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Conservation News ~ 24 April 2020

4/24/2020

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  • Group alleges that EPAs COVID enforcement policy violates the ESA
  • Images from a dropped phone reveal the ugly truth behind Bonobo trafficking
  • Milan’s plant to limit cars after COVID lockdown lauded as Excellent Example
  • Toxic air over London falls by 50% at busiest traffic spots
  • Colombia want to plant 180 million trees
  • Satellite data show Amazon rainforest likely drier, more fire-prone this year
  • Forest fires in Indonesia set to add toxic haze to COVID woes
  • Manila gets its skyline back as air quality improves amid COVID
  • Pandemic shutdown is speeding up the collapse of coal
  • As oil plummets, climate activists say now is the time to mobilize for a Green New Deal
  • Once-in-a-millennium megadrought is happening now in the Western United States
  • Sweden becomes the third European country to close its last coal power plant
  • Baby rhino rescued in Assam’s Haziranga
  • Rice genetically engineered to resist heat waves can also produce up to 20% more grain
  • USF researchers tested 2,500 fish 10 years after Deepwater – there was oil in all of them
  • Supreme Court rules beaches can be protected from sewage that flows underground
  • In famed Chico Mendes reserve, Brazil nut harvesters fight to save the forest
  • Baby leatherback sea turtles thriving due to COVID beach restrictions
  • Clemson study finds winter cover crop mix improves crop productivity
  • Astronomers find formula for subsurface oceans in exomoons
  • International coalition urges scientists to leave animals out of COVID research
  • Publix is buying excess milk and produce from farmers and donating it to food banks
  • Summer’s bushfires released more carbon dioxide than Australia does in a year
  • Tyson shuts down largest pork factory amid COVID
  • With fishing fleets tied up due to COVID, marine life has a chance to recover
  • The US Court of International Trade ruled in favor to protect the endangered Vaquita
  • Thousands of acres of fruit and veggies are being left to rot in Florida fields
  • California delivers blow to White House’s plan for extinction in Bay-Delta
  • COVID underscores urgency of holistic community-based approaches to conservation
  • New study predicts the ocean ecosystem will collapse this decade
  • Ice-free Arctic summers now very likely even with climate action
  • American Robins now migrate 12 days earlier than in 1994
  • South Korea to implement Green New Deal after ruling party election win
  • WHO developing guidance on wet markets
  • Coca-cola and Pepsi falling short on pledges over plastic
  • Before the next pandemic, an ambitious push to catalog the 1.67 million viruses thought to exist in wildlife
  • Canada Goose is ditching virgin fur for good
  • Microplastics found for first time in Antarctic ice where krill source for food
  • On the brink of a coal boom, Papuans ask who will benefit
  • New species from the abyssal ocean hints at incredible deep sea diversity
  • Fight against Amazon destruction at stake after enforcement chief fired
  • Citi vows to stop working with thermal coal-mining companies
  • New ethane-munching microbes discovered at hot vents
  • Air pollution may be key contributor to COVID
  • Lewis MacAdams, famed crusader for the LA River, dies at 75
  • Lions reclaim territory shut down by COVID
  • The government is forcing airlines to fly nearly empty planes to get bailout money
  • Poachers kill 3 near-extinct giant ibises amid COVID pressure in Cambodia
  • Panic buying amid pandemic drives scarcity in medicinal herbs in Sri Lanka
  • Thailand’s captive elephants face starvation amid COVID tourism freeze
  • China’s pangolin black market exposed in bombshell David Attenborough investigation
  • Amazon invests $10 million to help conserve forests as part of climate change plan
  • ORNL researcher helps discover new species of cave snail
  • New species of wood snake emerges in the Western Ghats mottled in grey-brown
  • Bonnet Carre Spillway harms sea turtles, manatees and other endangered species
  • Scientists uncover principles for self-assembly
  • For first time ever, oil futures go below zero
  • Akagera Park loses one of five black rhinos from European zoos
  • Photos of wild tiger cubs in Thailand rekindles hope for species
  • COVID lockdown boosts numbers of Thailand’s rare sea turtles
  • NRDC and partners sue after EPA gives pass to polluters during pandemic
  • 24 firms in China exposed for using endangered Leopard bones in traditional medicine
  • Four new species of beetles identified in Sri Lanka
  • Extinction of threatened megafauna would lead to huge loss in functional diversity
  • Fog Harp harvests water even in the lightest fog
  • New species of tiny blenny could explain origins of Hawaiian endemic fish
  • Judge – Endangered Species habitat on Big Island must be protected
  • COVID freezes research, threatening endangered species
  • Rare Snow Leopard pair spotted in Uttarakhand’s Nanda Devi
  • Camera trap provides first-ever official record of the critically endangered Sumatran tiger in Batang Angkola forest
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Conservation News ~ 17 April 2020

4/17/2020

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  • Brazilian indigenous chiefs act to halt illegal logging in historical landmark area
  • Ring-tailed lemurs stink flirt
  • Warmer temperatures drive up dengue fever cases in Indonesia
  • Sri Lanka’s COVID lockdown sets wildlife free but raises poaching threats
  • Fears of rise in poaching amid pandemic poverty
  • Rwanda has made nearly 35% of the country’s two million hectare restoration goal a reality
  • State biologists note 6 new wolf packs in Oregon
  • New wilderness preserve created in Bridgewater
  • New pit viper in Arunachal Pradash named after Harry Potter character
  • New Orleans Flood Control harms endangered species, lawsuit says
  • State Panel grants temporary endangered species status to Southern California cougars
  • Evolutionary trees can’t reveal speciation and extinction rates
  • Judge says that failure to help whales skirts the Endangered Species Act
  • US judge cancels permit for Keystone XL pipeline after lawsuit
  • Paul McCartney says China’s wet markets are Medieval and obscene
  • Second city in China bans eating dogs, cats, and wild animals
  • Brian May says veganism is the way forward from COVID
  • Quarantining also means caring for our great ape relatives
  • A comet may have destroyed a paleolithic village 12,800 years ago
  • Rescuing orangutans doesn’t work for apes or forests
  • Human handling stresses young Monarch butterflies
  • China releases list of animals to be farmed after COVID
  • Locust plague up to 20 times larger than last wave could devastate parts of East Africa
  • Rapid deforestation of Brazilian Amazon could bring next pandemic
  • Viral zoonotic risk is homogenous among taxonomic orders of mammalian and avian species
  • EPA scientists said US should tighten key air pollution limit – the agency’s head just said no
  • EPA can’t kick scientists off science advisory panels, court says
  • White House redacts every single page of the science findings for copper mining research in the Boundary Waters
  • Himalayas visible for first time in 30 years as pollution levels in India drop
  • Solar-powered driveways are made from recycled plastic bottles
  • Oregon coast spring Chinook Salmon one step closer to endangered species protections
  • Data shows 30 percent drop in air pollution over Northeast US
  • Study projects 30%more forest cover if wood biomass is managed right – critics call it a disaster
  • In Colombian wetland, oil woes deepen with the arrival of fracking
  • Land conflicts escalate with spread of COVID in Indonesia
  • New species of black endemic iguanas in Caribbean is proposed for urgent conservation
  • Ukraine wildfires draw dangerously close to Chernobyl
  • Scientists Joshua Trees may warrant listing as threatened species
  • With Yosemite National Park closed to visitors, bears are out and about
  • Virginia governor rejects bill to censor vegan milk labels
  • To cut carbon, a movement grows to electrify everything
  • Deep sea expedition uncovers 30 new species
  • Calls to declare koalas endangered as species races toward extinction
  • Endangered species program challenge pushed to appeals court
  • Endangered New Zealand bird sent to safety offshore despite COVID lockdown
  • Brazil’s dictator hands indigenous land decisions back to farm sector
  • Scientists have found oil from the Deepwater Horizon blowout in fish livers
  • See Florida panthers fight over territory in first ever footage
  • Offshore oil and gas platforms release more methane than previously estimated
  • Virginia becomes first state in the South to target 100% clean power
  • New renewable energy capacity hit record levels in 2019
  • Hundreds of dead seals washing ashore in Nova Scotia
  • Wildlife destruction not a slippery slope but a series of cliff edges
  • Cuba found to be the most sustainably developed country in the world
  • Americans disagree on animal protection; experts disagree on which ones need it
  • New Zealand pushed to replace animal agriculture with plant-based crops
  • Ganga River water becomes fit for drinking in Haridwar, Rishikesh during India’s lockdown
  • Tiger King just made Virginia ban cub petting
  • National Marine Fisheries Service found in violation of Endangered Species Act
  • One of North America’s rarest mammals was just spotted in Yosemite
  • Pope says COVID, fires, floods are nature’s reponses
  • COVID forces Sea Shepherd to suspend patrols to protect last vaquitas
  • Reproductive woes spell need for more viable females in Sumatran rhino program
  • More than half of remote reefs in Coral Sea marine park suffered extreme bleaching
  • Eating bats and pangolins banned in Gabon as a result of COVID pandemic
  • White House to open more wildlife refuge land to hunting, fishing
  • DC just banned the sale of Elephant Ivory and Rhino Horn
  • Exploiting nature drives outbreaks of new diseases
  • Logging begins in unburnt areas of Australia’s Nambucca State Forest
  • New bird species showcases burgeoning biodiversity
  • Federal Judge finds lobster fishery threatens endangered whale
  • Norway and Canada give green light to cruel seal hunts during COVID
  • Endangered Blue Whales spotted off New England coast
  • 74 miles of Oakland streets will close to cars to give pedestrians, bicyclists exercise room
  • New Yorkers will vote on a $3billion bond issue designed to address environment and climate
  • EPA proposes big expansion of Port Everglades offshore dump
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April 17th, 2020

4/17/2020

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Conservation News ~ 10 April 2020

4/10/2020

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  • Florida dairy farmers forced to dump excess milk
  • Gold mining threatens indigenous forests in the Brazilian Amazon
  • China just upgraded the status of dogs from ‘livestock’ to ‘pets’
  • Amid pandemic, whales enjoy human absence in Mediterranean
  • Poachers kill more rhinos as coronavirus halts tourism to Africa
  • 70,000 sea turtles nested on beaches emptied by COVID-19
  • SeaWorld offered $250,000 to release marine animals to sanctuaries
  • 17 months’ jail for man caught at Changi Airport with 11 pieces of rhinoceros horns
  • 66 US lawmakers demand global wet market ban to stop pandemics
  • New Jersey confers strict water protections on 600 miles of waterways
  • Savannah, Goergia, commits to 100% green energy by 2050
  • Race to save rare California frog beats coronavirus lockdown
  • African swine fever outbreak reported in western Poland
  • Lobster digestion of microplastics could further foul the food chain
  • Sceintists spot giant ocean creature that looks like silly string hunting in galaxy-like spiral
  • Lawsuit targets grazing damage to Arizona’s San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area
  • New fossil from Brazil hints at the origins of the mysterious tansystropheid reptiles
  • Scientists create mutant enzyme that recycles plastic bottles in hours
  • Monarch butterfly gets protection in ‘historic’ deal
  • 84 percent of Americans unaware COVID-19 came from wet animal markets
  • New Harvard study links COVID deaths and air pollution
  • Eastern Tiger Salamanders, once nearly gone from Maryland, make a comeback
  • Blue Macaws help grow the forest around them
  • Wildlife Services killed four endangered Mexican Gray Wolves in late March
  • New EPA rules will increase air pollution as the world suffers a respiratory pandemic
  • Gold mining threatens indigenous forests in the Brazilian Amazon
  • In Sri Lanka, gillnets targeting tuna claim dolphin lives
  • A wave-powered ferry aims to forge a new path for shipping in the Philippines
  • Report links top tuna company to forced labor
  • Canada’s Belo Sun hits legal hurdles in bid to mine indigenous land in Brazil
  • White House finalizes car rule as handout to fossil fuel industry
  • Beyond Meat ton donate more than one million vegan burgers to COVID frontline workers
  • Doctor Fauci demands global shutdown of wet markets
  • Malaysian authorities seize record 6 tons of African pangolin scales
  • 225 doctors fight to shut down live animal markets
  • New jumping spider species discovered in Chennai’s MCC
  • Two new sea star species discovered in Philippines
  • After 5 months on the job, SeaWorld CEO resigns
  • Indigenous group wins unprecedented right of reply to government’s racist invective
  • With zoo closed to visitors, pandas finally bang after 10 years
  • Oregon forests remain open for logging and timber sales during COVID
  • On a mega reserve in Laos, rescued Moon Bears find a new home
  • Climate crisis may have pushed world’s tropical coral reefs to tipping point of near annual bleaching
  • Standoff over Philippine’s Didipio mines escalates despite COVID
  • Court reinstates limits on potent climate-polluting refrigerants
  • The world’s largest sea turtle emerges from ocean and leaves everyone open mouthed
  • Nigerian National Park boss says we must have behavioural change towards wildlife
  • Hundreds of conservation experts join forces to pressure WHO to force live animal markets to close
  • US to let nuclear plants defer repairs, schedule longer shifts
  • UN biodiversity chief argues for a permanent ban on wildlife markets
  • Oil companies are collapsing but wind and solar energy keep growing
  • Fossil teeth yield oldest genetic material from extinct human species
  • New species of Pterosaur discovered in Morocco
  • Lawsuit launched against White House for failing to protect Nassau Grouper habitat
  • Bomb tests reveal true age of world’s largest fish
  • Amazon land activitst shot dead in Brazil
  • Bronx Tiger tests positive for COVID
  • Commodity markets rumble as COVID spreads
  • University of Hawaii botanist who died of coronavirus will be sorely missed
  • Under cover of pandemic, fossil fuel interests unleash lobbying frenzy
  • Newfound fish species floats like a butterfly, looks like a panda
  • IUCN welcomes Cambodia as a state member
  • Prickly pears are suddenly a hot crop in South Africa
  • Botswana kills five suspected poachers in effort to save rhinos
  • Endangered wild dogs snapped in South Sudan
  • 10 years to save world’s most threatened sea turtle
  • COVID disrupts a major year of biodiversity planning and policy
  • Palm oil gains ground in Chiapas, Mexico
  • Nigeria declares new conservation zone for most threatened chimpanzee
  • Right Whale calving season ends of Florida with 10 births
  • The ocean can be restored to former glory within 30 years
  • Monkey teeth fossils hint several extinct species crossed the Atlantic
  • New fossil names after Lord of the Rings character is related to mysterious reptile
  • In major ruling for Right Whales, federal judge rules that regulators violated Endangered Species Act
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Conservation News ~ 3 April 2020

4/3/2020

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  • Eurythenes plasticus, the new marine species named after the plastic it eats
  • New York Lawmakers line up behind $3Bn environment bond act
  • Studies reveal resilience in kelp forests
  • Indonesia road graft case lands Papua official, contractor in prison
  • As pangolina trade heats up, Nigeria urged to do more to crack down
  • Tax exemptions on pesticides in Brazil add up to US$ 2.2 billion per year
  • Win for conservation as African black rhino numbers rise
  • Desperate Saga Furs moves fur auction online with humiliating results
  • New species of feathery raptor found in New Mexico
  • Lawsuit launched to save endangered Southern Nevada butterfly
  • NOAA to use Cloud and AI to help protect endangered species
  • Zanzibar bans wildlife hunting in Jozani forest reserve
  • Antarctic ice melt related to tropical weather shifts
  • Road project in economically deprived Indonesian region threatens wildlife habitat
  • Plantation director in dispute with indigenous community is charged with illegal logging
  • Anglo American seeking to mine on indigenous lands in Brazil’s Amazon
  • White House weakens fuel economy standards, rolling back key US efforts against climate change
  • Earth’s Ozone layer is finally healing
  • Norway’s whaling season begins with a quota of 1,300 Minke whales to be slaughtered
  • Lawsuit filed to protect wolverines
  • Endangered sea turtled hatch on Brazil’s deserted beaches
  • For nesting Hawksbill turtles, this Philippine community is a sanctuary
  • New snake discovery in Sri Lanka is latest twist in slow-burning mystery
  • Mining activity in Indonesia takes a hit from COVID-19 pandemic
  • NC Refuge resident Red Wolf pair released as part of an attempt to create new breeding pair
  • Goats take over empty streets of seaside town
  • Lions once again thrive at Kenyan conservation park that was targeted by poachers
  • Turtle Back Zoo welcomes baby Amur Leopard
  • White House denies endangered species protection to bi-state Sage Grouse
  • Seychelles creates a marine reserve twice the size of Great Britain
  • China bat and dog markets reopened
  • CA Bill AB 2839 to protect and enhance California’s deserts
  • Great Barrier Reef suffes third mass coral bleaching event in five years
  • Indonesia risks timber trade with EU after scrapping license rules
  • Coconut farmers in Southeast Asia struggle as palm oil muscles in on them
  • Cruise ships dumped over 3 million pounds of trash in Alaska last year
  • With humans under lockdown, 8 Lakh Olive Ridley Turtles get to peacefully nest
  • New species of toad discovered in Cao Bang
  • Australia probably had the worst year in a century based on the environmental toll of 2019
  • More than 100 endangered animals rescued in Sharjah
  • Oat milk sales are up 477% due to coronavirus
  • Indian scientists building DNA database to protect the elusive red panda
  • Amazon announces four new projects to make its data centers greener
  • Brazil scales back environmental enforcement amid coronavirus outbreak
  • Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe to lose its reservation
  • China and Vietnam finally van wildlife trade due to coronavirus
  • Guarani indigenous people protest new Sao Paulo housing project that threatens Atlantic Forest in UNESCO Biosphere reserve
  • The Coronavirus could force mass slaughterhouse closures
  • Wildlife charity plans to buy UK land to give it back to nature
  • Trafficked pangolins can carry coronavirus closely related to pandemic strain
  • EPA dials back environmental enforcement during pandemic
  • Americans are flushing the Canadian boreal forest down their toilets
  • South Korea bans importation of Taiji’s dolphins
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