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Conservation News ~ 29 May 2020

5/29/2020

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  • Researchers have discovered a new subspecies of a beloved Australian bird
  • Dolphin mom adopts baby whale and takes care of it for three years
  • Cactus-dwelling couple proves rumors that Bald Eagles nest in saguaros
  • Climate change is driving widespread forest death and creating shorter, younger trees
  • European firms are investigating loophole to import Myanmar teak
  • Expansion of hunting on National Wildlife Refuges threatens imperiled species
  • Novel virus could spread rapidly among endangered orcas
  • Mining company blows up 46,000 year old aboriginal sacred caves
  • US lawmakers unveil bold $100billion plan to remake NSF
  • Small scale mining for gold has produced long-lasting toxic pollution from 1860s California gold rush
  • Vegan senator Cory Booker demands congress slow animal slaughter speed during COVID pandemic
  • Scientists record rarely heard sounds made by Narwhals
  • Campaigners in Myanmar’s Tanintharyi region oppose $21m conservation project
  • New iguana species found hiding in plain sight
  • Officials discover new species of crayfish for Ohio after 45-year search
  • The UN says Good health is an environmental right
  • US lets corporations delay paying environmental fines amid pandemic
  • St. Louis wildlife facility sends Mexican wolf pups to Arizona, New Mexico to help save the species
  • Endangered species, slender loris spotted near Tirumala
  • US States defend Endangered Species Act lawsuit
  • Humpback whales have made a remarkable recovery, giving us hope for the planet
  • New study shows why glass frogs have see-through skin
  • ESPRESSO confirms the presence of an Earth around the nearest star
  • New public lands rules will let Alaska hunters kill bear cubs in den
  • The coronavirus is pushing China toward a meatless future
  • Loggers injured a Brazilian environmental official, but Administration remained silent
  • Brazilian taxpayers subsidizing Amazon-clearing cattle ranches
  • A new sanctuary for the Sumatran rhino is delayed amid COVID measures
  • Manyana bushland clearing halted as protest group launches federal court challenges
  • NFWF announce release of Killer Whale research and conservation program 2020 request for proposals
  • Fossil of ancient long-tailed bird found in China
  • Mississippi River Delta marshes have hit a tipping point
  • White House again ok’s oil drilling in California’s Carrizo Plain National Monument
  • Portugal generated enough renewable energy to power the country for 1 month
  • Surgical masks wash up on Sydney beaches after 40 containers fall off cargo ship
  • Chattanooga Zoo’s Giraffe herd has arrived
  • Israel seals bat caves for visitors to shield endangered species from virus
  • New roads in Asia a significant threat to already endangered tigers
  • Army Corps tried end run around endangered species act
  • Engineers develop near-zero emissions engine technology
  • Antarctic Penguin poop emits laughing gas
  • COVID masks and gloves litter seabed in the Mediterranean
  • During height of pandemic, plant-based food sales increased by 90 percent
  • Global priorities for conservation of reptilian phylogenetic diversity in the face of human intervention
  • Dinosaur-dooming asteroid struck earth at ‘deadliest possible’ angle
  • Venezuala rejects illegal seizure, sale of CITGO in the US
  • US Department of Energy rushes to build advanced new nuclear reactors
  • Lionfish second species to threaten Aegean ecosystem
  • Sixteen nabbed for illegal hunting in Eastern Cape
  • Scientists find genes to save ash trees from deadly beetle
  • A rewilding success story in Gorongosa National Park
  • New species of Pygmy Seahorse about the size of a grain of rice discovered in Indian Ocean
  • A new critically endangered frog named after the ‘man from the floodplain full of frogs’
  • Okarito gecko species rediscovered decades later
  • Alberta minister says it’s a great time to build pipeline because COVID restrictions limit protests
  • Nesting loggerhead sea turtle found dead in Cape Hatteras National Seashore beach
  • Kangaroos are victims of the world’s largest commercial slaughter of terrestrial wildlife
  • Spain seeks to pass new climate law to reach net zero by 2050
  • Nestle is building a $100million vegan food factory in China
  • Irish man faces US charges on trafficking rhino horns
  • Youn climate activists call for EU to radically reform farming sector
  • Indonesia may bar citizens from working on foreign fishing boats after spate of deaths
  • Locusts will devour crops and livelihoods in Pakistan
  • Australia’s failing environmental laws will fuel further public health crises
  • Public returns to St. Peter’s square, Pope calls for Defense of Environment
  • Chinese customs seize 10.7kg of endangered species products
  • Wild donkeys to roam Danube Delta once again
  • Endangered shorebirds unsustainably hunted during migrations
  • The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season is going to be bad
  • Mink fur farms may have infected humans with COVID
  • COVID has erased 600k clean energy jobs in two months
  • Scientists say intrusion into nature led to pandemic
  • Southern reaches of Western Ghats yield 3 new plant species
  • New native grass species have been discovered on the Iberian Peninsula and Menorca
  • Endangered baby lemur born at San Jose’s Happy Hollow Zoo
  • Rare long-necked dinosaur that roamed the polar world unearthed in Australia
  • China’s air pollution is now worse than pre-COVID levels
  • Florida beachgoers have rare encounter with 800-pound leatherback sea turtle nesting during daylight hours
  • A proposed mine in Alaska will endanger brown bears
  • Kiwi included in proposed South African meat legislation
  • NRDC experts show us how we can slow the spread of Zoonotic disease
  • Researchers create global arsenic-in-groundwater maps to highlight threats
  • Rare white grizzly bear sighted in Canadian Rockies
  • For the first time, Washington will regulate Columbia-Snake River dams if they violate federal pollution rules
  • Algae is now growing on melting Antarctic snow due to climate change
  • Dam failure threatens a Dow chemical complex and Superfund cleanup
  • Ramu NiCo has been dumping millions of tons of toxic mine waste into Papua New Guinea’s waters
  • South Africa to probe Giraffe, Meerkat, Rhino shipments to China
  • New study finds goats respond to human cues the same way dogs do
  • Bumblebees clever trick fools plants into flower
  • UK approval for biggest gas power station in Europe ruled legal
  • Animal source for COVID continues to elude scientists
  • Assam students, environment activists launch online campaign to stop coal mining in elephant reserve
  • Brazil minister calls for environmental deregulation while public distracted by COVID
  • UC becomes nation’s largest university to divest fully from fossil fuels
  • Sea Shepherd files lawsuit to block New Zealand seafood exports to US in bid to protect Maui dolphin
  • Vegan food orders increase 104% in Hong Kong
  • 2 degrees of warming will push most tropical rainforests above their safe heat threshold
  • South Africa’s abalone black market is being squeezed by COVID
  • Swiss parliament group demand subsidies for vegetables instead of meat
  • White House postpones New Mexico oil and gas auction
  • New House Bill looks to protect our rivers and other waterways by halting White House
  • Locals stage latest fight against PNG mine dumping waste into sea
  • Illegal logging mafia stripping hornbill habitat in NE India
  • Mining company pressing to enter Ecuador’s Los Cedros Protected Forest
  • Papuan farmer dies after police assault at palm oil company
  • Bottlenose dolphins spotted in Finland for first time in 70 years
  • 12 ft SC alligator treated like an amusement ride by pest control agents before it was killed
  • Contentious Guatemala nickel mine ignores COVID lockdown
  • The BLM went out of its way to provide pandemic relief to oil companies
  • New Zealand ditches GDP for happiness and wellbeing
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Conservation News ~ 22 May 2020

5/22/2020

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  • New Frog species the size of a 5p coin already ‘critically endangered’
  • New species of dragonfly in the Konkan
  • New pygmy seahorse discovered, first of its kind in Africa
  • New program launches to help the environment, economy in Tucson
  • China to allocate $57bn to environment protection
  • Giant tectonic plate under Indian Ocean is breaking in two
  • Wildlife thrives in closed US national parks
  • Daily global CO2 emissions ‘cut to 2006 levels’ during height of COVID
  • A Philippine village on lockdown delivers nearly 300 turtle hatchlings to sea
  • Decades of tree data reveal forests under attack
  • Sprawling growth devours SC farmland
  • NRDC stopped a fracked gas pipeline in NY
  • More than 100 elephants die in Botswana in suspected anthrax outbreak
  • Traces from nuclear-weapons tests offer clues to whale sharks’ ages
  • Gold Coast whale rescuer escapes fine for saving calf
  • Woman attacked by bison at reopened Yellowstone National Park
  • EU pledges to raise $20bn a year to boost biodiversity
  • COVID stalls RSPB rescue of albatross chicks from giant mice
  • Projeto Harpia- Saving Amazon’s largest raptor for more than 20 years
  • North America’s looming salamander pandemic: are we ready?
  • Historic agreement gives Monarch butterflies the ‘right-of-way’
  • Ecuador’s Kichwa implement innovative approach to rainforest conservation
  • Indonesia may bar citizens from working on foreign fishing boats after spate of deaths
  • China offers buyout to wildlife farmers in response to pandemic
  • Tech made to find galaxies sets its sights on wildfires
  • Endangered Sumatran tiger found dead, ensnared in Riau
  • Wuhan has banned the eating of wild animals
  • Oceanographic conditions influence the origin of new species of sharks and rays
  • Analysis of bird species reveals how wings adapted to their environment and behavior
  • Endangered pygmy hippo born at Sd Zoo for first time in over 30 years
  • Judge declines to dismiss 18 states’ challenge to revised Endangered Species regulations
  • Pacific Fisher again denied endangered species protection in Oregon
  • Coca-Cola and Carlsberg introduce plant-based bottles that degrade in a year
  • Siberia experiences hottest spring on record, fueling wildfires
  • Land scarcity and disease threaten a multifaceted indigenous crop in Ethiopia
  • Norway’s sovereign wealth fund drops major Brazil miner, utility from its portfolio
  • In Indonesia’s new rice plan, experts see the blueprint of an epic past failure
  • Lobstermen turn to kelp farming in the face of climate crisis
  • EU to halve pesticides by 2030 to protect bees, biodiversity
  • New species of seaweed and algae discovered
  • Court tells Federal agencies to review coal mining impacts on endangered species
  • Court nixes Green Groups’ challenge to Endangered Species rules
  • The Arctic is unraveling as a massive heat wave grips the region
  • New Asian carp operation planned for East Peoria
  • Economists put a price tag on living whales in Brazil: $82 billion
  • In South Korea, centuries of farming point to the future for sustainable agriculture
  • Indonesian miners eyeing EV nickel boom seek to dump waste into the sea
  • Groundbreaking research rewrites Australia’s ancient history
  • First discovered deep creatures called Elvis worms – four new species
  • Caltrans to plant native trees under agreement for Niles Canyon project
  • Extinction of threatened marine megafauna would lead to devastating loss in functionality
  • Coal industry will never recover after COVID pandemic
  • Ancient rocks show high oxygen levels on Earth two billion years ago
  • Wildlife Services to cut back killings pending environmental review
  • Five new and rare little brown frog species discovered in China’s Yunnan near Myanmar
  • Historic land swap to benefit endangered species and mining finalized
  • US fund that supports Sumatran rhino research faces deep cuts
  • 15,000 endangered turtles were smuggled to China, confiscated by Mexico
  • Moved from temple ponds to the wild, black softshell turtles walk towards revival
  • Conservation group cries foul over logging old-growth forest in Caycuse River watershed
  • 3 billion people could live in places as hot as the Sahara by 2070 unless we tackle climate change
  • World’s biggest wealth fund dumps $3billion in fossil fuels
  • Naga tribes of Myanmar face loss of land and forest under new law
  • Equinor, Shell and Total sign off on building world’s first carbon capture network
  • Archaeologists uncover a lost world and extinct ecosystem
  • Legendary entomologist Terry Erwin passes away at age 79
  • New Tesla battery poised to reshape auto economics
  • Climate change is contributing to skyrocketing rates of infectious disease
  • Michigan adds invasive marbled crayfish to prohibited species list
  • Bizarre new species of parasitic fungi discovered on Twitter
  • Gender-based violence shakes communities in the wake of forest loss
  • To get COVID relief, companies in Canada will have to disclose climate impacts
  • Australia’s NSW south coast residents battling to save unburnt bushland ask Susan Ley to intervene
  • Happy heap of mountain gorillas sprawl in glade
  • Aircraft to spray invasive moths in northwest Washington
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Conservation News ~ 15 May 2020

5/15/2020

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  • Climate tipping point ecosystem collapses may come faster than thought
  • Canada’s Calgary Zoo to return to giant pandas after bamboo supply disruption
  • Scientists warn Congress against declaring biomass burning carbon neutral
  • Wildearth Guardians score big protections for wildlife in Montana
  • Watchdog demands prober after energy secretary admits White House pressed Feds to give oil companies access to Covid funds
  • UNEP steps up work on zoonotics, protecting environment to reduce pandemic risks
  • Most remarkable wildlife comeback across Europe
  • Outcry as loggers gut Cambodian reserve
  • Park rangers release 840 tortoise hatchlings from natural nests
  • White House’s executive order seeks controversial overhaul of seafood industry
  • 2 critically endangered hirola calves were born at Kenyan sanctuary
  • 200 escaped goats hoof it through California neighborhood
  • Drop in pollution may bring hotter weather and heavier monsoons
  • New worm species with jewel-like scales discovered in deep ocean darkness
  • Plant-based protein industry raises $741 million in investments during Covid
  • UK doctors urge public to go vegan to prevent future pandemics
  • AOC to co-chair Biden-Sanders campaign climate task force
  • Indigenous group wins case over illegal tree harvest
  • Scientists successfully develop ‘heat resistant’ coral to fight bleaching
  • State, tribe to suspend coal sales from US lands
  • At least $72 million in Coronavirus bailout loans went to big oil and gas companies
  • Large indigenous territories are necessary for culture and biodiversity in Brazil
  • Cambodian firm accused of creating a ‘monopoly in the timber business’
  • Coal snags $31 million in US stimulus loans for small business
  • Judge temporarily blocks White House’s California water plan
  • DOW sends letter to USFWS notifying them they are violating enviro laws by harvesting horseshoe crabs
  • Marine life declines for another year in contested, overfished South China sea
  • Microplastics discovered blowing ashore in sea breezes
  • Paris has a plan to keep cars out after lockdown
  • Invasive lake trout population declines in Yellowstone
  • Basin Fire burning 10,000 acres in critical tortoise habitat
  • Alaskan rainforests are a global lichen hotspot
  • Beetle penis field investigations lead to new species discovery in Norway
  • Federal Judge – pipelines must not cross streams without considering endangered species
  • Record global carbon dioxide concentrations despite Covid crisis
  • Pittsburgh region is a hotspot for air pollution and Covid deaths
  • Indonesia moves to end smallholder guarantee meant to empower palm oil farmers
  • Pollution returns to Houston, as coronavirus restrictions loosen
  • Lockdown could be the death of bullfighting in Spain
  • New proposed legislation aims to help at-risk farmers switch from animal to plant-based agriculture
  • WildEarth Guardian have sued Arch Coal over illegal pollution at West Elk coal mine
  • Coral reef resilience key to support the underwater cities threatened by climate change
  • Australian company just planted over 1000 Coral Reefs during Covid
  • Rhino killed as poaching attempts increase amid India virus lockdown
  • The largest solar project in the US gets green light
  • Edie Falco speaks out against NY Governor’s $25 million dairy bailout
  • The coronavirus is halting conservation programs and the impact could be devastating
  • New test identifies lobster hybrids
  • Land purchase finalized to prevent Everglades oil drilling
  • Mexican Spotted Owls still thriving in area burned by museum fire
  • Indonesia moves to end smallholder guarantee meant to empower palm oil farmers
  • Indonesian environmental poet and Dayak leader Yohanes Terang dies
  • Entomologist Terry Erwin passes
  • First biologist to study seahorses in the wild announced winner of the Indianapolis Prize
  • US fossil fuel giants set for a coronavirus bailout bonanza
  • As oil prices plummet, call to nationalize industry rises
  • WildEarth Guardians and partners have petitioned the Washington Fish and Wildlife commission for rules limiting wolf kills
  • US Beef industry stands to lose more than $13 billion due to COVID
  • More than 13k pounds of trash collected at Florida Beach just weeks after it reopened
  • White House is reversing nearly 100 environmental rules
  • COVID lockdowns are significantly impacting global air quality
  • Reports suggest the White House is moving forward with a legal draft to mine the moon
  • In the deep, dark, ocean fish have evolved superpowered vision
  • Post COVID, there’s no way back for Canada’s tar sands
  • Yet another state quietly moves to criminalize fossil fuel protests amid coronavirus
  • Canadian company positions for mining ban lift in Argentine province
  • Brian May urges Boris Johnson to tax meat to prevent pandemics
  • A 50% drop in meat and dairy consumption prevents 1.6 billion tons of greenhouse gases
  • The emergence of heat and humidity too sever for human tolerance
  • Endangered pangolins for sale on Facebook amid potential link to coronavirus
  • Three new species of fishes found in Western Ghats
  • NC Zoo announces birth of five American red wolf pups
  • As COVID batters fishery, Indonesia’s sharks get a respite
  • White House signs Executive Order that will accelerate corporate ocean pollution
  • Coronavirus fears as China plans to entrench vast mink and fox fur industry
  • With the world distracted, the Amazon rainforest continues to burn
  • Rare blue dragons are washing up on the Padre Island National Seashore
  • Colorado AG, top water quality regulator vow to challenge new Clean Water Act rule
  • Kenya registers two rhino births
  • Amazon deforestation increases for 13th straight month in Brazil
  • Sri Lanka’s marbled rock frog may not be on brink of extinction
  • Garter snakes form surprisingly strong, human like friendships
  • Fishing can disrupt mating systems
  • Scientists discover bizarre-looking rock-like new species of Mata Mata turtle
  • Activists challenge Indonesia deregulation bill that threatens environment
  • Human-driven pollution alters the environment even underground
  • Judge rules lawsuit can proceed against Federal Bear baiting
  • Ninth circuit sides with Pentagon in case pitting Okinawa base and Dugongs
  • Insects decline on land, fare better in water
  • Brazil opens 38,000 square miles of indigenous lands to outsiders
  • World lost forest the size of Libya since 1990
  • Conservation groups file suit to block killing of coyote populations in Idaho
  • Indonesia lifts export ban on baby lobsters aimed to protect wild populations
  • Two bears were fatally hit by cars on the same freeway within 24 hours
  • Whale found tangled and trapped in rope dies at salmon farm
  • Workers face dilemma at Freeport’s Grasberg mine
  • Protestors gather to stop construction of Brevard Dollar General Store to save endangered species
  • White House denies Endangered Species protection for Pacific Fisher
  • Endangered bats are evolving to fight off an exotic fungal disease
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Conservation News ~ 8 May 2020

5/8/2020

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  • Three new species of Buthus-Scorpions discovered
  • Dan Nicholas Parks Red Wolves have babies
  • Massive erosion likely due to hydropower dam causes oil spill on Ecuador’s Coca River
  • The EPA just refused to reduce levels of soot during a pandemic made worse by air pollution
  • Elizabeth Warren backs Cory Booker’s bill to shut down factory farms
  • Pakistan hires thousands of newly-unemployed laborers for ambitious 10 billion tree-planting initiative
  • Discovering a new salamander, the Hickory Nut Gorge green
  • Amid Coronavirus lockdown, a spike in illegal logging in Tunisia
  • America’s renewable energy sources have produced more electricity than coal every day for 40 days straight
  • Authorities seize record 26 tons of illegal shark fins in Hong Kong
  • Dayak women of Indonesia resist gender inequality exacerbated by palm oil production
  • Journalist arrested for reporting on palm oil tycoon’s alleged land grab
  • Fracking effort closes in on impoverished Colombian communities
  • Forest clearing proceeds for dam in Sumatra despite locals’ land claim
  • St Louis becomes third US City to adopt bold standards to slash energy waste from building owners
  • Conservation in crisis: ecotourism collapse threatens communities and wildlife
  • Ricky Gervais- Pandemics come from eating things you fucking shouldn’t
  • Snow loss fueling harmful algal blooms
  • Lawmakers officially introduce bill to ban New York’s wet animal markets
  • As calls to shutter wildlife markets grow, China struggles with an industry worth billions
  • Germany’s Merkel wants green recovery from coronavirus crisis
  • Mulberry just banned exotic animal skins
  • Warren Buffett regrets $10bn bet on oil
  • Aiming for conservation and development in a corner of Mexico’s Mayan jungle
  • Arctic Edmontosaurus lives again: a new look at the ‘caribou of the Cretaceous’
  • New freeze-resistant trichinella species discovered in wolverines
  • Promiscous treatment of nature will lead to more pandemics
  • Two endangered species born at Buttonwood Park Zoo
  • Poachers kill more rhinos as coronavirus halts tourism to Africa
  • Whale that washed ashore in Ventura County towed out to sea
  • Researchers miss out on sperm whale superpod in Sri Lanka amid pandemic
  • ‘Extinct’ toad rediscovery offers hope amid amphibian apocalypse
  • Former slaughterhouse workers will be trained to make vegan meat
  • As visitors vanish, Madagascar’s protected areas suffer a devastating
  • 3 coal companies with ties to White House got $28 million in covid stimulus funds
  • Brazil sacks officials who curbed deforestation on Amazon indigenous lands
  • Painstaking mapping initiative helps indigenous Peruvians defend their land
  • Green recovery can revive virus-hit economies and tackle climate change
  • Climate journalism honored at Pulitzers
  • Thailand’s turtles have built the most nests in 20 years – on deserted beaches
  • 3 new species of horned frogs discovered in NE India
  • Newly discovered ancient plant captures snapshot of evolution
  • Endangered Nashville crayfish native is the latest target of endangered species rollbacks
  • Lawsuit filed over Humboldt Marten endangered species listing
  • Rare Island Marble butterfly wins Endangered Species protections
  • Siberian wildfires have burned an area more than three times the size of Delaware
  • Women in Taiwan lead fight for green energy, less food waste
  • White killer whale seen in the Monterey Bay
  • SA Barbara Creecy gives go-ahead for mining on 10 Western Cape beaches
  • Plastics Industry request $1 billion bailout from Fed
  • Plant geneticists unravel key to pesky pigweed’s resistance to glyphosate
  • Officials in Charleston, SC have endorsed $2 billion plan to wall off historic downtown
  • In another significant ruling for Right Whales, a federal judge rules that Massachusetts is violating law
  • IUCN adds to voice to 108 organizations around the Globe urging end to harmful fisheries subsidies
  • More than 80% of Indian Ocean dolphins may have been killed by commercial fishing
  • Green stimulus can repair global economy and climate
  • Tiny pair of world’s smallest cat breed born in UK
  • In rare sighting, pod of dolphins spotted off Israel’s southern shores
  • Two new species of Streptanthus species discovered in California
  • As bioethanol demands rises, biodiversity will fall in Brazil’s Cerrado region
  • Huge flock of sheep overruns street during coronavirus lockdown in Turkey
  • One in four tree deaths in Blue Ridge mountains linked to invasive species
  • Llama antibodies could help treat COVID
  • Intensive farming increases risk of epidemics
  • Upstate Forever awarded $3.9 million USDA funding partnership grant
  • Nicaragua failing to protect indigenous groups from land grabs
  • North Pole’s largest-ever ozone hole finally closes
  • Invasive Asian Beetle infesting trees across New York State
  • Towering redwoods shown to buffer to climate change
  • Patricia Medici, won a Whitley Award for her work on Tapirs
  • Devastating simulations say sea ice will be completely gone in Arctic summers by 2050
  • Animal-rights groups demand fur ban as mink test positive for COVID
  • First brown bear for 150 years seen in national park in northern Spain
  • We Energies officials announce arrival of 1st peregrine falcon chicks of 2020 season
  • In Panama, ‘silvopasture’ ranching improves profits, sustainability, and biodiversity
  • Asian Giant Hornets invading Washington state, pose numerous threats to US
  • $300M clean energy fund to back fossil fuel hydrogen projects
  • Three new species of horned frogs discovered from the forests of Northeast India
  • Giant Panda gives birth at Dutch Zoo
  • Endangered Tigers face growing threats from an Asian road-building boom
  • Brazil to weaken environmental safeguards amid increase in deforestation
  • Rare pink dolphins spotted off Koh Phangan
  • As oil industry swoons, tar sands workers look to renewables for jobs
  • Rays, sharks, and dolphins enjoy new freedom as humans retreat from the oceans
  • Before becoming frozen wasteland, Antarctica was home to frogs
  • Diamond Offshore Drilling files for bankruptcy
  • Satellite imagery is helping to detect plastic pollution in the ocean
  • US delays oil pipeline approvals after environmental ruling
  • Iceland’s hunt for Minke’s whales has officially ended
  • Despite no tourism income, this Philippine community still guards its environment
  • Critics say Border Wall still going up when they can’t protest
  • Florida farmers are selling directly to consumer to avoid produce dumps
  • Colorado outlaws cruel and unsporting wildlife killing contests
  • Wolf killing faces 500k euro fine in Flanders
  • Judge vacates oil and gas leases on 145,000 acres in Montana
  • Unexpected burst of orange poppies in Mojave desert seen from space
  • From Sri Lankan rainforest, an unknown species of orchid has been described
  • LED lights halve unwanted fish in nets
  • USFWS agrees to accept petition to list dunes lizard as endangered
  • Latino civil-rights group calls for meat boycott to protect workers from COVID
  • Costa Rican suburb gave citizenship to bees, plants, and trees
  • Alarm over deaths of bees from rapidly spreading viral disease
  • Extra protections for endangered whales off California coast
  • Endangered Species Act protection sought for Bumblebee species
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Conservation News ~ 1 May 2020

5/1/2020

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  • Clean air in Europe during lockdown leads to 11,000 fewer deaths
  • Climate change threatens drinking water quality across the Great Lakes
  • Seabed fossils show the ocean is undergoing a change not seen for 10,000 years
  • Microplastics disrupt hermit crabs’ ability to choose shell
  • Scientific advice recommending ban on fracking in Lake Eyre basin kept secret
  • Beijing bans consumption of wild animals
  • Coronavirus disrupts wildlife trafficking
  • Greenhouse gas emissions predicted to fall nearly 8% - largest decrease ever
  • Greta Thunberg receives Human Act Award, donates $100,000 to UNICEF
  • Polar Bear kills female at Russian zoo after she rejects him
  • Outcry as Spanish beach sprayed with bleach
  • Swedish city to dump tonne of chicken manure in park to deter visitors
  • Climate change makes some fish smaller and others even bigger
  • Rwanda’s Akagera park thrives thanks to community-led anti-poaching drive
  • In Panama, agroforestry technique of silvopasture improves ranching traditions
  • New database wrangles data on land rights projects around the globe
  • Indonesia aims for sustainability certification for oil palm smallholders
  • Church fund urges other ExxonMobil investors to sack board over climate
  • New shocking video of NYC wet markets as animal rights org demands shutdown
  • NRDC and partners sue to stop the dirty water rule
  • Iceland has killed its last whale as industry shuts down for good
  • As BP’s profits plunge, analysts say we are entering the end game for oil
  • Indigenous peoples of Ecuador’s Amazon file lawsuit against government and oil companies
  • A big win for the Frank Church-River of no return wilderness and a call to protect wolves
  • Team Rhino’s actions help seal a victory for South Africa’s Skukuza court, rangers
  • Bats are not the enemy in the fight against COVID
  • Defenders of Wildlife challenge EPAs gutting of Clean Water Protections
  • Important manta ray habitat discovered in Raja Ampat
  • Thailand’s tourist drought leaves spaces for shy sea mammal
  • Millions of farm animals culled as US food supply chain chokes up
  • New species of Moray Eel discovered
  • White House fails again to protect the Gulf of Mexico whale
  • Western association of Fish and Wildlife agencies bungle Lesser Prairie Chicken conservation effort
  • Silence is golden for whales as lockdown reduces ocean noise
  • Keystone XL ruling could threaten other pipelines
  • Invasive lionfish likely to become permanent residents in the Mediterranean
  • Former EPA head says COVID pandemic is no excuse to give polluters a break
  • UK military beef supplier buys from sanctioned Brazilian farmers
  • Through biomimicry, Brazil seeks tech innovations inspired by nature
  • Flamingos form lasting friends, a new study finds
  • Campaigners call for transparency in Myanmar timber trade after 850 tons of wood seized
  • As calls to shutter wildlife markets grow, China struggles with an industry worth billions
  • After furloughing 95% of workers, SeaWorld seeks fed loan
  • Mussels arrive in Antarctica, an ominous sign
  • Austria’s last coal plant closes sa renewable energy takes over
  • 40,000 trees being planted to help West Michigan forests through climate change
  • Zali Steggall calls for investigation of Coalition plan to underwrite gas, hydro, and coal power
  • Only ‘A-list’ of coral reefs found to sustain ecosystems, livelihoods
  • New Zealand calls for thousands of new ‘green’ jobs in bold comeback plan
  • Sweden closes its last coal-fired power plant two years ahead of schedule
  • Tyson Foods chairman warns the food supply chain is breaking
  • Dolphins reclaim Bosphorus as virus silences Istanbul
  • Beyond Meat stock soars as animal meat shortage looms
  • Meteorologists say 2020 on course to be hottest year since records began
  • A bold new project aims to ID every species in Costa Rica
  • Wolf cubs on way as Belgium becomes ‘wolf crossroads of Europe’
  • Iceland won’t be killing any whales this year
  • Numbers of critically endangered orange-bellied parrot soar from low 20s to more than 100
  • Chicago City Council votes for equitable access to EVs
  • In the Philippines’ Boracay, flying foxes are down from 15,000 resident bats to 30
  • World’s wind power capacity up by fifth after record year
  • BU’s renowned bat researcher Thomas Kunz dies at 81 of COVID
  • Europe has its own tiger kings with 1,600 captive big cats used for entertainment
  • Five major banks refuse to fund Arctic Refuge oil drilling
  • Chinese trawlers fined for being in SA waters without permission
  • With no tourists Australian SCUBA tours are planting coral instead
  • North America has lost more than 1 in 4 birds in last 50 years
  • Florida aquarium makes breakthrough discovery that could save dying coral reefs
  • First wild stork chicks to hatch in UK in centuries poised to emerge
  • Pressure grows on DC to close roads to give residents more room for walking, jogging, biking
  • Bill Maher calls factory farms just as despicable as wet markets
  • Glowing dolphins light up the ocean waters in stunning California video
  • New bat species discovered – cousins of the ones suspected in COVID
  • Southeastern flower recovers in latest Endangered Species Act success story
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