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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 ~ 27 December 2019

12/27/2019

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  • Fish feel pain
  • Tree falls on 3 people, kills 1 in Muir Woods
  • Oregon judge dings wildlife commission for changing direction on Murrelet protections
  • US rules out any talk of a climate crisis in trade negotiations
  • Indonesian palm oil firm hit with $1.8m fine for 2015 fires
  • Larget coral reef survey in French Polynesia offers hope
  • Scientists create largest-ever botanical biodiversity data set
  • Elephant herd sighted in Nigeria’s Boko Haram warzone
  • Rainforest XPRIZE challenges teams to develop tech to survey biodiversity
  • Wildlife heir, Damian Aspinall, pleads to help make zoos extinct
  • Study finds whales use stealth to feed on fish
  • Scientists discover three new species of solar power plants in 2019
  • Fossil research unveils new turtle species and hints at intercontinental migrations
  • Researchers identify that mosquitoes can sense toxins through their legs
  • Reindeer rebounding better than hoped for on Svalbard
  • Breeding program boosts endangered Florida grasshopper sparrow population
  • Deleware’s Bethany Beach firefly nears endangered species list
  • Rolls-Royce sets goal for zero emission plane by 2020
  • In strongest climate ruling yet, Dutch Court orders leaders to cut GHG by 25 percent
  • Chimpanzees spontaneously dance to music
  • Community conservation agreements a lifeline for Uganda’s Grey Crowned Cranes
  • The Ganges brims with dangerous bacteria
  • Conservationists blast timing and content of draft Forest Plan for the Wild Clearwater Country
  • AI from google is helping identify animals deep in the rainforest
  • National Parks mark sixty years of conservation success in Tanzania
  • Senate bill would provide $20 million for butterflies, desert fish, mussels, and Hawaiian plants
  • Barge with 600 gallons of diesel sinks off Galapagos islands
  • Denver shoppers will start paying for plastic and paper bags in 2020
  • Government loophole gave oil companies $18 billion windfall
  • Popularity of Impossible Foods and Beyond Meat is saving 250,000 animals annually
  • US President goes on bizarre tirade against wind turbines saying he never understood wind
  • Oregon’s Red Tree Vole will not receive Federal protections
  • White Sands monument re-designated as US National Park
  • US Feds unlawfully OK’d longline fishing off California
  • Tiny Ozark Chub found in Missouri, Arkansas won’t be listed as endangered species
  • US White House quietly serves offshore drilling companies a sweetheart giveaway
  • Cleveland Metroparks Zoo welcomes 2 endangered species – Amur Tiger and two Mexican Grey Wolves
  • Court says EPA must regulate river temperatures for fish
  • A new species of monkey is discovered in Brazil as their natural habitat is slowly being deforested
  • Plans for new Indonesian capital put Borneo’s abandoned mines in the spotlight
  • 2020 ballot initiative would restore wolves to Colorado
  • Illegal gold rush causing irreversible damage to rivers in the Brazilian Amazon
  • Large carnivore and zoos – essential for biodiversity conservation marketing
  • BC guide fined $2k after sailing too close to breaching Humpback Whale
  • The global price tag for 100 percent renewable energy - $73 trillion
  • Indonesian fires cost nation $5 billion
  • Scales from 50,000 pangolins seized by Chinese customs
  • Plans to lift baby lobster export ban draws fire in Indonesia
  • Paris Accord is impossible to implement if tropical forest loss not stopped
  • Deforestation for potential rubber plantation raises concerns in Papua New Guinea
  • Toxic chemicals found in rainwater and drinking water throughout the US
  • California coastal waters rising in acidity at alarming rate
  • A fracking explosion in Ohio created one of the worst methane leaks in history
  • Gov Cuomo signs historic bill to reverse biodiversity loss
  • Trail cam accidentally captured the moment an opossum helped a deer by picking ticks off its face
  • Cambodia sees births of 13 Irrawaddy Dolphins this year
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Conservation News ~ 20 December 2019

12/19/2019

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  • As Australia bakes, a marine heatwave of historic scale is killing sea animals
  • Hundreds of dead sharks found trapped in massive floating ‘ghost net’
  • Largest private giant sequoia grove for sale
  • Success as 178,500 Tricolored Blackbirds are saved by Audubon
  • Costa Rica lists the Hammerhead Shark as Critically Endangered
  • Mountain Gorilla census reveals further increase in numbers, over 1600
  • Three pangolin species closer to extinction
  • Climate change has cut Australian farm profits by 22%a year over past 20 years
  • US among top 10 countries for pollution-related deaths
  • The world’s oldest forest has 385-million-year-old tree roots
  • Philippine coastal town leads war against plastic trash
  • Malaysia to let RSPO publish oil palm concession maps
  • Central American countries pledge to protect Mesoamerica’s 5 great forests
  • As pesticide approvals soar, Brazil’s tapirs, bees, other wildlife suffer
  • Microplastics may be a macro problem for the US Great Plains
  • Women from the Xingu Territory unite against threats from Brazil’s administration
  • Hundreds of Bald Eagles soar above Lake Pend, Oregon
  • Fighting to save an endangered ape, Indonesian activists fear for their lives
  • Researchers discover three new species of extinct South American Marsupials
  • Nigeria to be ready for oil decline, says environment minister
  • New Mexico officials ask for Endangered Species Act probe
  • Delaware Firefly, Gulf Coast Bee move toward Endangered Species protection
  • Arhuaco community of Colombia allows scientists to photograph lost toad
  • Grizzly Bear lawsuit settlement requires a look at lower 48 states
  • Sri Lanaka’s Sinharaja rainforest reserve to be quadrupled in size
  • Big step in producing carbon-neutral fuel – silver diphoside
  • A Philippine conservation park juggles funding needs with animal welfare
  • EU officials say biomass burning policy to come under critical review
  • Tanzania creates 1st national giraffe conservation plan
  • New freshwater fish named for Thai conservation visionary
  • New species of bobtail squid discovered
  • Superglue plant and miracle berry among 2019’s new finds
  • Scientists discover cheaper way to make hydrogen out of water
  • Degraded soils mean tropical forests may never fully recover from logging
  • Sweet potato can warn neighbors of insect attacks
  • In Colorado coal towns, the next generation is turning to solar
  • Neutrons optimize high efficiency catalyst for greener approach to biofuel synthesis
  • Hunters secure conservation win in year-end legislation
  • Feral horse numbers gallop past 25,000 in the Australian Alps
  • Light pollution lures nighttime pollinators away from plants
  • Goldman Sachs and Liberty Mutual beef up fossil fuel lending policies
  • Thousands of exposed ‘penis fish’ washed up on a beach in California
  • New species of/ shark discovered in deep sea
  • Scientists develop liquid fuel that can store the sun’s energy for up to 18 years
  • Discovery reveals tractionless motion is possible
  • 33 bear deaths in 2019 marks ‘average’ human-bear conflict season in Yukon
  • Senate confirms unqualified industry shill to run fish and wildlife service
  • Peru creates new conservation area to protect glaciers from extractive operations
  • Officials push for Northern Corrido through Red Cliffs tortoise habitat
  • In mineral-rich Chhota Nagpur plateau, a new frog species sparks interest
  • Longest climate talks end with compromise deal, no decision on carbon markets
  • Ecuador forest hidden in the clouds is home to tiny endangered bird
  • Indonesia nabs 2 suspected smugglers of Leopard, lion cubs
  • Aldi pledges 100% compostable or recyclable packaging by 2025
  • Researchers in Iceland can turn CO2 into rock
  • Hunters who killed research elephant lose licenses
  • Scientists find one billion year old fungi, earth’s oldest
  • SUK researchers discover two new species of begonia in Western Ghats
  • Scientists call for a complete ban on glitter
  • Murders of indigenous leaders in Brazil Amazon hit highest level in two decades
  • Kenyan police arrest suspects with 73kg of ivory
  • Bhutan wins recognition for tiger conservation efforts
  • New rodeo ants discovered riding other ant species near downtown in a Texas city
  • New species of orchid found in Western Ghats
  • Mediterranean pen shell listed as critically endangered
  • Land purchased near Alabama Toyota plant will preserve habitat for endangered fish
  • Peatlands are crucial carbon sinks but they are not on the map
  • Australia’s bushfires have emitted 250m tonnes of CO2, almost half of Australia’s annual emissions
  • Whitetip sharks declared critically endangered but gain no protections in Pacific
  • Brazil’s official presence at COP25 diverges widely from its public persona
  • Indonesia to revive idle shrimp farms to boost fisheries and save mangroves
  • Indonesia’s fires burned mostly abandoned and degraded land, not forests
  • Indonesia dam raises questions about UN hydropower carbon loophole
  • Zoo Atlanta welcomes new species
  • Pope presses anti-nuke, environment in call for peace message
  • Harvest mice found thriving 15 years after reintroduction efforts
  • Eight-year-old climate activist climbs lamp post to protect outside COP25
  • Dozens of states want to keep America’s broken climate promise
  • US Fossil Fuel subsidies exceed Pentagon spending
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Conservation News ~ 13 December 2019

12/12/2019

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  • SD Zoo names Southern White Rhino baby calf ‘future’
  • Spark of hope as rare bird declared extinct is rediscovered
  • Salmon die-off expands, brining total chinook fishing closure on Oregon’s north coast
  • Nan on anaconda sales in Florida will remain in place
  • Scientists devise a lifespan clock for vertebrates
  • Conservation biologist and journalist Sue Palminteri dies
  • The Arctic is emitting pollution
  • EU to stir global action with pledge on climate crisis
  • Scientists find cheaper way to make hydrogen energy out of water
  • White Nose Syndrome harming Jolly Cave bat populations
  • New species of ancient whale offers clues on how whales evolved to swim
  • Colombia to host 2020 World Environment Day on biodiversity
  • Imperiled Yellow-legged Frogs protected under California’s Endangered Species Act
  • Nevada approves 1.2 gigawatts of new solar capacity
  • UK’s hottest recorded day ‘caused deaths of extra 200 people’
  • US President’s son killed rare endangered sheep in Mongolia with special permit
  • Amazon deforestation paces ahead of recent historical norm
  • Earliest known cave art by modern humans found in Indonesia
  • Research confirms timing of tropical glacier melt at the end of the last ice age
  • Saving the ozone layer in 1987 slowed global warming
  • Newly discovered Widow spider lays bright purple eggs
  • Hopes dim as COP25 delegates dicker over article 6 and the world burns
  • Greta Thunberg named Times Person of the Year
  • Arctic sea ice cover falls to alarming low as temperature rise
  • Physics Nobel prize winner says to fix climate crisis because Earth is all we’ve got
  • Rancho Palos Verdes adopts habitat conservation plan after years in draft form
  • CDFW awards $11.35 million for greenhouse gas reductions grant projects
  • Indonesia to capture 3 wild Sumatran rhinos to add to breeding population
  • Killer Whale grandmothers boost survival of calves
  • GoT star Jerome Flynn gets in a cage just like your bacon
  • Greta Thunberg labelled a ‘brat’ by Brazil’s far-right leader Jair Bolsonaro
  • Group looking to restore wolves to Colorado gets 200,00 signatures for 2020 ballot
  • UN declares 2021-2030 the Decade of Ecosystem Restoration
  • Government officials say permits for mega-plantation in Papua were falsified
  • Killings of environmental defenders on the rise in the Philippines
  • Illegal hunting a greater threat to wildlife than forest degradation
  • BBC announces The Green Planet to be presented by Attenborough
  • Colombia turns down $35bn gold mine – prefers a clean environment
  • Hawaii’s most populated island bans most single-use plastic products
  • New venomous spider discovered that rots human flesh with one bite
  • Researchers find over 40 new species of fish in one lake
  • 1.9 billion people at risk from mountain water shortages
  • Acres of Georgia coastline purchased for conservation
  • Michigan hunters donate 58k lbs of venison and $100k to feed 232k hungry people
  • California ports support sea level defense
  • Scientists find no evidence for insect Armageddon but there’s still cause for concern
  • Nene is downlisted from Endangered to Threatened
  • Amazon indigenous leaders killed in Brazil drive-by shooting
  • Paintings from Prado Museum Collection given climate change makeovers
  • Alaska Cod fishery closes and industry braces for ripple effect
  • Pope says climate crisis is challenge of civilization
  • Reebok develops plant-based running shoe
  • EU lawmakers call for legally binding biodiversity targets
  • Michigan University regents vote against investing in fossil fuel holdings
  • Oceans running out of oxygen
  • Sumatra’s dwindling forests face extra pressure from a major highway project
  • Seahorse breeding project aims to recover endangered species from near extinction
  • Officials propose taking Nashville crayfish off Endangered Species list
  • Wolf packs on the increase in Germany
  • Norwegian billionaire funds deluxe deep ocean research ship
  • Victoria Falls dries to trickle after worst drought in a century
  • The Amazon Reef is alive, growing, and under threat
  • Zambian president allegedly involved in illegal timber trade
  • Nature’s Brita Filter, mussels, are dying and nobody knows why
  • Sight of polar bear daubed with graffiti sparks outrage
  • World’s second-largest ferry operator switching from diesel to batteries
  • Rivers could generate thousands of nuclear power plants worth of energy thanks to new technology
  • Javan Rhino increases to 72 in latest count
  • Fractured forests are endangering wildlife
  • National Park Service announces entrance fee-free days for 2020
  • North Atlantic right whale use of key habitat changing rapidly
  • Svalbard reindeer rebounding better than hoped after nearly going extinct
  • Extinctions loom as forests are erased in Mozambique
  • Latest UN Emissions Gap Report finds world must ramp up climate ambitions at least threefold to meet Paris goals
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Conservation News ~ 6 December 2019

12/6/2019

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  • Conservation of biodiversity is like an insurance policy for the future of mankind
  • TROY professor helps discover new species causing black gill in Georgia shrimp
  • Cichlid species can create entirely new species when they have sex
  • Staggering level of waste at Great Bear Rainforest logging operations
  • FSU research finds Deepwater Horizon Oil in Gulf Coast beaches may take over 30 years to clean
  • Volkswagen drives bigger to protect forestlands with The Conservation Fund
  • Paleontologists find fossils of six new dragonfly species
  • Ban on destructive fishing practice helps species recovery in Indonesian park
  • New regulations to expand protections for seafloor habitats, reopen fishing grounds off US West Coast
  • Sri Lanka’s Olive Ridley Turtles face myriad threats
  • Development devours forest reserve in Zambia
  • Indonesian officials charged in $1.6m bribes-for-permits scheme
  • Minnesota to spend $4 million to fight invasive bugs and plants
  • Climate change to steer all New Zealand government decisions from now on
  • $20,000 reward offered to find person who poached elk in southeast Missouri
  • The Red-Cockaded Woodpecker may come off the Endangered Species List
  • Thousands of Harvard graduate students on strike starting Tuesday
  • Amazon primates face barriers in responding to climate change
  • Indonesian man jailed for smuggling 7,000 horseshoe crabs
  • Moon and Earth’s magnetic field guide European eels on their epic migration
  • Wild seed collectors turn Indiana Jones in the search for resilient crops
  • Researchers discover new species of dinosaur that flew above the reefs and lagoons
  • Drone images show Greenland ice sheet becoming more unstable
  • UN Chief declares ‘utterly inadequate’ efforts to tackle climate crisis
  • 25th UN Climate Change conference begins in Spain
  • Japanese ship leaves for Antarctic Ocean for whale research
  • ‘Young Sheldon’ star protests with Jane Fonda, Paul Scheer arrested at DC event
  • Extinct in the wild, a Brazilian bird makes a tentative return to the jungle
  • Camera traps yield surprises in West Africa’s largest protected area
  • Shrinking sea ice in the Arctic opens new pathways for animal disease
  • Indonesia must stop building new coal plants by 2020 to meet climate goals
  • Spotted Owl will not be federally listed as an endangered species
  • Eight-foot whale found washed up on Thames shore
  • Researchers discover new snake species in Arunachal Pradesh, India
  • New Zealand begins genetic program to produce low methane-emitting sheep
  • Polar Bear diet is 25% plastic, Russian scientists show
  • Major sewage spill in Orange County closes beaches from Newport Beach to Dana Point
  • Boulder climate scientist sues White House over matter of scientific integrity
  • Brazilian president claims Leonardo DiCaprio funded Amazon fires
  • Zion National Park reaches its 100-year milestone
  • Arctic coal passage to India threatens wildlife
  • Invasive monster mussels discovered in Pennsylvania
  • Healthy coral sounds lure fish back to abandoned reefs
  • Columbus Zoo welcomes new polar bear cub on Thanksgiving
  • Proposed federal wildlife act would bring millions to state
  • As wolves recover, calls in Wisconsin to end endangered species listing grow
  • Karoon to give up its exploration permit in Great Australian Bight
  • Cuba found to be the most sustainably developed country in the world
  • Heat stress is causing desert bird populations to collapse
  • Oregon Court of Appeals upholds wolf delisting
  • PAC, GTA sign MoU to promote conservation of protected areas
  • Plastic pollution kills half a million hermit crabs on remote islands
  • Humpback super-groups near Saldanha Bay ‘look more like salmon than whales’
  • Recordings reveal that plants make ultrasonic squeals when stressed
  • Academy scientists describe 71 new species in 2019
  • Threats, raids, and murders stalk Filipino environment activists
  • Two southern Arizona plants proposed for Endangered Species Act protection
  • Rate of new endangered species listings declines under current Federal Administration
  • Ohio bill would provide $28 million to protect endangered species
  • America’s National Parks are being overrun by rats, cats, and feral hogs
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