: Borneo in need of urgent protection">{{cite news|title=Experts: Borneo in need of urgent protection|url=http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0523-borneo.html}}</ref>
* Promote designation of the "Heart of Borneo" network of protected areas<ref name="Experts: Borneo in need of urgent protection">{{cite news|title=Experts: Borneo in need of urgent protection|url=http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0523-borneo.html}}</ref>
* Oppose tropical deforestation for expansion of biofuel feedstocks<ref name="Scharlemann, J., and W. F. Laurance. 2008. How green are biofuels? Science 319:52-53.">{{cite journal | last1 = Scharlemann | first1 = J. P. W. | last2 = Laurance | first2 = W. F. | doi = 10.1126/science.1153103 | title = How Green Are Biofuels? | journal = Science | volume = 319 | issue = 5859 | pages = 43–44 | year = 2008 | pmid = 18174426}}</ref>
* Oppose tropical deforestation for expansion of biofuel feedstocks<ref name="Scharlemann, J., and W. F. Laurance. 2008. How green are biofuels? Science 319:52-53.">{{cite journal | last1 = Scharlemann | first1 = J. P. W. | last2 = Laurance | first2 = W. F. | doi = 10.1126/science.1153103 | title = How Green Are Biofuels? | journal = Science | volume = 319 | issue = 5859 | pages = 43–44 | year = 2008 | pmid = 18174426| s2cid = 32144220 }}</ref>
* Improve the environmental role of the [[Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil]]<ref name="Laurance, W. F., L. P. Koh, R. Butler, N. S. Sodhi, C. Bradshaw, J. D. Neidel, H. Consunji, and J. Mateo. 2010. Critiquing the environmental benefits of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil. Conservation Biology 24:377-381.">{{cite journal | last1 = Laurance | first1 = W. F. | last2 = Koh | first2 = L. P. | last3 = Butler | first3 = R. | last4 = Sodhi | first4 = N. S. | last5 = Bradshaw | first5 = C. J. A. | last6 = Neidel | first6 = J. D. | last7 = Consunji | first7 = H. | last8 = Mateo Vega | first8 = J. | doi = 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2010.01448.x | title = Improving the Performance of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil for Nature Conservation | journal = Conservation Biology | volume = 24 | issue = 2 | pages = 377–381 | year = 2010 | pmid = 20184655| doi-access = free }}</ref>
* Improve the environmental role of the [[Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil]]<ref name="Laurance, W. F., L. P. Koh, R. Butler, N. S. Sodhi, C. Bradshaw, J. D. Neidel, H. Consunji, and J. Mateo. 2010. Critiquing the environmental benefits of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil. Conservation Biology 24:377-381.">{{cite journal | last1 = Laurance | first1 = W. F. | last2 = Koh | first2 = L. P. | last3 = Butler | first3 = R. | last4 = Sodhi | first4 = N. S. | last5 = Bradshaw | first5 = C. J. A. | last6 = Neidel | first6 = J. D. | last7 = Consunji | first7 = H. | last8 = Mateo Vega | first8 = J. | doi = 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2010.01448.x | title = Improving the Performance of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil for Nature Conservation | journal = Conservation Biology | volume = 24 | issue = 2 | pages = 377–381 | year = 2010 | pmid = 20184655| doi-access = free | bibcode = 2010ConBi..24..377L }}</ref>
* Promote international [[carbon-trading]] for forest conservation<ref name="Venter, O., W. F. Laurance, T. Iwamura, K. Wilson, R. Fuller, and H. Possingham. 2009. Harnessing carbon trading to protect biodiversity. Science 326:1368.">{{cite journal | last1 = Venter | first1 = O. | last2 = Laurance | first2 = W. F. | last3 = Iwamura | first3 = T. | last4 = Wilson | first4 = K. A. | last5 = Fuller | first5 = R. A. | last6 = Possingham | first6 = H. P. | doi = 10.1126/science.1180289 | title = Harnessing Carbon Payments to Protect Biodiversity | journal = Science | volume = 326 | issue = 5958 | pages = 1368 | year = 2009 | pmid = 19965752| bibcode = 2009Sci...326.1368V }}</ref>
* Promote international [[carbon emission trading]] for forest conservation<ref name="Venter, O., W. F. Laurance, T. Iwamura, K. Wilson, R. Fuller, and H. Possingham. 2009. Harnessing carbon trading to protect biodiversity. Science 326:1368.">{{cite journal | last1 = Venter | first1 = O. | last2 = Laurance | first2 = W. F. | last3 = Iwamura | first3 = T. | last4 = Wilson | first4 = K. A. | last5 = Fuller | first5 = R. A. | last6 = Possingham | first6 = H. P. | doi = 10.1126/science.1180289 | title = Harnessing Carbon Payments to Protect Biodiversity | journal = Science | volume = 326 | issue = 5958 | pages = 1368 | year = 2009 | pmid = 19965752| bibcode = 2009Sci...326.1368V | s2cid = 30626208 }}</ref>
* Decry the rapid conversion of subtropical forests in [[China]] for rubber plantations<ref name="China's dubious new honour. Australian Geographic Online">{{cite news|last=Laurance|first=W. F.|title=China's dubious new honour |work=Australian Geographic Online |url=http://www.australiangeographic.com.au/journal/chinas-dubious-new-honour.htm |year=2011}}</ref>
* Decry the rapid conversion of subtropical forests in [[China]] for rubber plantations<ref name="China's dubious new honour. Australian Geographic Online">{{cite news|last=Laurance|first=W. F.|title=China's dubious new honour |work=Australian Geographic Online |url=http://www.australiangeographic.com.au/journal/chinas-dubious-new-honour.htm |year=2011}}</ref>
* Oppose clearing of threatened tropical dry forests in Mexico<ref name="Laurance, W. F. 1988. Conservacion de habitats criticos para mamiferos en el Eje Neovolcanico TransMexicano. Journal of Mammalogy 69:884.">{{cite journal|last=Laurance|first=W. F.|title=Conservacion de habitats criticos para mamiferos en el Eje Neovolcanico TransMexicano|journal=Journal of Mammalogy|year=1988|volume=69|page=884}}</ref>
* Oppose clearing of threatened tropical dry forests in Mexico<ref name="Laurance, W. F. 1988. Conservacion de habitats criticos para mamiferos en el Eje Neovolcanico TransMexicano. Journal of Mammalogy 69:884.">{{cite journal|last=Laurance|first=W. F.|title=Conservacion de habitats criticos para mamiferos en el Eje Neovolcanico TransMexicano|journal=Journal of Mammalogy|year=1988|volume=69|page=884}}</ref>
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William F. Laurance
Born (1957-10-12) 12 October 1957 (age 67)
CitizenshipJoint citizenship (US, Australia)
Alma materUniversity of California, Berkeley
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsBiologist,
conservationist
InstitutionsJames Cook University Smithsonian Institution

William F. Laurance (born 12 October 1957), also known as Bill Laurance,[1] is Distinguished Research Professor at James Cook University, Australia and has been elected as a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science.[2] He has received an Australian Laureate Fellowship from the Australian Research Council.[3] He held the Prince Bernhard Chair for International Nature Conservation at Utrecht University, Netherlands from 2010 to 2014. [4]

Early life

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William F. Laurance grew up in the western US, in Oregon and Idaho.[5] He initially aspired to direct his own zoo, but later turned to ecology and conservation biology.[5]

Since he was interested in nature conservation, he decided in the early 1980s to study imperiled tropical forests for his PhD. During this time, he also became involved in some heated conservation issues[6] in Australia and elsewhere.

Professional career

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Laurance has published eight books and nearly 800 scientific and popular articles.[7] These include two edited volumes,[8][9] as well as analyses of conservation-policy challenges in the Brazilian Amazon,[10] Gabon,[11] Southeast Asia,[12] and New Guinea.[13] He has also synthesized changing trends,[14] new initiatives,[15] and major debates[16] in tropical conservation science and policy.

He is among the most highly cited scientists globally in the fields of ecology, environmental science, and evolution[17] His works have been cited more than 98,000 times, and his Hirsch's h index of 151 [17] (as per October 2024) is the highest of any environmental scientist or ecologist in Australia and ranked number 6 globally.[17] He has published more than 60 papers to date in Science[18] and Nature.

He has conducted long-term research across the world's tropics, from the Amazon Basin to the Asia-Pacific region and Congo Basin.

Laurance spotlighting for wildlife in the Congo Basin
Laurance inspecting wild elephant footprints in Peninsular Malaysia

In his long-term studies of habitat fragmentation in the Amazon Basin, he introduced concepts, including "biomass collapse",[19] the "hyperdynamism hypothesis",[20] the "landscape-divergence hypothesis",[21] the large spatial scale of some edge effects,[22] the key role of matrix tolerance in determining species'[23] responses to fragmentation, and the importance of synergisms between fragmentation and other environmental insults.[24]

His scientific interests include assessing the impacts of deforestation,[25] logging,[26] hunting,[27] wildfires,[28] road expansion,[29] and climatic change[30] on tropical ecosystems and biodiversity.

Laurance has also studied the drivers of global amphibian declines;[31] quantifying the threats to tropical protected areas;[32] evaluating potential effects of global atmospheric changes on the species composition, dynamics;[33] and carbon storage of intact tropical forests;[34] and understanding how droughts affect tropical tree communities.[35]

Laurance is also involved with the Environmental Leadership and Training Initiative,[36] a $15 million program run by Yale University and the Smithsonian Institution to train environmental decision-makers across Latin America and Southeast Asia. Laurance also writes in popular magazines about environmental policies in the tropics.[37][38]

Awards and honours

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Laurance and Thomas Lovejoy accepting the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Ecology and Environment, in Madrid, Spain in 2009.

His awards include the 2008 BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Ecology and Conservation Biology (co-winner with Thomas Lovejoy), the Heineken Environment Prize, and a Distinguished Service Award from the Society for Conservation Biology.

  • Cassowary Prize for Tropical Research and Conservation, 2018
  • Elected Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science, 2015.[2]
  • Outstanding Contributions to Nature Conservation, Zoological Society of London, 2015.[39]
  • The Dr A.H. Heineken Prize for Environmental Sciences, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences and A. H. Heineken Foundation, 2012.[40]
  • Distinguished Service Award, Society for Conservation Biology, 2011.[41]
  • Six-time recipient of the Faculty of 1000 Selection for Outstanding Articles.[42]
  • Four-time winner of Australia's Best Science Writing Prize.[43]
  • Top 50-most cited papers in Biological Conservation.[44]
  • Australian Laureate Fellowship, 2010[45]
  • Distinguished Alumni Award, Boise State University, USA, 2010.[46]
  • BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Ecology and Conservation Biology Award (co-winner with Thomas Lovejoy), 2008 [47]
  • Highly Cited Researcher Award, ISI Thompson Scientific, 2007, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
  • Outstanding Paper of the Year, International Association of Landscape Ecologists, 2006 [48]

Fellowships and councils

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  • President-elect, President, and Past-president, Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation, 2005–2007[49]
  • Honorary Fellow of the World Innovation Foundation, 2005
  • John A. Erskine Fellow, University of Canterbury, New Zealand, 2005
  • Executive Council, Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation, 2004–2005
  • Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2003
  • Executive Council, Australian Mammal Society, 1994–1996

Conservation and public outreach

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In 2013 Laurance founded ALERT—the Alliance of Leading Environmental Researchers & Thinkers. This organization, which Laurance leads, is engaged in scientific and conservation advocacy and currently reaches 1-2 million readers[citation needed] each week using a range of social-media platforms. Laurance has also been involved in scores of conservation initiatives via his involvement with professional scientific societies, including the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Society for Conservation Biology, and American Society of Mammalogists. These include his efforts to:

References

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  1. ^ "Prof Bill Laurance - Research Portfolio - James Cook University".
  2. ^ a b "Fellows elected in 2015". Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  3. ^ "2010 Australian Laureate Fellows – Professor William Laurance" (PDF).
  4. ^ "Prince Bernhard Chair holders". 14 January 2015.
  5. ^ a b Laurance, William (2000). Stinging Trees and Wait-a-Whiles: Confessions of a Rainforest Biologist. Chicago: University of Chicago. p. 85. ISBN 978-0-226-46896-9. rancher.
  6. ^ Laurance, William (2000). Stinging Trees and Wait-a-Whiles: Confessions of a Rainforest Biologist. Chicago Press. ISBN 9780226468969.
  7. ^ Queenborough, Simon A.; Ira R. Cooke (2011). "The Habits of Successful Ecologists, or Does Facebook count as 'outreach'?". Bulletin of the British Ecological Society. 42 (1): 40–42.
  8. ^ Laurance, W. F.; C. A. Peres, eds. (2006). Emerging Threats to Tropical Forests. University of Chicago Press, Chicago. p. 534.
  9. ^ Laurance, W. F., and R. O. Bierregaard Jr. (1997). Tropical Forest Remnants Ecology, Management, and Conservation of Fragmented Communities. Chicago Press. p. 616.
  10. ^ Laurance, W. F.; Alonso, A.; Lee, M.; Campbell, P. (2006). "Challenges for forest conservation in Gabon, Central Africa". Futures. 38 (4): 454–470. doi:10.1016/j.futures.2005.07.012.
  11. ^ Grainger, A.; Boucher, D. H.; Frumhoff, P. C.; Laurance, W. F.; Lovejoy, T.; McNeely, J.; Niekisch, M.; Raven, P.; Sodhi, N. S.; Venter, O.; Pimm, S. L. (2009). "Biodiversity and REDD at Copenhagen". Current Biology. 19 (21): R974–R976. Bibcode:2009CBio...19.R974G. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2009.10.001. PMID 19922850.
  12. ^ Laurance, W. F.; Kakul, T.; Keenan, R. J.; Sayer, J.; Passingan, S.; Clements, G. R.; Villegas, F.; Sodhi, N. S. (2011). "Predatory corporations, failing governance, and the fate of forests in Papua New Guinea". Conservation Letters. 4 (2): 95–100. Bibcode:2011ConL....4...95L. doi:10.1111/j.1755-263X.2010.00156.x. S2CID 30932205.
  13. ^ Laurance, W. F. (2008). "Tipping the balance". The Ecologist: 37–41.
  14. ^ Laurance, W. F. (2008). "Better REDD than Dead (Response from Laurance)". BioScience. 58 (8): 677. doi:10.1641/B580819.
  15. ^ a b Laurance, William F. (2001). "Tropical Logging and Human Invasions". Conservation Biology. 15 (1): 4–5. Bibcode:2001ConBi..15....4L. doi:10.1046/j.1523-1739.2001.00_11-2.x (inactive 6 December 2024). S2CID 84907640.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of December 2024 (link)
  16. ^ a b c "Citation indices for William Laurance".
  17. ^ "Papers in Science Daily".
  18. ^ Laurance, W. F. (1997). "Biomass Collapse in Amazonian Forest Fragments". Science. 278 (5340): 1117–1118. Bibcode:1997Sci...278.1117L. doi:10.1126/science.278.5340.1117.
  19. ^ Laurance, W. F.; Lovejoy, T. E.; Vasconcelos, H. L.; Bruna, E. M.; Didham, R. K.; Stouffer, P. C.; Gascon, C.; Bierregaard, R. O.; Laurance, S. G.; Sampaio, E. (2002). "Ecosystem Decay of Amazonian Forest Fragments: A 22-Year Investigation". Conservation Biology. 16 (3): 605–618. Bibcode:2002ConBi..16..605L. doi:10.1046/j.1523-1739.2002.01025.x. S2CID 876102.
  20. ^ Laurance, W. F.; Nascimento, H. E. M.; Laurance, S. G.; Andrade, A.; Ewers, R. M.; Harms, K. E.; Luizão, R. C. C.; Ribeiro, J. E. (2007). Bennett, Peter (ed.). "Habitat Fragmentation, Variable Edge Effects, and the Landscape-Divergence Hypothesis". PLOS ONE. 2 (10): e1017. Bibcode:2007PLoSO...2.1017L. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0001017. PMC 1995757. PMID 17925865. Open access icon
  21. ^ Laurance, W. F.; Oliveira, A. A.; Laurance, S. G.; Condit, R.; Nascimento, H. E. M.; Sanchez-Thorin, A. C.; Lovejoy, T. E.; Andrade, A.; d'Angelo, S.; Ribeiro, J. E.; Dick, C. W. (2004). "Pervasive alteration of tree communities in undisturbed Amazonian forests" (PDF). Nature. 428 (6979): 171–175. Bibcode:2004Natur.428..171L. doi:10.1038/nature02383. hdl:2027.42/83306. PMID 15014498. S2CID 731347.
  22. ^ Nascimento, H. E. M.; Andrade, A. A. C. S.; Camargo, J. L. C.; Laurance, W. F.; Laurance, S. G.; Ribeiro, J. E. L. (2006). "Effects of the Surrounding Matrix on Tree Recruitment in Amazonian Forest Fragments". Conservation Biology. 20 (3): 853–860. Bibcode:2006ConBi..20..853N. doi:10.1111/j.1523-1739.2006.00344.x. PMID 16909577. S2CID 25867280.
  23. ^ Laurance, W. F.; Useche, D. C. (2009). "Environmental Synergisms and Extinctions of Tropical Species". Conservation Biology. 23 (6): 1427–1437. Bibcode:2009ConBi..23.1427L. doi:10.1111/j.1523-1739.2009.01336.x. PMID 20078643. S2CID 7175589.
  24. ^ Laurance, W. F.; Albernaz, A. K. M.; Schroth, G.; Fearnside, P. M.; Bergen, S.; Venticinque, E. M.; Da Costa, C. (2002). "Predictors of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon". Journal of Biogeography. 29 (5–6): 737–748. Bibcode:2002JBiog..29..737L. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2699.2002.00721.x. S2CID 31032936.
  25. ^ Laurance, W. F. (1997). "Effects of logging on wildlife in the tropics". Conservation Biology. 11 (2): 311–312. doi:10.1046/j.1523-1739.1997.011002308.x. S2CID 83484135.
  26. ^ Velho, N.; Karanth, K. K.; Laurance, W. F. (2012). "Hunting: A serious and understudied threat in India, a globally significant conservation region". Biological Conservation. 148 (1): 210–215. Bibcode:2012BCons.148..210V. doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2012.01.022. S2CID 86382071.
  27. ^ Laurance, W. F.; Croes, B. M.; Tchignoumba, L.; Lahm, S. A.; Alonso, A.; Lee, M. E.; Campbell, P.; Ondzeano, C. (2006). "Impacts of Roads and Hunting on Central African Rainforest Mammals". Conservation Biology. 20 (4): 1251–1261. Bibcode:2006ConBi..20.1251L. doi:10.1111/j.1523-1739.2006.00420.x. PMID 16922241. S2CID 24818895.
  28. ^ Laurance, W. F. (2004). "Forest-climate interactions in fragmented tropical landscapes". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 359 (1443): 345–352. doi:10.1098/rstb.2003.1430. PMC 1693331. PMID 15212089.
  29. ^ Laurance, W. F.; McDonald, K. R.; Speare, R. (1996). "Epidemic Disease and the Catastrophic Decline of Australian Rain Forest Frogs". Conservation Biology. 10 (2): 406–413. Bibcode:1996ConBi..10..406L. doi:10.1046/j.1523-1739.1996.10020406.x.
  30. ^ Laurance, W. F.; Useche, D.; Rendeiro, J.; Kalka, M.; Bradshaw, C. J. A.; Sloan, S. P.; Laurance, S. G.; Campbell, M.; Abernethy, K.; Alvarez, P.; Arroyo-Rodriguez, V.; Ashton, P.; Benítez-Malvido, J.; Blom, A.; Bobo, K. S.; Cannon, C. H.; Cao, M.; Carroll, R.; Chapman, C.; Coates, R.; Cords, M.; Danielsen, F.; De Dijn, B.; Dinerstein, E.; Donnelly, M. A.; Edwards, D.; Edwards, F.; Farwig, N.; Fashing, P.; et al. (2012). "Averting biodiversity collapse in tropical forest protected areas" (PDF). Nature. 489 (7415): 290–294. Bibcode:2012Natur.489..290L. doi:10.1038/nature11318. hdl:1808/11092. PMID 22832582. S2CID 2214915.
  31. ^ Laurance, W. F. (2005). "Forest-climate interactions in fragmented tropical landscapes". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences. 359 (1443). University Press, Oxford, U.K.: 31–38. doi:10.1098/rstb.2003.1430. PMC 1693331. PMID 15212089.
  32. ^ Phillips, O. L.; Malhi, Y.; Higuchi, N.; Laurance, W. F.; Nunez, P. V.; Vasquez, R. M.; Laurance, S. G.; Ferreira, L. V.; Stern, M.; Brown, S.; Grace, J. (1998). "Changes in the Carbon Balance of Tropical Forests: Evidence from Long-Term Plots". Science. 282 (5388): 439–442. Bibcode:1998Sci...282..439P. doi:10.1126/science.282.5388.439. PMID 9774263.
  33. ^ Laurance, W. F.; Williamson, G. B.; Delamônica, P.; Oliveira, A.; Lovejoy, T. E.; Gascon, C.; Pohl, L. (2001). "Effects of a strong drought on Amazonian forest fragments and edges". Journal of Tropical Ecology. 17 (6): 771–785. doi:10.1017/S0266467401001596. S2CID 39299988.
  34. ^ "ELTI meeting, 2008".
  35. ^ Laurance, W. (2007). "Comment: Cursing condoms". New Scientist. 195 (2619): 23. doi:10.1016/S0262-4079(07)62194-0.
  36. ^ Laurance, W. F. (2005). "Razing Amazonia". New Scientist: 34–39.
  37. ^ "Bill Laurance wins 'Outstanding Contributions to Conservation' prize, Conservation Bytes".
  38. ^ "Six new Heineken Prizes 2012 Laureates".
  39. ^ "Past SCB Award Recipients".
  40. ^ Laurance, W. F.; Koster, H.; Grooten, M.; Anderson, A. B.; Zuidema, P. A.; Zwick, S.; Zagt, R. J.; Lynam, A. J.; Linkie, M.; Anten, N. P. R. (2012). "Making conservation research more relevant for conservation practitioners". Biological Conservation. 153: 164–168. Bibcode:2012BCons.153..164L. doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2012.05.012.
  41. ^ Laurance, W.F. (2011). "Painting the rainforests REDD". Australian Geographic Magazine: 102–103.
  42. ^ Laurance, W. (2008). "Theory meets reality: How habitat fragmentation research has transcended island biogeographic theory". Biological Conservation. 141 (7): 1731–1744. Bibcode:2008BCons.141.1731L. doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2008.05.011.
  43. ^ "JCU two join elite of researchers". James Cook University. 30 July 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  44. ^ "Award from Boise State University, 2010".
  45. ^ "Winners of the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in the Ecology and Conservation Biology Category".
  46. ^ Laurance, W. F.; Nascimento, H. E. M.; Laurance, S. G.; Andrade, A.; Ribeiro, J. E. L. S.; Giraldo, J. P.; Lovejoy, T. E.; Condit, R.; Chave, J.; Harms, K. E.; d'Angelo, S. (2006). "Rapid decay of tree-community composition in Amazonian forest fragments". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103 (50): 19010–19014. Bibcode:2006PNAS..10319010L. doi:10.1073/pnas.0609048103. PMC 1682011. PMID 17148598.
  47. ^ "ATBC Presidents Since 1963".
  48. ^ "Opening a Pandora's box".
  49. ^ Rhett Butler (9 November 2006). "Mining in Venezuelan Amazon threatens biodiversity, indigenous groups".
  50. ^ Laurance, W. F. (2004). "Deforestation in Amazonia". Science. 304 (5674): 1109b–1111b. doi:10.1126/science.304.5674.1109b. PMID 15155931. S2CID 44946831.
  51. ^ Laurance, W. F. (2008). "Environmental promise and peril in the Amazon". In W. Carson; S. Schnitzer (eds.). Tropical Forest Community Ecology. Blackwell Scientific, New York. pp. 458–473.
  52. ^ "Undisputed jewels of South America".
  53. ^ "Cache of rare and undiscovered species in Panama".
  54. ^ "Experts: Borneo in need of urgent protection".
  55. ^ Scharlemann, J. P. W.; Laurance, W. F. (2008). "How Green Are Biofuels?". Science. 319 (5859): 43–44. doi:10.1126/science.1153103. PMID 18174426. S2CID 32144220.
  56. ^ Laurance, W. F.; Koh, L. P.; Butler, R.; Sodhi, N. S.; Bradshaw, C. J. A.; Neidel, J. D.; Consunji, H.; Mateo Vega, J. (2010). "Improving the Performance of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil for Nature Conservation". Conservation Biology. 24 (2): 377–381. Bibcode:2010ConBi..24..377L. doi:10.1111/j.1523-1739.2010.01448.x. PMID 20184655.
  57. ^ Venter, O.; Laurance, W. F.; Iwamura, T.; Wilson, K. A.; Fuller, R. A.; Possingham, H. P. (2009). "Harnessing Carbon Payments to Protect Biodiversity". Science. 326 (5958): 1368. Bibcode:2009Sci...326.1368V. doi:10.1126/science.1180289. PMID 19965752. S2CID 30626208.
  58. ^ Laurance, W. F. (2011). "China's dubious new honour". Australian Geographic Online.
  59. ^ Laurance, W. F. (1988). "Conservacion de habitats criticos para mamiferos en el Eje Neovolcanico TransMexicano". Journal of Mammalogy. 69: 884.
  60. ^ Laurance, W. F. (2012). "Hungry dragon". Australian Geographic Magazine: 118–119.
  61. ^ Laurance, W. F. (2012). "Beware of the dragon: China's appetite for wood takes a heavy toll". Timber & Forestry E-News (204): 12–13.
  62. ^ "China's appetite for wood takes a heavy toll on forests". Yale Environment 360 Magazine. 2011.
  63. ^ Laurance, W. F. (2007). "The dragon and the rainforest". Tropinet. 18: 1–2.
  64. ^ Laurance, W. F. (2006). "The need for China to reduce illegal timber imports". Newsletter of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
  65. ^ Laurance, W. F. (2012). "Organised crime, illegal timber and Australia's role in deforestation". The Conversation.
  66. ^ Laurance, W. F. (2012). "Illegal logging takes 30 football fields a minutes: Why isn't Australia acting?". The Conversation.
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