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I generally focus on conservation issues effecting biodiversity, land use/abuse, research, and job opportunities that I have come across. Most of the opportunities come from the Opps page and you can click on the button below to take you there.
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New Species and People ~ September 2020

9/26/2020

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New Species
  • New species of fairy shrimp found in world’s hottest desert
  • Despite frog-killing disease, researchers discover new frog species
  • Scientists identify new species of crystal-encrusted truffle, thanks to bonobos
  • PhD student conducts critical research work establishing new Bonnethead Shark species from home
  • New species of burrowing dinosaur found perfectly preserved in ‘Cretaceous Pompeii’
  • Discovery of new species of human with hobbit skull
  • Russian scientists discovered a new species of bats on Kunashir
  • A new species of spider
  • A new species of milkweed subfamily found in Yunnan
  • New species of brachiopod discovered in ISU Prof Summer Project
  • New species of Alligator Lizard discovered in Mexico
  • Astronomers discover potential sign of life excessive in Venus’s environment
  • Lost frogs rediscovered with environmental DNA
  • New species of gecko discovered in Ganjam
  • A new evergreen species of Rhamnaceae found in Guangxi
  • Thousands of species recorded in a speck of soil
  • Colombia’s Humboldt Institute discovers new species in former FARC camp
  • New fossil ape is discovered in India
  • Peru – San Marcos University biologists discover new species of Amazon fish
  • A new species of blind, underground ant from Goa
  • Hutchins science teacher Keith Martin-Smith may have discovered new spider species
  • New species of clam shrimp discovered in pond at UVI’s golf course
  • New wildflower species found, native to Pennsylvania
  • Neglected for over a century, Black Sea Spider Crab redescribed
  • Madagascar giant frog is a new species, but also a deep-fried delicacy
  • New venomous snake species names after Metallica’s James Hetfield
  • New moth species found, another rediscovered after 100 years in Arunachal
  • Scientists discover exposed bacteria can survive in space for years
  • New species of freshwater crustacea found in the hottest place on Earth
 
 
People
  • Great Thunberg will donate €150,000 to support people on the frontlines of the climate crisis in Africa
  • Solomon Islands environmental defender faces life sentence for arson charge
  • Judge Removes acting director of Bureau of Land Management for Serving Unlawfully
  • Jen Guyton and Dr. Gladys win the American Society of Mammalogist’s Aldo Leopold Prize
  • 6 young Portuguese activists area suing European Countries over climate change
  • Mexican Environment Minister resigns after critique
  • Oregon Zoo leader, Dr. Don Moore, retires
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Conservation News ~ 25 September 2020

9/25/2020

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  • Survival of wildlife reserves under threat in Namibia
  • The Pantanal is 22% burnt
  • BlackRock’s $400m stake in Amazon meatpackers defies sustainability cred
  • TIME’s list of 100 most influential people in 2020 includes Indigenous Waorani leader
  • New species of fairy shrimp found in world’s hottest desert
  • Legislation will provide environmental justice to protect communities from toxics
  • Ecologists confirm Alan Turing's theory for Australian fairy circles
  • Australia whales: 90 dead in mass stranding off Tasmania
  • Philippine community goes to court to stop coal plant in ecological haven
  • China, world’s biggest polluter, vows to go carbon neutral by 2050
  • The Brown Bat is one step closer to becoming DCs official mammal
  • China, more than other states, looks to future Arctic sea route
  • Intelligence helps Namibia turn tide against rhino poachers
  • Despite frog-killing disease, researchers discover new frog species
  • Scientists identify new species of crystal-encrusted truffle, thanks to bonobos
  • Australians suffer $2 billion health bill from summer bushfire smoke
  • Few countries living up to COVID ‘green recovery’ pledges
  • New tool alerts ships when whales are near
  • Overfished Congo waters put endangered sharks at risk
  • Flip flops and fishing gear pile up at Aldabra, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
  • Past illegal activity dogs Chines fleet that fished squid near Galapagos
  • Great Thunberg will donate €150,000 to support people on the frontlines of the climate crisis in Africa
  • China in pointed message to US, tightens its climate targets
  • Ecuador’s highest court will allow communities to vote on mining projects
  • California plans to ban sales of gas-powered cars in 15 years
  • EPA questions science linking pesticide to brain damage in children
  • First Nations restore ancient clam gardens
  • Mussel-bola could be spreading
  • IUCN, FAO and WWF Pakistan join hands with Ministry of Climate Change to monitor the largest afforestation programme in Pakistan
  • More than 560 companies back global ‘Call to Action’ for nature
  • Poland, the world’s third largest fur producer, votes to ban fur farming
  • Department of Agriculture awarded federal grant to develop conservation plan for endangered
  • Joshua Trees given temporary endangered species protections
  • Richest 1%’s emissions twice that of poorest 50%
  • Environmentalists plan lawsuit challenging Newsom over oil and gas drilling permits
  • Human footprints found in Saudi Arabia may be 120,000 years old
  • Wilderness the size of Mexico lost worldwide in just 13 years
  • Rare pink dolphin are back in Hong Kong as lockdown halts ferry traffic
  • Feds reaffirm western yellow-billed cuckoo’s threatened species status
  • Biodiversity hypothesis called into question
  • Arctic ice melt doesn’t boost sea levels
  • PhD student conducts critical research work establishing new Bonnethead Shark species from home
  • New species of burrowing dinosaur found perfectly preserved in ‘Cretaceous Pompeii’
  • Facebook suspends environmental groups despite vow to fight misinformation
  • Australian scientists say suppression of environment research is getting worse
  • Feds propose listing two Missouri crayfish species as ‘threatened’ under Endangered Species Act
  • Rescued wild pangolin gives birth to healthy pup
  • Two new Javan rhino calves are spotted in the species’ last holdout
  • Indonesia’s mining pits claim more lives
  • Hawaiian reefs lost almost half their fish to pollution and fishing
  • Paper giant APP’s Sumatran road project cuts through elephant habitat
  • White House pushed EPA for fewer methane checks
  • New Jersey law seeks to stem pollution in minority areas
  • Discovery of new species of human with hobbit skull
  • Environmental gains during pandemic prove short-lived
  • Delmarva fox squirrels, once an endangered species, to be released in Dagsboro
  • Chinese startup launching space mining robot in November
  • Oceanbird cargo ship relies on wind to transport autos
  • Hair from ghostly bears reveals new genetic secrets
  • Five states have filed climate change lawsuits, seeking damages from big oil and gas
  • Feds’ preferred highway route would impact lands it spent millions acquiring for conservation
  • New gecko species discovered in Bicol
  • Shedd Aquarium welcomes 24 new endangered turtle hatchlings
  • Imperiled beetle loses some protections
  • Colorado Agency caves to US Forest Service, Oks more bulldozing of roadless forest
  • More than 17,000 rare Nevada wildflowers destroyed
  • BC’s old-growth forest announcement won’t actually slow down logging
  • Park Service finalized disastrous Point Reyes plan to kill Native Wildlife, prioritize commercial livestock
  • Russian scientists discovered a new species of bats on Kunashir
  • Legislation introduced to modernize Endangered Species Act
  • Solomon Islands environmental defender faces life sentence for arson charge
  • Fires turn sage brush habitat in Washington into a scorched oblivion
  • In Peru, self-reporting of oil spills by companies leaves an unknown toll
  • CO2 from California fires dwarf state’s fossil fuel emissions
  • Madagascar reopens national parks shuttered by COVID
  • Patagonia says its new ‘vote the assholes out’ clothing tag is a call to action on climate change
  • Gas companies are abandoning wells, leaving them to leak methane forever
  • Court temporarily pauses EPA methane emissions rollback
  • Greenville Zoo Education team wins Pinnacle Award
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Conservation News ~ 18 September 2020

9/18/2020

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  • The majority of children who die from COVID are children of color
  • Expanded protection for the endangered Huon tree-kangaroo
  • World’s oldest animal sperm found in tiny crustaceans trapped in Myanmar amber
  • Anew species of spider
  • Minnesota moose won’t get federal Endangered Species Act protection
  • Legal victory puts Keys Lizard back on track for Endangered Species protection
  • Northern hemisphere breaks record for hottest ever summer
  • Idaho’s Shoshone-Bannock tribe releases Endangered Snake River Sockeye Salmon into Sawtooth Valley Lake
  • World missing all targets to save nature, UN warns
  • Jen Guyton and Dr. Gladys win the American Society of Mammalogist’s Aldo Leopold Prize
  • NASA data tool could revolutionize Amazon fire analysis
  • Bolivia’s jaguar seizures down as suspicions rise over new mafia
  • Stolen from the wild, rare reptiles and amphibians are freely traded in EU
  • A new species of milkweed subfamily found in Yunnan
  • New species of brachiopod discovered in ISU Prof Summer Project
  • New species of Alligator Lizard discovered in Mexico
  • Astronomers discover potential sign of life excessive in Venus’s environment
  • Lawsuit filed against Fish and Wildlife Service, violating Endangered Species Act and threatening Red Wolves
  • Poaching pressure mounts on jaguars
  • Manila’s new white sand coast is a threat to marine life
  • Lost decade for nature as UK fails on 17of 20 UN biodiversity targets
  • NASA funds eight new project exploring connections between the environment and COVID
  • Pope teams up with Slow Food founder for environment appeal
  • Critically endangered creature appears at National Zoo
  • Feral cats threatening endangered species on Kangaroo Island after bushfires
  • Lost frogs rediscovered with environmental DNA
  • Groups sue to block decision on proposed dolomite mine in Florida Mountains
  • Big Oil misled the public into believing plastic would be recycled
  • Raj reports two new species of butterfly in Ranthambore Tiger Reserve
  • Falkland Islands state of the environment 2020 report released
  • Endangered whale dies on southern Oregon beach
  • NCBA and PLC wants Grizzly Bears delisted from the Endangered Species Act
  • Up to 48 species saved from extinction by conservation efforts, study finds
  • Humanity may never hit the 10 billion mark
  • Reckless, violent massacre of 570 wolves and wolf pups in Idaho bolsters alarm over attack on species protection
  • South Australia’s ban on single-use plastic cutlery and straws hailed as historic
  • For European chemical giants, Brazil is an open market for toxic pesticides banned at home
  • Pacific leatherback sea turtle inches closer to endangered status
  • Plastic makers committed to ending plastic waste in the environment
  • City Bar association urges UN to formally recognize human right to a healthy environment
  • New species of gecko discovered in Ganjam
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Conservation News ~11 September 2020

9/11/2020

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  • Animal populations worldwide have declined by almost 70% in just 50 years, new report says
  • A new evergreen species of Rhamnaceae found in Guangxi
  • Thousands of species recorded in a speck of soil
  • Chinese Fossils Point to New Species of Dinosaur that Could Tunnel Underground
  • Hawaii Marines are now guarding the nests of endangered species
  • Charleston sues ‘Big Oil’ for flooding in SC Lowcountry caused by global warming
  • Wildfires and smoke wreak havoc in Oregon and Washington
  • WWF report reveals global wildlife populations have fallen by 68% since 1970
  • Colombia’s Humboldt Institute discovers new species in former FARC camp
  • Papillon the bear must be set free, says Italy’s environment minister
  • Business drying up as Indiana lake is drained to save endangered species
  • New Mexico attorney general joins effort against proposed changes to Endangered Species Act
  • Mojave Desert fire in August destroyed the heart of a beloved Joshua Tree forest
  • One in eight deaths in Europe liked to pollution, environment, EU says
  • WildEarth Guardians thwarts Exxon’s plans for more fracking in New Mexico
  • Pressure pays as Zimbabwe govt bans mining inside Hwange National Park
  • New fossil ape is discovered in India
  • Peru – San Marcos University biologists discover new species of Amazon fish
  • White House to tout ‘environmental accomplishments’ after dismantling key protections
  • American burying beetle downlisted under Endangered Species Act
  • Norway plans to drill for oil in untouched Arctic areas
  • Rewilding Britain supports a doubling of the country’s woodland cover over the next decade, from 13 percent now to at least 26 percent
  • New paper highlights spread of organized crime from global fisheries
  • Portugal free of fossil fuel extraction projects as company abandons the last contract
  • 6 young Portuguese activists area suing European Countries over climate change
  • A new species of blind, underground ant from Goa
  • Asst. Sec. for Fish, Wildlife, Parks Wallace: Manatee, Hawaiian goose and more imperiled species being saved
  • SoCal Mountain Lions enjoying a baby boom
  • Environment activists blockade UK newspaper printing plants
  • Sea rise is threatening to wipe out the Keys Mole Skink
  • First clone of endangered Przewalski’s Horse born in conservation effort to save the species
  • Colombia to ban cosmetic animal testing by 2024
  • Hutchins science teacher Keith Martin-Smith may have discovered new spider species
  • Administration looks to cut protections for endangered species
  • Good news for wolves in Washington
  • Thailand to close National Parks every year to help environment
  • Small protest breaks out at Mississippi Aquarium against dolphins
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Conservation News ~ 4 September 2020

9/4/2020

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  • Research behind award winning documentary film reveals new species
  • New species of freshwater crustacea found in the hottest place on Earth
  • EPA pledges more cleanups; less focus on climate: America’s environment today is cleaner
  • Chinese mining firms in Zimbabwe pose threat to endangered species
  • RI state insect moved off endangered species list, but not everyone sees it as a victory
  • Turtle species among the most endangered in the world saved from extinction
  • French PM says jobs and green recovery at heart of COVID recovery plan
  • Audubon study confirms solar is a major economic driver in South Carolina
  • As fire burns, activists sneak into Point Reyes to bring water to parched elk
  • Europe’s richest countries importing Brazilian beef linked to millions of tons of emissions
  • Feds to strip protections for Grey Wolves nationwide before close of 2020
  • $154 billion in capital has flowed to 300 ‘forest-risk’ companies since the Paris Agreement
  • Fracking company has made it rain toxic water upon New Mexico without penalty
  • UN urges probe of US arctic drilling plan for human rights abuses
  • EPA to open new office – mountains, deserts, and plains
  • Mexican Environment Minister resigns after critique
  • Bering Sea Ice hasn’t been this low in at least 5,500 years
  • Damaged Venezuelan oil tanker drawing international concern
  • Uganda has rare gorilla baby boom in park
  • New species of clam shrimp discovered in pond at UVI’s golf course
  • New wildflower species found, native to Pennsylvania
  • Just half of major timber and pulp suppliers committed to zero deforestation
  • Madagascar introduces stoves that burn rice husks instead of forests
  • Infrastructure plans imperil Latin America’s forests
  • Greenpeace photos illuminate illegal Amazon fires
  • For Brazil’s most trafficked parrot, the poaching is relentless
  • Ca passes bill allowing former inmates to become firefighters
  • Costa Rica’s Carlos Manuel Rodriguez takes over as head of the Global Environment Facility
  • Lions discovered at breeding facility are so sick they don’t even have fur
  • Tribes, Green groups sue over White House rollback of water rights
  • Anthropologist receives NSF funding to explore new fossil site in Kenya
  • Neglected for over a century, Black Sea Spider Crab redescribed
  • Madagascar giant frog is a new species, but also a deep-fried delicacy
  • Humboldt Martens receive long-awaited endangered species act
  • Humans’ construction footprint on ocean quantified for first time
  • Endangered bee doesn’t warrant extra protection
  • EPA relaxes rules limiting toxic waste from coal plants
  • Singing dogs re-emerge from extinction for another tune
  • National Forest System threatened by another White House oil and gas giveaway
  • Six million Euros made available for conservation action to counter COVID impacts
  • FEMA Chief refuses to say whether human activity is responsible for climate change
  • Platypus should be listed vulnerable in Victoria forest
  • Paper giant linked to Indonesia peat clearing despite sustainability
  • Tiny asteroid buzzes by Earth
  • NASA led study reveals the causes of sea level rise since 1900
  • Oregon Zoo leader, Dr. Don Moore, retires
  • Officials quash plan to develop Philippines’ biggest copper mine
  • Fate of 29,000 black-tailed prairie dogs at stake in Boulder, Colorado
  • EPA relaxes rules limiting toxic waste from coal plants
  • Exxon Mobil dropped from the Dow after nearly a century
  • Are forests the new coal? Global alarm sounds as biomass burning surges
  • Field Museum’s Emily Graslie to present lecture on curiosity
  • Pope says use the pandemic to give the environment a vital rest
  • Federal agency to decide if monarchs an endangered species
  • Lawsuit launched challenging EPA decision to dismiss pesticides’ harms to endangered species
  • China forges ahead with ambitious national park plan
  • Maurtiues oil spill: thousands march in Port Luis
  • Lockdown should have cleared up Jakarta’s air – coal plants kept it dirty
  • New Tauros release boosts natural grazing in the Velebit Mountains
  • UN Secretary general urges India to swiftly turn away from coal
  • Minn AG Ellison sues White House over change to Federal environmental law
  • Endangered eels found at Lymington port
  • Single cat results in the death of nine endangered native seabird chicks on Kaua’i
  • Hawaiian hawksbill sea turtles are truly local
  • The Dalmation pelicans in Persina Nature Park
  • Indonesian bill weakening environmental safeguards likely to become law in October
  • Potential wolf puppy sighting in Northwest Colorado
  • Border wildlife cameras show animals facing ‘completely unprecedented’ barrier
  • Rampant destruction of forests will unleash more pandemics
  • Endangered tamaraw killed in Mindoro, 3 poachers escape
  • Hidden webs of fungi protect some forests from drought-but leave others vulnerable
  • Despite expanding fires, Brazil suspends operations to combat Amazon deforestation
  • New venomous snake species names after Metallica’s James Hetfield
  • New moth species found, another rediscovered after 100 years in Arunachal
  • Other mammals lose out in panda conservation drive
  • Park rangers, the guardians of Ecuador’s biodiversity, face job insecurity
  • Brazil green recovery plan could boost economy, add jobs, cut emissions
  • Millions of pounds of extra pollution were released before Hurricane Laura’s landfall
  • Made with palm oil, there’s a fine for that in new UK bill
  • Scientists discover exposed bacteria can survive in space for years
  • Europe’s wildlife comeback set to captivate global TV audiences
  • Netherlands to close all mink fur farms by next March
  • Mexican canned tuna contains dolphin meat
  • United States establishes a dozen AI and quantum information science research centers
  • California launches 100th lawsuit mark with new challenge to environmental rules
  • 481 and counting: Norway’s whaling catch hits four-year high
  • Anger and questions as 17 dead dolphins wash ashore in Mauritius
  • Sea creatures made of trash on display at the Oregon Zoo
  • Bobcat and mountain lion found dead from anticoagulant rodenticide poisoning in Santa Monica Mountains
  • Audubon joins coalition to sue White House over harmful NEPA rules
  • California legislators have just days left to vote on plastic pollution reduction act
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