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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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Conservation News ~ 24 September 2021

9/24/2021

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  • "UN Warns of ‘Catastrophic Pathway’ With Current Climate Pledges"
  • "BLM Returns Headquarters To D.C."
  • Facebook's New Climate Change Misinformation Effort Falls Short: Group
  • "Growing California Wildfire Spares Group Of Giant Sequoias"
  • "Judge: Construction Can Continue On Most Of $1B Corridor"
  • "Romanian Forest Attack Highlights Illegal Logging ‘Scourge’"
  • "How Can New York City Prepare for the Next Ida? Here’s a To-Do List."
  • "Drought Tests Centuries-Old Water Traditions In New Mexico"
  • "The Unconventional Weapon Against Future Wildfires: Goats"
  • All National Zoo’s Lions And Tigers Have Tested Positive For Coronavirus
  • 11 Mongabay investigations in two years. Here’s what we found
  • Researchers express alarm as Arctic multiyear sea ice hits record low
  • With coral cover halved, curbing climate change is only way to slow the loss
  • Faroe Islands to evaluate traditional hunt after slaughter of 1,400 dolphins
  • For sustainable global fisheries, watchdogs focus on onshore beneficial owners
  • Railroad and mine projects stir up anxiety in rural Brazil communities
  • Scientists look to chimps’ past to gauge their future under climate change
  • For Indonesian MPs, Indigenous rights may be bad for business, report says
  • The secret lives of common hippos | Candid Animal Cam
  • African Parks secures $100M for conservation in Africa
  • Indigenous Land in the Brazilian Amazon is a brake on deforestation and may start generating carbon credits
  • Small cats should be a conservation priority, says Panthera’s new board chair Jonathan Ayers
  • Extinction of indigenous languages leads to loss of exclusive knowledge about medicinal plants
  • What the Mauritius kestrel can teach us about wildlife reintroductions
  • Sea turtles: Can these great marine migrators navigate rising human threats?
  • Domestic bushmeat consumption an “urgent” threat to migratory mammals, U.N. says
  • ‘Conservation should be seen as what communities have always done’, says John Kamanga
  • Oregon Targets Remaining Members of Wolf Family After Killing Two Pups to Protect Cows
  • A Plan to Kill 300 Wolves in Wisconsin Has Sparked Outrage Among Tribal Nations
  • New species of jellyfish named after USF professor
  • Dancing, starry dwarf and narrow-mouthed: new species make India a frog paradise
  • U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to Initiate Status Review of Gray Wolf in the Western U.S.
  • Thanks to the Yurok Tribe, condors will return to the Pacific Northwest
  • Fires in the Amazon have already impacted 90% of plant and animal species
  • Cloudy and cool: climate prospects from mid-latitude tree planting, study
  • The cat is back: Wild Amur tigers rebound in China, thanks to govt policies
  • "China Pledges to Stop Building Coal-Burning Power Plants Abroad"
  • Biden Vows To Double Climate Aid For Vulnerable Nations
  • Will Taxpayers Bear Cost Of Cleaning Up America’s Abandoned Oil Wells?
  • "6 Tribes Sue Wisconsin To Try To Stop November Wolf Hunt"
  • "Michigan Plans 1st U.S. Charging Road For Electric Vehicles"
  • "Fires Fuel New Risks to California Farmworkers"
  • "Tar Sands Pipeline Is Sucking Water From Minnesota Watersheds"
  • "Turkey’s Erdogan: Refugee Crisis From Climate Change Coming"
  • "After Ida, U.S. Cities Eye More Equal Resilience Plans"
  • Does Nature Have Rights? A Burgeoning Legal Movement Says Yes
  • "Biden Confronts Extreme Heat, A Silent Climate Killer"
  • "Canadians Have Re-Elected A Liberal Minority Government"
  • U.N. Chief, UK PM Increase Pressure On Leaders For Climate Change Funds
  • Dakota Access Pipeline Asks Supreme Court To Scrap Environmental Study
  • "COVID Has Killed About As Many Americans As The 1918-19 Flu"
  • "Interior Secretary Signs Montana Tribes Water Rights Compact"
  • "Why Saving World’s Peatlands Can Help Stabilize the Climate"
  • Powerful Democrat Linked to Fossil Fuels Will Craft U.S. Climate Plan
  • "New Evidence of Corruption at EPA Chemicals Division"
  • Extinction of Indigenous Languages Harms Knowledge Of Medicinal Plants
  • "Reconciliation Timing Slips As Democrats Continue To Feud"
  • EPA To Cut Greenhouse Gases Thousands Of Times More Powerful Than CO2
  • "WHO Slashes Guideline Limits on Air Pollution From Fossil Fuels"
  • Trump FWS Broke The Law In Refusing To Protect Joshua Trees, Court Rules
  • "John Kerry’s Sales Pitch to Save the Planet"
  • "California’s Reliance on Dams Puts Fish in Hot Water"
  • Arctic Sea Ice Reaches Its 12th-Lowest Minimum Extent On Record
  • Entergy Resisted Upgrading New Orleans' Power Grid. Residents Suffered
  • Water Usage In S. Calif. Rose, Despite Newsom's Call To Cut Back: Data
  • "Nitrogen: The Environmental Crisis You Haven’t Heard Of Yet"
  • 8 Siamese Crocodile Hatchlings Discovered in Cambodia Give Endangered Species Hope
  • New checklist aims to tackle racism in conservation science at academy level
  • When a tree falls in the forest, you can still hear the birdsong
  • Countering Bolsonaro’s UN speech, Greenpeace releases Amazon deforestation photos
  • Nitrogen: The environmental crisis you haven’t heard of yet
  • Fires bear down on Brazil park that’s home to jaguars, maned wolves
  • Jane Goodall launches effort in support of planting 1 trillion trees by 2030
  • Forest fragmentation split up this lizard’s population. It’s no longer the same
  • Remnant forests struggle to survive amid oil palm plantations, study shows
  • Novel chemical entities: Are we sleepwalking through a planetary boundary?
  • "UN Summit Seeks To Fix Food’s Many Problems, But Draws Fire"
  • EPA Issues Rule To Sharply Reduce Use Of HFCs, Driver Of Climate Change
  • 'Death Sentence': Low-Lying Nations Implore Faster UN Action On Climate
  • "Drilling on the Arctic Beach"
  • Gov. Newsom Signs $15 Billion Climate Package At Sequoia National Park
  • FERC Blames Texas Energy Policies For Severity Of February Blackouts
  • "Biden Picks Trump Critic To Lead EPA Science Office"
  • Rising Natural Gas Prices Help Cleanest (and Dirtiest) Electricity Sources
  • "Philanthropists Pledge $5 Billion To Save Threatened Species"
  • "Love The National Parks? Get Ready For Them To Heat Up"
  • Grand Ronde tribe reclaims Willamette Falls, as work begins to tear down Oregon City mill
  • Young people experiencing ‘widespread’ psychological distress over government handling of looming climate crisis
  • Fossil footprints show humans in North America more than 21,000 years ago
  • California rolls out biggest climate package in state history with an unprecedented $15 billion investment
  • Bioprinted neurons could cut use of animals in research
  • Philanthropists pledge record $5 billion to protect nature
  • The $7billion MacArthur Foundation announced that it will divest from fossil fuels
  • Rhino drowns in Dutch zoo in mating mishap
  • Mountain goat kills attacking grizzly bear with dagger-like horns
  • UN and partners launch billion-dollar initiative to transform cities for people and planets
  • President Xi declares end to Chinese support for new coal power abroad
  • WildEarth Guardians calls on EPA to shut down illegal air polluters in New Mexico
  • White rhino population down by two-thirds
  • Livestock industry is lobbying UN to support more meat production
  • A new survey reveals that deadlines don’t cause despair and can motivate people to climate action
  • The Deep Seas near New Zealand have yielded 6 new species of bizarre sponges
  • Sale of live crabs, lobsters, and fur banned in Amsterdam markets
  • 63 endangered penguins die after being attacked by enraged bees
  • Lions and tigers at DCs National Zoo test presumptive positive for COVID
  • African Parks secures $100m for conservation in Africa
  • Point Reyes National Seashore capitulates to ranchers
  • Mexico just banned cosmetic animal testing in a North American first
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Conservation News ~ 17 September 2021

9/17/2021

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  • After surge, Amazon deforestation slows for second straight month
  • Should tree plantations count toward reforestation goals? It’s complicated
  • Indonesia terminates agreement with Norway on $1b REDD+ scheme
  • As tourists flood a Tanzanian park, the Maasai say they’re being pushed out
  • Indonesia lays out plan to rescue 15 lakes under pressure from human activity
  • Africa’s montane forests are more carbon-dense than even the Amazon
  • Deforestation sweeps national park in Brazil as land speculators advance              
  • Record number of environmental activists murdered
  • Australian State Announces Plan to Prevent Endangered Life from Disappearing
  • ‘On the map’: App shines light on 5,000 ‘invisible’ families in Brazil’s Cerrado
  • Two new species of ants discovered
  • USFWS Lists Alabama Crayfish Species as Endangered, Designates 78 Miles of River
  • Two new species of flies discovered in Pulau Ubin mangroves
  • Indonesia terminates agreement with Norway on $1bn REDD+ scheme
  • Elon Musk’s SpaceX launch site threatens wildlife, Texas environmental groups say
  • Santa Barbara County Staff recommends approval of ExxonMobil’s plan to restart crude oil
  • Thirteen gorillas test positive for Covid at Atlanta Zoo
  • Netherlands proposes radical plans to cut livestock numbers by almost a third
  • The largest carbon removal facility to date, is now in service
  • Romatzke out as regional manager after wolf kerfuffle
  • USFWS rejects Rosemont Copper petition to shrink critical jaguar habitat
  • Dr. Goodall is inducted as an honorary member of the IUCN awards
  • Majority of remaining fossil fuels must stay in the ground to limit climate crisis below critical threshold
  • DNA tool transforms nature tracking
  • Thousands of acres of East Bay wilderness to be preserved under agreement
  • UK Government to introduce world-leading ban on shark fin trade
  • Rhino mystery going back to Darwin solved
  • Louisiana Shell refinery left spewing chemicals after Hurricane Ida
  • Millions of abandoned oil wells are leaking methane
  • Judge orders immediate actions at Willamette Basin dams to help salmon, steelhead
  • Puerto Rico just declared a state of emergency over its dying coral reefs
  • Skukuza Court sentences poachers to 105 years behind bars
  • Divers discover world’s largest underwater cave system filled with Mayan mysteries
  • Wind turbine generates five times more energy than its competitors
  • "Biden To Survey Wildfire Damage, Make Case For Spending Plan"
  • Manchin and Sanders Clash Over $3.5T Reconciliation Package
  • Federal Government Sells Flood-Prone Homes To Often Unsuspecting Buyers
  • "Record Number of Environmental Activists Murdered"
  • "Tropical Storm Nicholas to Bring Heavy Rain to Texas and Louisiana"
  • "Big Oil’s ‘Wokewashing’ Is The New Climate Science Denialism"
  • "Ruth Etzel Speaks Out Ahead of EPA Whistleblower Hearing"
  • "Iran and I.A.E.A. Reach Last-Minute Deal on Nuclear Monitoring"
  • "Conservation Body Calls For Global Moratorium On Deep-Sea Mining"
  • "Mangrove Restoration Frustration"
  • Lockdowns didn’t stop 2020 being deadliest year yet for earth defenders
  • OECM concept may bring more inclusive approach to protecting biodiversity
  • Workshop empowers Brazil’s Xakriabá people to publish their own books
  • Project works with farmers to restore Brazilian pine forests
  • Myanmar’s snowcapped north is a haven for large mammals, new study finds
  • Worked to death: How a Chinese tuna juggernaut crushed its Indonesian workers
  • "Emails, Docs Show TVA’s Ties To Fight Against Federal Regs"
  • "Out West, Biden Points To Wildfires To Push For Big Rebuild"
  • "Committee OKs Methane Fee, Launches Debate On Climate Plan"
  • Where Canada’s Federal Parties Stand On Three Big Climate Issues
  • "Nicholas, Now Tropical Storm, Dumps Rain Along Gulf Coast"
  • "Report: Climate Change Could See 200 Million Move By 2050"
  • "Formosa Plastics To Pay Nearly $3 Mln To Settle Air Pollution Charges"
  • "Norway’s Center-Left Heads To Victory In General Elections"
  • "Why Rewildling Our Landscapes Needs to Include Bugs"
  • "California’s Disappearing Salmon"
  • Study fails to find link between increased deforestation and COVID crisis
  • When COVID shut Broadway, award-winning actress Jane Alexander went birding
  • Oil palms alone can be damaging; with other crops, the benefits abound
  • Win for Malaysian forest after government backs down on development plan
  • Marine experts flag new Peru marine reserve that allows industrial fishing
  • Seaweed farming offers a boost for Sri Lanka’s ‘blue economy’ ambitions
  • IUCN Congress closes with call for a post-pandemic recovery based on nature
  • Incredibly rare 'megapod' of more than 100 humpback whales surrounds boat off coast of Australia
  • Outcry over killing of almost 1,500 dolphins on Faroe Islands
  • Endangered eastern barred bandicoot rescued from the brink of extinction
  • For the First Time in 133 Years, a New Species of Boa Was Discovered in the Dominican
  • "Hurricane Nicholas Hammers Gulf Coast Communities"
  • The House’s Reconciliation Bill Would Be A Bonanza For Clean Energy
  • "U.S. and EU Vow Steep Methane Cuts Ahead of Climate Summit"
  • "Permit For Oil Refinery Near National Park Still Active"
  • As Climate Talks Near, Pressure Grows On Asia To Cancel New Coal Projects
  • ‘Not Sustainable’: Overcrowding Changing The Soul Of US National Parks
  • "Vermont Sues 4 Oil Companies, Alleges False Info on Climate"
  • Young People Anxious About Climate Change, Say Governments Failing Them
  • Should Tree Plantations Count Toward Reforestation? It’s Complicated
  • Scientists Could Bring Back Woolly Mammoths. But Maybe They Shouldn't
  • Mycoremediation brings the fungi to waste disposal and ecosystem restoration
  • Saving sea turtles in the ‘Anthropause’: Successes and challenges on the beach
  • Pepé Le New: Meet the acrobatic spotted skunks of North America
  • Fashions to die for: The fur trade’s role in spreading zoonotic disease
  • Wolves in Northern Rockies One Step Closer to Endangered Species Protection
  • Lake Sturgeon Will Get Endangered Species Decision in 2024
  • New Species of Window Fly Discovered in Finland
  • "Biden To Host Leaders To Discuss Climate Change Ahead Of A UN Summit"
  • "Democrats Advance Climate Bill As Advocates Gird For A Fight"
  • "US Grants License For Temporary Nuclear Waste Dump In Texas"
  • Illinois Gov. Signs Far-Reaching Energy Bill That Ends Coal, Aids Nuclear
  • "US: Wolves May Need Protections After States Expand Hunting"
  • Wild Meat Consumption Leads To Increased Risk Of Zoonotic Diseases: UN
  • Wildfires Shutter Sequoia National Park, Threaten Famous Ancient Trees
  • Greatest Killer in New Orleans Wasn’t the Hurricane. It Was the Heat
  • "90% Of Global Farm Subsidies Damage People And Planet, Says UN"
  • "Outcry Over Killing Of Almost 1,500 Dolphins On Faroe Islands"
  • The Pantanal is burning again. Will it be another devastating year?
  • An environmental ‘catastrophe’ in Southern Africa lingers with few answers
  • Jakarta court finds president, governor liable for city’s air pollution woes
  • Creation of three new northern white rhinos embryos may indicate hope for other rhino species
  • Illegal logging reaches Amazon’s untouched core, ‘terrifying’ research shows
  • Podcast: Are tuna doing as well as latest extinction risk assessments suggest? It’s complicated
  • "House Panel Expands Inquiry Into Climate Disinformation by Oil Giants"
  • "Most States Have Cut Back Public Health Powers Amic Pandemic"
  • ‘Larger Than Usual’: This Year’s Ozone Layer Hole Bigger Than Antarctica
  • "Los Angeles County Votes To Phase Out Oil And Gas Drilling"
  • "Glasgow Climate Summit At Risk Of Failure, U.N. Chief Warns"
  • "EPA Rescinds Trump-Era Clean Water Guidance on Maui Decision"
  • Black Town Stood In The Way Of Pipeline – So Developers Called It White
  • "‘About Damn Time’: First Nation Gets Clean Water After 24-Year Wait"
  • "Cave With Ancient Indigenous Artwork Sold"
  • Young Climate Activists Face Another Challenge: Fear Of The Future
  • Los Angeles County votes to phase out oil and gas drilling
  • Australian bushfire smoke caused massive phytoplankton bloom in Southern Ocean
  • Maori Politicians want to change New Zealand’s name to Aotearoa
  • Poor countries push for lenience in banning fossil fuel financing
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Conservation News ~ 10 September 2021

9/10/2021

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  • One in three tree species is in the red, new global assessment says
  • Is it time to rethink jaguar recovery in the U.S.? (commentary)
  • Not just sea life: Migratory fish, birds and mammals also fall foul of plastic
  • In Peru, ancient food technologies revived in pursuit of future security
  • Vale told Brazil communities they were in danger. They say Vale wants their land
  • Palm oil firms in Papua hit back with lawsuit after permits are revoked
  • Rich countries may be buying illegal gold that’s driving Amazon destruction
  • Drug trafficking threatens Indigenous Shipibo communities in Peru
  • 11 Endangered Species 'Likely Extinct' Within Russia, Ministry Says
  • These popular tuna species are no longer endangered, surprising scientists
  • Komodo dragon joins the list of endangered species
  • India's Moth Fauna Gets 17 New Species From Arunachal Pradesh
  • "Biden To Visit NY, NJ To View Hurricane Ida's Destruction"
  • "U.S. Probing Nearly 350 Reports Of Oil Spills In Wake Of Hurricane Ida"
  • Over 230 Medical Journals: Climate Crisis Is "Greatest" Health Threat
  • "Ida Reveals Two Louisianas: One With Storm Walls, Another Without"
  • Baltimore Recycles Only a Tiny Fraction of its Residential Plastic
  • "Prized Trout Streams Shrink As Heat, Drought Grip US West"
  • "Industry Group Backs Global Carbon Price For Large Ships"
  • 7,000 California Preterm Births Linked To Wildfire Smoke Risks: Study
  • More Global Aid Goes To Fossil Fuel Projects Than Tackling Dirty Air: Study
  • Bitcoin Uses More Electricity Than Many Countries. How Is That Possible?
  • Will A Summer of Crises Lead to Climate Action? It’s Not Looking Good
  • "Cleanup Boats On Scene Of Large Gulf Oil Spill Following Ida"
  • "Louisiana Shell Refinery Left Spewing Chemicals After Hurricane Ida"
  • Kerry Urges China To Cut Emissions; China Seeks Easing Of Solar Sanctions
  • "Climate Change Is Already Rejiggering Where Americans Live"
  • "Nearly 1 In 3 Americans Experienced A Weather Disaster This Summer"
  • "Joe Manchin’s Dirty Empire"
  • Dutch Watchdog Tells Shell to Stop ‘Carbon Neutral' Greenwashing Ads
  • "Living In A Sea Of Trash: Roma Fight Environmental Racism In Romania"
  • "Komodo Dragon In Danger Of Extinction As Sea Levels Rise"
  • Third of shark and ray species face extinction, warns study
  • New species: This rainbow-scaled lizard lived anonymously in the Andes—until now
  • Pacific, Atlantic bluefin tuna no longer listed as 'endangered' on latest IUCN red list
  • Manatee deaths in Florida point to a global decline in seagrass ecosystems
  • How to find the right NGO partner without shooting yourself in the foot (commentary)
  • Sri Lanka tagging program traces little-known paths of migratory birds
  • Indonesia still clinging to coal despite phaseout pledge, new plan shows
  • From a nuisance to a benefit, ‘world’s worst weed’ finds new use as biofuel
  • Jaguar stronghold in Brazil’s Iguaçu Park threatened by road reopening plan
  • Plant-based face masks? This young Philippine inventor has you covered
  • From a nuisance to a benefit, ‘world’s worst weed’ finds new use as biofuel
  • Industrial fishing harbor plan raises a stink in Sierra Leone
  • Amazon, meet Amazon: Tech giant rolls out rainforest carbon offset project
  • New research hopes to shine a light on wedgefish, the ‘pangolin of the ocean’
  • Climate philanthropy’s opportunity for impact: Q&A with Bridgespan’s Sonali Patel
  • Spike in deforestation detected in Papua concession linked to South Korea’s Moorim
  • New Philippine corpse flower is phallic-shaped, funky smelling — and nearly extinct
  • If you think sharks are scary, blame Hollywood, new study suggests
  • Alabama's Slenderclaw Crayfish Gains Endangered Species Act Protection
  • British dragonfly numbers soar as warming climate attracts new species
  • "Calling ‘Code Red’ on Climate, Biden Pushes for Infrastructure Plan"
  • "Gulf Oil Spill Shows Risk From 18,000 Miles of Abandoned Pipe"
  • Sheltering Inside May Not Protect You From The Dangers Of Wildfire Smoke
  • "New Orleans: Seniors Left In Dark, Hot Facilities After Ida"
  • "Pope, Patriarch And Canterbury Abbot Issue Climate Appeal"
  • "Environmental Groups Call For Postponement Of Climate Talks"
  • "Madagascar Faces One Of The World's First Climate Change Famines"
  • Lawsuits Over ‘Misleading’ Food Labels Surge as Groups Cite Lax Oversight
  • Toyota Plans $13.5 Bln To Develop Electric Vehicle Battery Tech By 2030
  • Avocados, Vanilla Among Dozens Of Wild Crop Relatives Facing Extinction
  • Allen Coral Atlas Completes Map of the World’s Coral Reefs Using Satellite Imagery
  • "Methane Rule To Eclipse Past Regulations, Including Obama’s"
  • "To Keep The Lights On, New Orleans’ Grid Needs To Change — Here’s How"
  • "Interior Will Launch Review Of Trump’s Arctic Oil Plan"
  • "Biden Admin Maps Path For Dramatic Solar Energy Growth"
  • "New York Sets 2035 Zero-Emission Passenger Car Goal"
  • Paris Goal Requires Most Fossil Fuel Reserves Must Stay in the Ground
  • Black People To Be Swept Aside For A South Carolina Freeway — Again
  • "EPA To Propose First-Ever 'Forever Chemical' Discharge Limits"
  • From 4% to 45%: Biden DOE Lays Out Ambitious Blueprint for Solar Power
  • Fast Or Slow? Study Reveals Differences In How Humpback Whales Change Tune
  • We’ve crossed four of nine planetary boundaries. What does this mean?
  • ‘Join us for the Amazon,’ Indigenous leaders tell IUCN in push for protection
  • The first complete map of the world’s shallow tropical coral reefs is here
  • Borneo’s bearded pigs and traditional hunters adapted to oil palms. Then came swine fever
  • In Kenya, push-pull method tries to debug organic farming’s pest problem
  • Brazil’s biofuel program sputters on weak emissions accounting
  • Service Proposes Endangered Species Act Protection for Freshwater Mussel
  • Lawsuit Launched to Protect Rare Southeast Alaska Wolf
  • What’s fair in conservation to locals? Just ask, study says
  • Deep-sea mining gets a resounding rejection from conservation authorities
  • As illegal logging route in Peru nears Brazil, Indigenous groups warn of calamity
  • Can we stop calling it biodiversity? There’s no word for what we’re losing (commentary)
  • Seeing the maligned urban rat in a new light: Q&A with Michael Parsons
  • Environmental activist ‘well-hated’ by Myanmar junta is latest to be arrested
  • Fomenting a “Perfect Storm” to push companies to change: Q&A with Glenn Hurowitz
  • Razan Al Mubarak becomes first woman from the Arab world to head IUCN
  • ‘Global Indigenous Agenda’ for land rights, conservation launched at IUCN congress
  • Anti-logging protest becomes Canada’s biggest ever act of civil disobedience
  • Deep-sea mining gets a resounding rejection from conservation authorities
  • Hairy-nosed wombat numbers grow to over 300 in Queensland
  • Conservation Groups Sue Brookfield Renewable Over Alleged Endangered Species Act Violations
  • House Panel Bans Drilling in ANWR With Reconciliation Measure
  • "EPA To Protect Alaska’s Bristol Bay, Blocking Major Gold Mine"
  • "Democrats Unveil Details of Sweeping Climate Change Spending Plan"
  • Democrats Want a ‘Climate Corps.’ They Just Can’t Agree How to Create It
  • "Biden Picks D.C. Utility Regulator For FERC Commissioner"
  • "Judge Deals Blow To Obama Fossil Fuel Royalty Rule"
  • "Harvard University To End Investment In Fossil Fuels"
  • Enviros Call For Prompt Restoration Of National Monuments Shrunk By Trump
  • "This Summer Tied The Dust Bowl For The Hottest On Record In US"
  • Tree Planting Isn't Replacing Burned U.S. Forests — Not Even Close
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Conservation News ~ 3 September 2021

9/3/2021

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  • Good news for Willamette River Chinook salmon and winter steelhead
  • Sustainable livelihood offers a lifeline to Philippines’ dying rice terraces
  • WA puts hawk from Tri-Cities area on endangered list. Wind turbines partly to blame
  • Edinburgh Zoo welcomes three new endangered horses native to Mongolia
  • Ohio deer test positive for virus that causes COVID-19
  • Fires rage in Bolivia’s Chiquitania region
  • 'A lucky accident:' How a new species of millipede was named after a Floyd County artist - WSLS
  • 3 endangered tigers found dead in Indonesia conservation area
  • What makes mapping and monitoring zero-deforestation commitments effective?
  • L.A.-sized tract of primary forest went up in flames in DRC province in 2020
  • With their land on the line, Indigenous Brazilians gather for landmark ruling
  • With Myanmar’s press muzzled, experts warn of surge in environmental crimes
  • What sets crab-eating raccoons apart from other carnivores? | Candid Animal Cam
  • Independent monitoring suggests sharp jump in Amazon rainforest destruction
  • Drug trafficking and illegal logging threaten Indigenous communities in Peru
  • The women on the front lines of safeguarding the Amazon
  • Ida Smashes Louisiana, Bringing Record Winds, Storm Surge, Blackout
  • "Trump EPA Ignored Scientists’ Warnings On Miss. Project: Docs"
  • "Group’s Allegations of Destroying Records Spur EPA Investigation"
  • 91% Of Pa. Schools That Tested Water Found Lead. Only 9% Removed It
  • "Environmental Group Outbids Rancher For Idaho Grazing Lease"
  • "California’s Plan to Make New Buildings Greener Will Also Raise Costs"
  • Floating Turbines Could Open Up Vast Ocean Tracts For Wind Power
  • "Line 3 Protesters Arrested At Minnesota Capitol"
  • Minn. Cops Shared Intelligence on Protest Organizers With Pipeline Company
  • "1,500 Murder Hornets Murdered in Washington State"
  • Climate change threatens traditional extractive communities in the Amazon
  • Find my elephant: The conservation apps revolutionizing how rangers work
  • Enhancing biodiversity through the belly: Agroecology comes alive in Chile
  • Grain production depends on ending deforestation, studies show
  • Next to India’s capital, a village looks to the past for its forest’s future
  • For male chimps looking to mate, an entourage is the way to go, study finds
  • Conservation needs more women, says Razan Khalifa Al Mubarak
  • Rare Arizona Plant Threatened by Rosemont Copper Mine Receives Endangered Species ...
  • "Federal Judge Strikes Down Trump Rule Governing Water Pollution"
  • "Hurricane Ida Forces Three Damaged Hospitals To Evacuate Patients"
  • "How Climate Change Helped Make Hurricane Ida One Of Louisiana’s Worst"
  • "Biden Opens New Federal Office for Climate Change, Health and Equity"
  • EPA Falsifying Risk Assessments For Dangerous Chemicals: Whistleblowers
  • "40 Million People Rely on the Colorado River. It’s Drying Up Fast."
  • "Wildfire Evacuees Flood Lake Tahoe Roads In Rush To Flee"
  • "Some Ask Why Salmon Creek Dam Safety Documents Are Kept Secret"
  • "US Climate Envoy In Japan To Push Efforts To Cut Emissions"
  • "Birds Of Prey Face Global Decline From Habitat Loss, Poison"
  • Cost of wetlands: Free. Storm damage they prevent: $38 million per estuary.
  • Mangrove restoration done right has clear economic, ecological benefits
  • Building the Campaign for Nature: Q&A with Brian O’Donnell
  • Low genetic diversity is part of rhinos’ long-term history, study says
  • Captive breeding of Sumatran rhinos: Where the program stands today
  • Mountain lion killed after mauling 5-year-old in Santa Monica Mountains
  • Reports Of Environmental Problems Caused By Ida Begin To Trickle In
  • "A New Breed of Crisis: War and Warming Collide in Afghanistan"
  • World Finally Stops Using Leaded Gasoline. Algeria Used Last Stockpile
  • Up To Half Of World’s Wild Tree Species May Be At Risk Of Extinction
  • Judge Rebuffs Red States' Challenge To Biden's 'Social Costs' Of Carbon
  • "Killer Heat Forces Cities to Adapt Now or Suffer"
  • "Lobster Fishing Will Face Restrictions To Try To Save Whales"
  • National Parks Are Overcrowded. Some Think ‘Selfie Stations’ Will Help
  • "Snail Darter, Tiny And Notorious, Is No Longer Endangered"
  • California Builds A ‘Noah’s Ark’ To Protect Wildlife From Extinction
  • Endangered species called the snail darter is saved from extinction
  • Rare California red fox added to endangered species list in ongoing extinction crisis
  • New species of lizard discovered in area once controlled by terrorists and drug cartels in Peru
  • "At Least 8 Dead as Ida Swamps New York City Area"
  • "Ida's Devastation Shocks, Fuel Shortages Hinder Recovery"
  • "Lack of Power Hinders Assessment of Toxic Pollution Caused by Ida"
  • "In Focus: Wildfires And Climate Change"
  • Global South Climate Reps Doubt COP26 Participation Over Vaccine Delay
  • "How Biden’s Team Rushed To Dump A Trump-Era PFAS Assessment"
  • "UN: Weather Disasters Soar In Numbers, Cost, But Deaths Fall"
  • Exposure To Air Pollution Below Legal Limits Linked To Premature Deaths
  • Drought And Climate Change Spur Roundups of U.S. Wild Horses
  • "The Race To Rescue Florida’s Diseased Corals"
  • Amazon fires have affected almost all the region's endangered species  
  • Australian wildlife including koalas on list of endangered species
  • Researchers discover new species of gecko within Goa University campus
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