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Conservation News ~ 29 November 2019

11/28/2019

United States and Europe blocked African states proposal to protect endangered sharks
Canadian indigenous celebrate new protected area
Protected areas best conserve mammalian diversity when connected
Elliott State Forest Tract sale was illegal, Oregon Supreme Court says
New generation of hydroelectric dams threaten Europe’s rivers
Climaet activisits shine light on dirty Chase Bank investments
New snake species found in India
White House is sued for dragging its feet on endangered species
Tiny Northern Nevada toad part of massive endangered species lawsuit
Massive Attack to help map music industry’s carbon footprint
Biotech breakthroughs turns waste biomass into high value chemicals
South Dakota Governor caves on attempted efforts to silence pipeline protestors
Namibia records 51 poaching cases this year
White House sends Smoky Mountain park rangers to help secure the US/Mexico border
Thousands of Romanians protest against illegal logging, attacks on forest workers
SeaWorld San Diego’s rescue team disentangles Humpback whale from fishing gear
Koalas not functionally extinct from fires – 1000 killed out of 300,000
Coelacanth filmed off South America’s eastern coastline
Scientists identify hundreds of species in Colombia’s Chiribiquete Park
New leaf-toed geckos found living on remote volcano
Feds propose delisting long-endangered Camas wildflower
Feral hogs attacked and killed a woman on her way to work in Texas
UC Davis students propose turning invasive species into dog food
China stole Philippines’ giant clams while Filipinos sat in court
Scientists find one billion year old fungus fossil
Cows on Russian farm get fitted with VR goggles to increase milk production
Iran sentences 8 Asiatic cheetah conservation scientists convicted of spying
Largest turtle swarm ever filmed at sea
Coastal fog linked to high levels of mercury found in mountain lions
Six scientific journals denounce White House environmental reform
Elephant seal native to Antarctica spotted for first time in tropical Sri Lanka
Watchdog denounces arrests of four anti-mining activists in Indonesia
Wildflower found only in Willamette Valley can be removed from endangered species list
Indonesian fires emitted double the carbon of Amazon fires
Indonesian palm oil investigation shortlisted for Fetisov Journalism Award
Female gorillas recognize and respond to contagious disease
CEOs are facing fierce pressure on climate change – from their own kids
White House signs Federal Animal Cruelty bill into law
Oregon Department of Environmental Quality has proposed a new plan to reduce mercury
Autumn Peltier honoured by BBC
Researchers report first recording of a blue whale’s heart rate
Rapid genetic test reveals new strain of frog-killing fungus in Southeast Asia
Scientists discover new species of spiky-spined dinosaur in prehistoric breakthrough
Seven new South Island cave weta identified
Study tracks first incursion of poachers into pristine African forest
Horror in Romanian port, 14600 sheep on capsized livestock carrier
Climate Uprising occupies OMV henchboat
Latest regulations safeguard 140,000 square miles off the west coast
California Red-legged Frog seen at the Gualala River
Jeremy Clarkson finally accepts climate crisis during Asia trip
Manta rays and whale sharks consume 63 pieces of plastic per hour
Nonprofit threatens suit over possible endangered species in New Mexico
German Navy accused of killing porpoises
Sumatran rhinoceros now extinct in Malaysia
Scientists spot critically endangered vaquita porpoises with babies
Vanishing Mongolian ice puts reindeer herders at risk
Students storm field at halftime of Harvard-Yale game to protest
Video of mating deep-sea anglerfish tuns biologists
Fossils of new find dinosaur species discovered in Isaan
Coal spill bedevils Indonesian beach more than a year later
New Mexico votes to end trapping of cougars
Amazonian tree with human-sized leaves finally gets ID’d as new species

Conservation News ~ 22 November 2019

11/22/2019

Ancient Kansas shark is new species
US Fed agency plans are not adequate to prevent 99.8% of US Endangered Species from suffering
Enviro groups threaten lawsuit over Endangered Species Act
All but one of the US’s Endangered Species are vulnerable to climate change
World’s donkeys being decimated by demand for Chinese medicine
Oxford dictionary declares ‘climate emergency’ the word of 2019
Coldplay pause touring until they can offer ‘environmentally beneficial’ concerts
Iceland accused of putting mackerel stocks at risk by increasing its catch
One-third of tropical African plant species at risk of extinction
EasyJet to become first airline to offset all carbon emissions
Kruger National Park rejoices after good rainfall
Brazil works behind the scenes to greenlight Manuas-Boa Vista transmission line
In Indonesian waters, filter feeders can ingest dozens to hundreds of microplastic particles every hour
Illegal logging persists in Cambodia’s Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary
Indonesian politician at heart of permit scandal dies ahead of graft trial
Coca Cola is world’s largest plastic polluter for second straight year
Dragonfly swarms over Sri Lanka spark interest and highlight threats to them and damselflies
Decades after abandoned farmlands, plant biodiversity and productivity struggle to recover
Oregon Capitol sit in opposing Jordan Cove LNG pipeline
Rare fish-eating crocodile confirmed nesting in southwest Nepal after 37 years
Climate change reassessment prompts call for a ‘more sober’ discourse
Massive crater under Greenland’s ice points to climate-altering impact in the time of humans
Decapitated Sumatran elephant found dead in Indonesia
Tanzania rallies to protect world’s largest population of lions
Agroforestry program in Appalachia receives $590,000 in federal funding
NASA confirms water vapor on Jupiter’s moon Europa
Fires leave a million Indonesians gasping
House approves bill to eliminate sale of shark fins nationwide
NASA has found sugar in meteorites that crashed to Earth
Cheetah researchers accused of spying sentenced in Iran
New dynamic strategy to protect biodiversity – transient protected areas
Amazon wildfires proved to be caused by deforestation
Giant vegan billboard arrives at Waterloo
Ancient Komodo dragon-like animals had heads proportionally larger than dinosaurs
Team of scientists discovered 140 huge mysterious drawings in Peru
Judge orders search of MPCA computers in PolyMet challenge
Climate impacts ‘to cost world $7.9 trillion’ by 2050
Beavers to be released by National Trust as flood control
Emirates president thanks Greta Thunberg for helping change
New species of seaweed uncovered
New Mexico Environment Department requests $1.2m to study toxic plume
Light pollution is key ‘bringer of insect apocalypse’
Target meets 2020 goal to install 500 rooftop solar arrays ahead of schedule
New Panda park in China will be much bigger than Yellowstone
Plankton biodiversity mapped globally
California Governor cracks down on fracking
Black-throated finch wins 2019 Australian bird of the year
NOAA fisheries just released thousands of captive bred white abalone
Climate groups can’t run ads about global warming on Twitter, but Exxon can
Deforestation in the Amazon has hit its highest level in more than a decade
Keystone spill has affected nearly 10x more land than was estimated
European Investment bank drops fossil fuel funding
Secretive energy startup backed by Bill Gates achieves solar breakthrough
Companies that fail to tackle climate change will be delisted from the London Stock Exchange, Labour Party proposes
Activists fighting for their lands swept up in Philippines crackdown
Mozambique’s newly empowered rangers, courts catch up with poachers, loggers
New hope for one of world’s more endangered reptiles
VSU bioblitz discovers new species
Idris Elba has parasitic wasp named after him
Major new project to use nature-based solutions to help Laos adapt to climate change
California to stop buying from automakers that backed the White House on emissions
Kruger National Park elephant has very close encounter with ranger
Restigouche Wilderness Waterway on its way to becoming a provincial park
Taiwan’s Pygmy Seahorses have a robust social media presence
Peru signs agreement to end deforestation caused by palm oil by 2021
We have broken nature into more than 990,000 little pieces – the same area should be 73,000 fragments
Feral horses gallop to the rescue of butterflies in distress
Slow Lorises and other endangered animals rescued after crackdowns in Hyderbad
Newly discovered fossil bird fills in gap between dinosaurs and modern fliers
Ant expert discovers new Utah species in backyard
Two of America’s biggest coal plants closed this month
Rhino, calf electrocuted by collapsed power pylon in South Africa
An economist quantifies how valuable whales are to fighting climate change
World’s largest public bank ditches oil and coal in victory for the climate movement
Botany student unearths three presumed extinct species
Colombia’s carbon tax could help protect the Amazon rainforest
Climate impacts 626% worse than expected for intact forest loss
SRP plans to install Arizona’s biggest battery for massive solar plant
Federal judge blocks the West Elk Coal Mine expansion after environmental groups sue
Indigenous activist wins prestigious environmental and peace award
14 month old lioness brutally declawed in Gaza Zoo so visitors can play with her
Sage Grouse court order trims energy lease auction in Nevada
Fires devastate tiger and elephant habitat in Sumatra
Activists hold conference deep in the Amazon
Rapid expansion of protected areas around the world failing to reduce human pressures on land
New species of ancient bird found in Japan
India seeks Asian Elephant’s inclusion on global endangered species list
Victoria to ban logging of native forests under groundbreaking new policy
Arctic Ocean could be ice-free for part of the year as soon as 2044
Michelin-starred Chef Dominique Crenn announces all of her restaurants are no meat free
Angkor Wat is finally putting a stop to its elephant rides
Storing energy in hydrogen 20 times more effective using platinum-nickel catalyst
Pelosi signs bill making animal cruelty a federal crime
New species found in Amsterdam park
Researcher created an algorithm that removes the water from underwater images
World’s largest bank cuts finance for coal

Conservation News ~ 15 November 2019

11/14/2019

MSU researchers make surprising wolf diet discovery that wolves eat grasshoppers
6 elephant tusk smugglers arrested
New border wall going up in southeastern Arizona wildlife refuge
Air pollution nanoparticles linked to brain cancer for first time
Great Thunberg sets sail back to Europe
Rescuing the world’s endangered river dolphins takes cutting edge science and community
Insect ‘apocalypse’ in US driven by 50x increase in toxic pesticides
Ant expert discovers new Utah species in backyard
New species of carnivorous dinosaur identified in Cambodia
Endangered falcons released into wild atop New York City high-rise
India’s Ganga River dolphins are being shouted down by noisy boats
Brazil has removed restrictions on Amazon sugarcane production
Extinct giant ape directly linked to the living orangutan
Experts unlock key to photosynthesis
3 cows swept out to sea by Hurricane Dorian are found alive
Snow in Texas and ice in Alabama – unusual cold weather could become more common
Malawi receives 17 rhinoceros from South Africa
US mining sites dump millions of gallons of toxic waste into drinking water sources
Cargo of bear paws from 60 illegally slaughtered animals is seized
Panther kittens at ZooTampa not showing signs of impairment
3,600 invasive pythons killed in Florida
Fed up with Forest Service cuts, Mammoth Lakes and other towns are plotting a recreation tourism plan
SC Farm Bureau creates hemp committee
More than 200 elephants in Zimbabwe die as drought crisis deepens
An Icelandic fishing company bribed officials in Namibia and used Norway’s largest bank
Venice flooded by highest tide in 50 years
New program helps struggling chicken farmers convert to plant-based crops
Indigenous women traveled 3000 miles to save an Alaskan forest from US Feds
Californian fire chief says Australia is facing the new normal
Officer murdered in the Philippines part of growing list of natural resources officials killed
National Parks a boost to mental health worth trillions
First evidence of feathered polar dinosaurs found in Australia
Florida Governor announces Everglades restoration milestone
New material points toward highly efficient solar cells
US sees largest reduction of protected lands in history
Antarctica’s first zero-emission research station shows that sustainable living is possible
Barrier to stop plastic waste from reaching the sea launches in Amsterdam
Using polar bear footprints to chart family trees
Massive Bel Marin Keys marsh restoration begins
Vikings killed off Iceland’s walruses
America’s largest milk producer files for bankruptcy
Dungeness crab fishing season delayed due to whale and sea turtle entanglement risk
Australian bushfires wipe out half of koala colony
Moth populations in steady decline in Britain
Seven new species of leeches that only leave their homes to suck blood from fish are discovered
China aims to build its own Yellowstone on Tibetan plateau
Oil palm plantation owner charged in murder of journalists in Indonesia
Fires and greenhouse gases fuel the drying of the Amazon
US Feds make it easier to dredge protected areas to restore beaches
One of the world’s thickest mountain glaciers is melting because of global warming
EPA to limit science used to write public health rules
Bolivian coup comes less than a week after Morales stopped multinational firm’s lithium mining deal
The Patanal, the world’s largest wetlands, are burning in Brazil
New fossil pushes back physical evidence of insect pollination to 99 million years ago
Millions of seabirds rely on discarded fish
Oil spill threatens vast areas of mangroves and coral reefs in Brazil
Scientists rediscover mammalian oddity in remote Vietnam
New species of spider named after Sachin Tendulkar
Researchers discerned a new species of dragonfly
Endangered hoiho penguin wins New Zealand’s bird of the year poll
Fukushima to be reborn as $2.7bn wind and solar power hub
Exxon, Chevronissue warning on Warren’s fracking ban
Desmond Tutu calls for anti-apartheid style boycott of fossil fuel industry
The Bayman’s Nightmare: All the scallops are dead
Banksy uses toy animals to highlight animal cruelty and factory farming
Giant Greta Thunberg mural to watch over San Francisco’s downtown
Sandra the Orangutan freed from a zoo after being granted ‘personhood’
New species- the Sierra Pine Saguaro
Lump found on sea floor off Florida may be new species that resembles human poop
Kirtland’s warbler officially comes off Federal Endangered Species list
Program using cocoa trees to restore Amazon forest to be expanded
Wall Street spends millions to buy up Washington state water
Spider webs don’t rot easily and scientists may have figured out why
Giant water battery cuts university’s energy costs by $100 million over next 25 years
Fossils found in BC are a new species More than 60 endangered turtles disappear from zoo in Japan

Conservation News ~ 8 November 2019

11/8/2019

IUCN calls for halt to species decline by 2030
A new bioreactor captures as much carbon as an acre of trees
New Zealand Prime Minister Ardren says NZ is on ‘right side of history’ as MPs pass zero-carbon bill
Coca Cola is biggest culprit behind plastic waste in the Philippines
Italy to become first country to make learning about climate change compulsory for students
Gene flow between butterfly species offers clue to biodiversity
Two six-million-year-old new species of snakes found in Greece
Beautiful new species of dragonfly discovered
Pacific Fishers proposed for Endangered Species Act protection in California and Oregon
Unusual mass flowering in Malaysian rainforests provides seeds for endangered tree ‘arks’
Huge trove of mammoth skeletons found in Mexico
Australia’s prime minister pledges to outlaw climate boycotts, arguing they threaten the economy
Court rejects ivory ban challenge
Makers of Oreo, KitKats among brands linked to Indonesia forest fires
LA Mayor Garcetti celebrates final approval of largest solar and energy storage project
White House schedules lease sale for Arctic Alaska lands
Indonesian journalists critical of illegal palm plantation found dead
Earthworms’ place on Earth mapped
Images reveal Iceland’s glacier melt
Purchase of Banning Ranch for coastal preserve buoyed by $50 million donation
New toads named from a Sumatran biodiversity trove that’s under threat
The Riverside County Board of Supervisors voted 5-0 to deny Paradise Valley plan south of Joshua Tree
Fracking halted in England in major government U-turn
Indonesia plans IVF for recently captured Sumatran rhino
House votes to permanently ban uranium mines near Grand Canyon
The Queen of England foes fur-free for the animals
11,000 scientists from across world unite to declare global climate emergency
New species of Tarsier discovered
Brazilian judge rules elephants not a commodity
Complex society discovered in vulturine guineafowl
Greta Thunberg promotes veganism to 4 million ‘Ellen’ viewers
Prince Harry’s conservation charity African Parks takes on neglected Zimbabwean national parks
Scientists prioritize protection of ‘climate refugia’
Bengal tree frog gets recorded as new species
New species remain hidden in myristica swamps of the Western Ghats
India air pollution at ‘unbearable levels’
Five million pollution masks to be handed out to Delhi residents
Eight new species of mussels spotted
Killing endangered fish may land a Florida man in jail with a $50000 fine
Rex Tillerson testified in court about lying to Exxon’s shareholders about climate change
Plastic bottles repaving South Africa’s roads
Five indigenous leaders massacred in Colombia
Antarctic marine park – conservationists frustrated after protection bid fails for eighth time
Guardian of the Forest ambushed and murdered in Brazilian Amazon
Migrating eagles rack up huge data roaming charges
Fishery collapse confirms Silent Spring pesticide prophecy
There’s a new fin whale subspecies in the north Pacific
Japanese university artificially incubated endangered eel species
Bennet, Udall aim to conserve 30 percent of US lands by 2030
Use of neonictinoids on rice paddies linked to fishery collapse in Japan
Canadian Feds called on to enforce emergency closure of BC’s last herring fishery