TAYLOR PARKER
  • Home
  • CV
  • Opp's
  • Journal
Contact:

Just a little conservation journal...

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.
Opps

Conservation News ~ 31 December 2021

12/31/2021

0 Comments

 
Picture
  • Early humans hunted the largest available animals to extinction for 1.5 million years
  • Kew Gardens botanists battle global perils to preserve endangered plants from extinction
  • Kenya: The commercial farm keeping Pancake tortoises to help prevent extinction
  • Tom Lovejoy, prominent conservation biologist, dies at 80
  • Four California Frog Populations Proposed for Endangered Species Act
  • Sunflower Sea Star One Step Closer to Endangered Species Act Protection
  • Foothill yellow-legged frog populations proposed for endangered species protection
  • December Snow In Sierra Already Breaking Records, UC Researchers Say
  • Tiger farms doing little to end wild poaching, Vietnam consumer study shows
  • Mongabay’s top Amazon stories from 2021
  • Indonesia’s new epicenter of forest fires shifts away from Sumatra and Borneo
  • ‘Rampant forest destruction’ wracks reserve as cattle ranching advances in Brazilian Amazon
  • The year in rainforests 2021
  • Madagascar’s small fishers cheer new trawl-free zone, but do trawlers obey it?
  • Mongabay’s 10 most watched videos of 2021
  • ‘Land mafia’ makes its mark in a Sumatran village’s fight against oil palm firm
  • 2021’s top ocean news stories (commentary)
  • Kenya court orders return of $13m in seized rosewood to suspected traffickers
  • Visions of a post-supply chain society (commentary)
  • Edward O. Wilson, prominent biologist and author, has died at 92
  • Mongabay’s coverage of palm oil in 2021
  • The Congo Basin’s 10 most consequential stories from 2021
  • As its glaciers melt, Nepal is forced into an adaptation not of its choosing
  • Myanmar teak is tainted. Time to jettison it, some yacht-making insiders say
  • Indonesia’s three most consequential forestry stories of 2021
  • Sierra Nevada in California sees record December snow
  • New Possum Species Named After UW-Oshkosh Professor
  • Thousands of cranes killed by bird flu in northern Israel
  • Changes to Madagascar’s trawling sector raise questions and hopes
  • Small coffee farmers lay their chips on smart agriculture to overcome climate crisis in the Cerrado biome
  • Mongabay’s 10 hardest-hitting investigations of 2021
  • Joy as incredibly rare tiger from critically endangered species born at London Zoo
  • San Antonio Zoo releases 5,000 critically endangered toad tadpoles in native Puerto Rico
  • Sunflower sea stars being considered for Endangered Species Act protections
  • Louisiana COVID deaths near 15k; 3 of 6 zoo lions infected
  • A Mexican fish has been brought back from extinction
  • Penguins in crisis as sardine populations plummet
  • Officials declare OC oil spill cleanup complete
  • Meat industry pollution linked to 90k premature deaths in China
  • Endangered orangutan in New Orleans has 1 healthy baby
  • At 67 degrees, Alaska smashes record for highest recorded temperature in December
  • National Park Service proposing expanded backcountry access at Wupatki National Monument
  • World’s largest wind farm has officially started producing power
  • Wisconsin Republicans introduce Bill authorizing Sandhill Crane hunt
  • Court orders Shell to halt Wild Coast seismic blasting
  • Record blankets Sierra Nevada
  • Four California frog populations proposed for Endangered Species Act protection
  • BLM moves forward with relocating headquarters back to DC
  • Taiwan to impose restrictions on cane toad owners
  • Scientists got an animal to breathe without oxygen using photosynthesis
  • Norway wealth fund divests from China’s Yunnan Baiyao over pangolins
  • Newly discovered fish songs demonstrate reef restoration success
  • Scientists identify a previously unknown type of storm, called an ‘atmospheric lake’
  • 130 wildlife species in danger of extinction in Iran
  • Crows are capable of conscious thought
  • Development and conservation clash at Komodo National Park
  • French Zoo closes after pack of nine wolves escape
0 Comments

Conservation News ~ 24 December 2021

12/24/2021

0 Comments

 
Picture
  • Fourteen New Shrew Species Discovered in Indonesia
  • Great Barrier Reef could face another mass bleaching by end of January
  • New Plant Species Discovered in Cerro Chirripo Costa Rica
  • To end illegal deforestation, Brazil may legalize it entirely, experts warn
  • Death threats and friction with military force Guatemalan rangers to flee
  • Want a wild bird on the hush-hush in Singapore? There’s a Facebook group for that
  • Meet the fishing jaguars that have made this patch of the Pantanal their own
  • Glencore's proposed $1.5bn coalmine site home to over a dozen threatened species
  • California's snow drought ends thanks to two weeks of bad weather
  • Manchin Rejects Landmark Bill, Putting Biden’s Climate Goals at Risk
  • "Biden to Toughen Auto Emissions Limits to Counter Climate Change"
  • After Decades, Some Of Most Toxic U.S. Sites Will Finally Get Cleaned Up
  • "Carbon Monoxide From Generators Poisons Thousands of People a Year"
  • Warming Will Make Undocumented Migration Into US ‘Increasingly Dangerous’
  • "A Frenzy Of Well Drilling By Calif. Farmers Leaves Taps Running Dry"
  • Climate an ‘Emerging Threat’ to U.S. Financial Stability: Regulators
  • "Global Use Of Coal Approaching Record Highs, IEA Says"
  • Scientists Say Worse Extreme Weather Disasters Than 2021's Lie Ahead
  • "The Cities That Battle Winter With Beets"
  • Mozambique records largest sighting of dugongs since the 1990s
  • "E.P.A. Announces Tightest-Ever Auto Pollution Rules"
  • Black Communities Become “Sacrifice Zones” for Industrial Air Pollution
  • Revealed: Fla. Power Company Pushing Legislation To Slow Rooftop Solar
  • Unleashed by Warming, Debris Threaten to ‘Crush’ Alaska Pipeline
  • Wood Burners Cause Nearly Half Urban Air Pollution Cancer Risk: Study
  • "Walmart Faces California Suit Alleging Huge Dumps of Toxic Waste"
  • "One Month after Arrests, Wet’suwet’en Return to Block Pipeline"
  • "EPA Expands Testing Of ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Drinking Water"
  • "60 Minutes: Americans Fighting For Access To Sewage Disposal"
  • Die-Offs, Melting Ice: Climate Change Is Wreaking Havoc In Arctic Seas
  • Illegal roads pierce Indigenous reserve, national parks in Colombian Amazon
  • Rare Southern California Butterfly Protected as Threatened Under Endangered Species Act
  • Critically endangered tortoises released into wild in Bangladesh
  • Washington buys more Steptoe Butte land to preserve it
  • "DOE Risks Wasting ‘Significant Funds’ on CCS — Audit"
  • "What the Stalled Build Back Better Bill Means for Climate, in One Chart"
  • "U.S. Reverses Trump Effort To Quash California Vehicle Emissions Rules"
  • "Biden Says He And Manchin Are 'Going To Get Something Done'"
  • "Biden Administration Moves To Expand Solar Power on US Land"
  • Plans to Reopen St. Croix’s Limetree Refinery Raise Residents' Concern
  • "Hope, Challenges Amid Surge Of Funds To Plug Abandoned Wells"
  • "EPA Reviews Bayer Herbicide Blamed For Widespread U.S. Crop Damage"
  • Behind Manchin’s Opposition, a Long History of Fighting Climate Measures
  • "Feds Want Endangered Species Protection For Feisty Owl"
  • Top 15 species discoveries from 2021 (Photos)
  • Podcast: In search of wild spectacles and river journeys
  • Deadly raids are latest case of abuse against Indigenous Batwa in DRC park, groups say
  • Holy loach! Fish missing for decades rediscovered in Turkey’s Batman River
  • Mexican firm profits from reforestation, empowers Indigenous people
  • In Guyana, saving an Indigenous language from dying out with its last speakers
  • New flavor of vanilla farming aims to stop deforestation in Madagascar
  • Lockdown underscores Uganda’s overreliance on tourism to fund conservation
  • Decline of threatened bird highlights planning importance of bison releases
  • Cactus Ferruginous Pygmy Owls Proposed for Renewed Endangered Species Act
  • Discovery of a new species of Adder's tongue fern from India with comparative analysis
  • New species of bacteria named after the John Innes Centre
  • Critically endangered tortoises released into wild in Bangladesh
  • UH experts help to save rare endangered plant from brink of extinction
  • Giant marine reptile skull discovery reveals new evolutionary theories
  • ‘Unprecedented’ fires in Madagascar national park threaten livelihoods and lemurs
  • California is the world’s number one importer of Amazonian oil, report finds
  • As the Amazon burns, its Indigenous inhabitants choke on the haze
  • The Top Positive Environmental News Stories from 2021
  • Guyanese project to bolster Indigenous land rights draws funding — and flak
  • ‘We scientists engage in soft diplomacy’: Q&A with Christine Wilkinson
  • Reclaiming tradition: Amazonian women ditch mining for biocosmetics
  • How does political instability in the Mekong affect deforestation?
  • What has the pandemic done to forest policies? (commentary)
  • Myanmar teak is tainted. Time to jettison it, some yacht-making insiders say
  • Slashed forest protections ignites land grabbing frenzy in Brazilian Amazon
  • Global ayahuasca trend drives deforestation in Brazil’s Acre state
  • Secrecy shrouds new gold mining deal in Guyana’s Marudi mountains
  • Global ecosystem restoration progress: How and who’s tracking it?
  • Could the Blockchain help save the Amazon? (commentary)
  • Wary welcome for Indonesia’s ‘green port’ initiative to clean up shipping
  • South Florida seagrass species may lose endangered label
  • Rajasthan: Medicinal plant Guggal now a global endangered species
  • Lawsuit Launched to Protect Washington's Endangered Salmon, Orcas, Trout From Cyanide
  • "The Dirty Secret of America’s Clean Dishes"
  • Enviros Sue Biden Administration Alleging Failure To Protect Polar Bears
  • "2nd Lawsuit Targets Large West-Central Idaho Forest Project"
  • "New Mexico Utility Appeals Decision On Coal Power Plant"
  • "Tests Show Lead Levels A Problem In Many Montana Schools"
  • Study: Spending On Highway Expansion Could Increase Emissions
  • Indigenous Munduruku Suffer Mercury Exposure From Illegal Gold Mining
  • "Biden Administration Offers $1 Bln Loan Guarantee For Hydrogen Project"
  • "New York Reduces Lead Level Allowed in School Drinking Water"
  • "Development And Conservation Clash At Komodo National Park"
  • "Schumer Promises January Vote On Climate Spending Bill"
  • "375 Dead, 56 Missing After Typhoon Slams Philippines"
  • "EPA Plans To Revisit State Request For Tribal Land Oversight"
  • "Global Shipping In Crosshairs As Environmental Scrutiny Deepens"
  • "Operator Files For Approval Of Fukushima Plant Water Release"
  • "$475M Settlement Proposed In Longest-Running US Oil Spill"
  • "Biden Has No EPA Air Nominee As Climate Goals Teeter"
  • "How the Building Industry Blocked Better Tornado Safeguards"
  • "Halliburton Keeps ‘Losing’ Evidence Of Its Fossil Fuel Screwups"
  • Mexico’s Wheat Fields Releasing A Dangerous Greenhouse Gas
  • Cactus Ferruginous Pygmy Owls proposed for renewed Endangered Species Act protection
  • The Phuket Zoo is shutting down
  • US government says electric vehicles cost 40% less to maintain
  • Newly discovered mineral petrovite could revolutionize batteries
  • Environmentalists, MLA call for BC to fund protection of old-growth forests
  • Power plants get more expensive but renewables still cheapest
  • In an East Coast first, New Jersey will phase out diesel trucks
  • California oil spill prompts new push to ban offshore drilling
  • Poland’s border wall will cut Europe’s oldest forest in half
  • Endangered Hawaiian monk seal is found shot in the head on Molokai
  • Scientists discover white-handed gibbons that have been evolving in the south of Malaysia
  • Italy announces nationwide fur farming ban
  • Walmart sued for alleged dumping of hazardous waste in California landfills
  • EPA announces tighter fuel economy standards for cars and trucks
  • Dozens of dead and ill puffins wash up in Orkney
  • Spanish law no longer considers animals objects
  • Kangaroo island wildlife bouncing back two years after bushfires
  • 15 wolves hunted directly north of Yellowstone National Park this winter
  • Indigenous and environmental activists say they were illegally spied on
  • Bipartisan delegations seeks emergency ESA gray wolf listing protections
  • Scientists urge creating strategic forest reserves to mitigate climate change protect biodiversity
  • A fatal fungal disease is spreading among North America’s snakes
  • Fall in fertility rates may be linked to fossil fuel pollution
  • State officials hand off $8 million to preserve Banning Ranch as public park
  • Amazon’s plastic waste soars by a third during pandemic
  • Costa Rica expands the Cocos Island National Park
  • Spruce cones could scrub carbon emissions as effectively as costly chemicals
0 Comments

Conservation News ~ 17 December 2021

12/17/2021

0 Comments

 
Picture
  • Newly discovered 'groaning' Madagascar red-eyed frog is already endangered
  • Incredible new species of wolf spider is discovered on a island off Tasmania
  • UWA Professor, Demopolis resident names ninth new plant species
  • Two new lizards discovered in South Island
  • Florida will begin emergency feeding and rescue of starving manatees
  • New Species of Mouse Opossum Discovered in Panama
  • Mongabay reporter sued in what appears to be a pattern of legal intimidation by Peruvian cacao company
  • "Tornadoes Kill Dozens In 5 States; Final Toll Still Unclear"
  • "Explainer: Was Tornado Outbreak Related To Climate Change?"
  • "EPA Stops Posting ‘Critically Important’ Data on Chemical Risks"
  • Coal Powered Industrial Revolution, Left Behind Environmental Catastrophe
  • Massive Oil Spill Helped Billionaire Avoid Paying Income Tax for 14 Years
  • "A PR Giant Is Caught Between Climate Pledges and Fossil Fuel Clients"
  • "Report: Interior Oil Program Is Wasteful, Outdated"
  • "Biden To End Fossil Fuel Financing Abroad"
  • "Nebraska Decarbonization Vote Was Years In The Making"
  • Plea to Make 'Ecocide' an International Crime Takes Stage at The Hague
  • Climate change agricultural impacts to heighten inequality: Study
  • Mongabay Explains: Do carbon offset markets really work?
  • For Mekong officials fighting timber traffickers, a chance to level up
  • Conservation and food production must work in tandem, new study says
  • Uganda’s ‘Dr. Gladys’ honored by U.N. for work linking conservation and health
  • Boosting human and machine expertise with conservation tech: Q&A with Sara Beery
  • Papua court ruling a win for local government, Indigenous groups against palm oil
  • An Indigenous community in India’s Meghalaya state offers lessons in climate resilience
  • Climate efforts won’t succeed without secure community rights, says Nonette Royo
  • "Study: Winter Tornadoes To Get More Powerful As World Warms"
  • Biden Admin Was Not Legally Bound To Auction Gulf Drilling Rights
  • "Watchdog: Federal Anti-Terror Unit Investigated Journalists"
  • Russia Vetoes UN Resolution Linking Climate Change, Security
  • "Crucial Antarctic Ice Shelf Could Fail Within 5 Years, Scientists Say"
  • "White House Rolls Out $7.5B Electric Vehicle Charging Plan"
  • "California Proposes Big Changes To Rooftop Solar Incentives"
  • Officials Underestimating PFAS Chemicals Lurking in US Food: Scientists
  • "Where Is Biden’s Pick For Mine Reclamation Chief?"
  • La. Plant Has Been Spewing Sulfur Dioxide For Years; Now EPA Will Act
  • Brazil builds monkey bridge to help endangered species cross road
  • Biden administration considers removing whooping cranes from endangered species list
  • New species of bacteria named after Singapore
  • Biology student in Leiden discovers new species of shrimp: 'a dream come true'
  • In Bakersfield, many push for bringing back the flow of the long-dry Kern River
  • "Biden Set To Tour Kentucky Communities Devastated By Tornadoes"
  • High Rates Of Methane Spewing From Permian Oilfield Operations: Report
  • 8 Feet Of Snow Possible In Mountains As Powerful Storm Lashes California
  • "Trends in Arctic Report Card: ‘Consistent, Alarming and Undeniable’"
  • What We Know, And Don’t, About Effects Of Climate Change On Tornadoes
  • "Manchin Huddle With Biden Fails To Break Impasse"
  • "Rising From the Antarctic, a Climate Alarm"
  • "Coal Interests Press Supreme Court To Limit EPA Reach"
  • "A Key Tool for Cleaning Up Oil Spills Is More Hazardous Than Helpful"
  • "N.Y.C.’s Gas Ban Takes Fight Against Climate Change to the Kitchen"
  • Azure-tailed Skink Rediscovered On Hawaiʻi Island
  • Biden's FWS Plans to Weaken Protections for Four Endangered Species
  • Decade-old photographs shared on social media give away a new species of pygmy grasshopper
  • Indonesian peat restoration has more benefits than it costs, study finds
  • Across Latin America, Mennonites seek out isolation at the expense of forests
  • Exports of threatened species’ timber boomed under Bolsonaro, probe finds
  • French deforestation database pressures Brazilian soy traders to clean up supply chain
  • Madagascar gemstone rush puts a wetland and its community under pressure
  • First Nations unite to fight industrial exploitation of Australia’s Martuwarra
  • In Latin America, the law is ‘a tool to silence’ environmental defenders
  • China’s pivot from funding coal plants to gasification slammed as more of the same
  • Carbon and communities: The future of the Congo Basin peatlands
  • ‘Cooling the climate for 10,000 years’: How saving wetlands can help save the world
  • Camera trap study shows conservation efforts ‘are working’ on Costa Rica’s Osa Peninsula: Video
  • In Colombia, threatened women of the Wayuú community continue to fight rampant mining
  • Democrats’ $2 Trillion Spending Plan In Political Peril As Talks Snag
  • "States Volunteer To Take More Cuts In Colorado River Water"
  • Enviros Call For Stronger EPA Action On Falsified Chemical Assessments
  • Sen. Warren Asks SEC To Investigate Compensation At Fossil Fuel Giants
  • "Trump Showerhead Rule On More Water Flow Goes Down The Drain"
  • "Tornadoes, 100 MPH Winds Rip Off Roofs, Cut Power in Plains and Midwest
  • Dene Oppose Federal Regulations To Release Oilsands Tailings Water
  • "Corps Withdraws Decision Allowing Yazoo Pumps Flood Control Project"
  • "Montana Advances Grizzly Bear Plans That Could Allow Hunting"
  • "Volunteers Are Growing Oyster Gardens To Help Restore Reefs"
  • New species of dwarf catfish found in Nagaland
  • Unique Indigenous Maya food system blends cropping techniques in Guatemala
  • Brazil’s Suzano boasts its pulpwood plantations are green; critics disagree
  • Barrage of droughts weakens Amazon’s capacity to bounce back, study finds
  • Biden Admin Promises Stricter Regulation of Lead in Drinking Water
  • "Unusual Hurricane-Force Winds Sweep Midwest, Leaving 5 Dead"
  • Google Pledged to Remove Ads From Climate Deniers, but Many Still Run
  • "The U.S. Has So Many Oil Pipelines, Half of Them Are Sitting Empty"
  • Amplify Energy And Subsidiaries Charged In Orange County Oil Spill
  • "Federal Bank Regulator Proposes First Climate Risk Guidance"
  • Manchin Rejects Offshore Drilling Ban Amid Broader Standoff Over Bill
  • "How Politics Are Determining What Stove You Use"
  • "Biden Admin Clears Way For N.Y. Offshore Wind Leases"
  • "EPA IG Adds Muscle For Tracking Infrastructure Cash"
  • The first true millipede: new species with more than 1000 legs discovered in Western Australia
  • Vehicle emission declines decreased deaths
  • Portugal creates Europe’s largest marine protected area
  • New York is the largest city in the US banning natural gas in new buildings
  • At least 16 women come forward to allege 'sexual harassment and abuse' at Smithsonian's Tropical Research Institute
  • Great Britain set to ban import of hunting trophies
  • In a red state Nebraska plans to decarbonize power sector by mid-century
  • Most endangered cat in Americas found living on outskirts of Chilean capital
  • ‘Everyone is capable’ of climate action, say Kevin Patel and Julia Jackson
  • Wildlife death toll from 2020 Pantanal fires tops 17 million, study finds
  • As climate-driven drought slams farms in U.S. West, water solutions loom
  • Scientists on a quest to map worldwide web of fungi beneath our feet
  • Deep-sea mining regulator’s latest meeting on rules only muddies the water
  • Indigenous leader sues over Borneo natural capital deal
  • How wildlife crossings in Canada are inspiring safer roads for global species
  • Bobcat caught on camera trap | Candid Animal Cam
  • Indonesians protesting against mines run growing risk of ‘criminalization’
  • European supermarkets say Brazilian beef is off the menu
  • Can a new wave of climate fiction inspire climate action? (commentary)
  • Conservation projects in Mesoamerica make the case for Indigenous climate funding
  • 2019 fires in Indonesia were twice as bad as the government claimed, study shows
  • Where does the Greater Mekong’s illegal timber go?
  • As Ethiopia’s war rages, a 400-year-old conservation site is scarred by battle
  • The past, present and future of the Congo peatlands: 10 takeaways from our series
  • Oil highway bears down on uncontacted Indigenous groups in Ecuador’s Yasuní
0 Comments

Conservation News ~ 10 December 2021

12/10/2021

0 Comments

 
Picture
  • Declining Population of Atlantic Dolphins Move Towards Endangered Species Act
  • Endangered mussels in St. Croix River believed to be 100 years old
  • New butterfly species found in Sikkim's Dzongu, the 'land of butterflies'
  • ‘They will die’: Fears for the last Piripkura as Amazon invasion ramps up
  • Indonesia ranks high on legal wildlife trade, but experts warn it masks illegal trade
  • The catfight within tiger conservation: Why all stakeholders need to start working together (commentary)
  • $1.5 billion Congo Basin pledge a good start but not enough, experts say
  • Major clothing brands contribute to deforestation in Cambodia, report finds
  • For Indigenous Zoró, the Brazil nut is a weapon against deforestation
  • Bioacoustics researcher wins top award for positive impact toward solving global challenges
  • Renewable energy has ‘another record year of growth’ says IEA
  • Off West Africa’s coast, a sea of oil spills goes unreported
  • We must reverse the pressures on coral reefs before it’s too late (commentary)
  • ‘Tis the season’ for cold-stunned sea turtles — and their rescue — on Cape Cod
  • ‘Forests will disappear again,’ activists warn as Indonesia ends plantation freeze
  • El Salvador women’s group takes a stand for river system targeted by development
  • Between land and sea: Agrobiodiversity holds key to health for Melanesian tribes
  • Translocation brings white rhinos to Rwanda, a new land for an old species
  • Niger Delta communities in ‘great danger’ as month-old oil spill continues
  • "Facing Economic Collapse, Afghanistan Is Gripped by Starvation"
  • "What Happens to Democracy When Local Journalism Dries Up?"
  • "SCOTUS Rejects Lobster Union Plea To Undo Whale Protections"
  • Honolulu Shuts Down Largest Well Due To Navy Oil Contamination
  • "Gambling ‘America’s Amazon’"
  • "Why Some Of Your Favorite Podcasts Are Filled With Oil Company Ads"
  • "Democrats Might Be Able To Halt Most New Offshore Oil And Gas Drilling"
  • "Lawmakers Demand Oil And Gas Firms Divulge Methane Leak Data"
  • Latino Residents Kept in Dark on Health Threat at Texas TCE Superfund Site
  • "A Bitcoin Boom Fueled by Cheap Power, Empty Plants and Few Rules"
  • Pro-Trump Counties Have Higher COVID Death Rates: Blame Misinformation
  • "Schumer Steps On The Gas To Move Biden Agenda"
  • Police Hunt Suspects After 8 Wolves Poisoned in Oregon
  • "Off West Africa’s Coast, A Sea Of Oil Spills Goes Unreported"
  • Bezos Commits Another $443 Million To Climate Justice And Conservation
  • "Democrats Eye Massive Shift in War on Wildfires: Prevention"
  • Increase in Lake Cyanobacteria Blooms Troubles Residents, Experts
  • Lack Of Water, Sewer Service Brings Health Risks To Some Alaska Villages
  • Biden Administration Proposes Lightbulb Efficiency Rule, Reversing Trump
  • "A Life’s Work Bearing Witness to Humanity’s Impact on the Planet"
  • Successful Komodo Dragon Breeding at San Antonio Zoo Brings New Hope for Endangered Species
  • Restoring coastal forests can protect coral reefs against sediment runoff: Study
  • Tree-planting goals miss the forest for the lack of diverse, good-quality seeds
  • Collaboration is key to scaling conservation technologies (commentary)
  • Hold the tree planting: Protect ecosystems first for maximum carbon storage, study says
  • Governor rails against ‘bioterrorists,’ ‘carbon cowboys’ destroying PNG’s forests
  • Layers of carbon: The Congo Basin peatlands and oil
  • 40 endangered sea turtles injured when water off Massachusetts cooled quickly
  • Californians cut water use 13% in October; still behind goal
  • Researcher Discovers New Species of Butterfly Called Chocolate-Bordered Fritter in Sikkim
  • New ant species and genus both named for Cornell's Moreau
  • "Major U.S. Utilities Plan Coast-To-Coast, EV-Charging Network"
  • Biden OKs More Oil And Gas Drilling Permits On Public Lands Than Trump
  • Biden signs executive order to make U.S. government carbon neutral by 2050
  • "Pushing Back On Lead Ammo And Fishing Tackle Misinformation"
  • "Deal Forces EPA To Revisit Chemical Industry Emissions"
  • "Florida To Feed Starving Manatees In Rare Conservation Move"
  • "Biden May Get Reprieve With Gas Prices Projected To Drop"
  • "A Slow-Motion Climate Disaster: The Spread of Barren Land"
  • "The Fierce Politics of Dust"
  • Biden BLM Moves To Scrap Trump Cadiz Water Pipeline Permit
  • "How to Save the Prairie, Acre by Acre"
  • Biden signs executive order to make U.S. government carbon neutral by 2050
  • EU Commission outlines new deforestation law to address agriculture trade chains
  • Biden Orders Federal Vehicles, Buildings to Use Renewable Energy by 2050
  • "As Climate 'Net-Zero' Plans Grow, So Do Concerns From Scientists"
  • "Panel: Consider Tinkering With Oceans To Suck Up More Carbon"
  • These Chemicals Disrupt Sexual Development of Children; They’re Everywhere
  • The World Is Dangerously Unprepared For The Next Pandemic: Report
  • "Conservatives Have a New Bogeyman: Critical Energy Theory"
  • Youngkin Pledges To Pull Virginia From Carbon Market By Executive Order
  • "Embracing a Wetter Future, the Dutch Turn to Floating Homes"
  • "The Millions of Tons of Carbon Emissions That Don’t Officially Exist"
  • "Alaska’s Absent Snowy Owls"
  • California Botanist Named 2021 E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Award Recipient - Naomi Fraga Wins Award for Outstanding Science to Save Native Plants
  • Starting Jan. 1 local California government will need to start composting to reduce greenhouse gases.
  • 'Really sad moment': bogong moth among 124 Australian additions to endangered species list
  • New Species OF Frog With Warty Skin And Vivid Red Eyes Discovered In The African Rainforest
  • "‘It’s Grotesque’: Inside The Hill Methane Fight"
  • ‘Polluter Pays’ Tax Could Jump-Start Languishing Superfund Cleanups
  • "Brownfields Sites Poised for Big Funding Amid Equity Concerns"
  • Tropical Forests Can Recover From Deforestation Fast On Their Own: Study
  • FEMA Restores Climate Goal In Strategic Plan After Trump Dropped It
  • "Darwin In A Lab: Coral Evolution Tweaked For Global Warming"
  • "Biden ‘Forever Chemicals’ Ban Targets Cookware, Carpet, Couches"
  • Industry Knew Health Risks Of Leaded Gas But Sold It For 100 Years Anyway
  • How Bangladesh's Poor Are Paying The Costs Of Climate Damage
  • "Dragonflies Disappearing As Wetlands Are Lost"
  • Chemists unlock the secret to making green ammonia from renewable energy
  • A billion sea creatures cooked
  • For the first time in centuries, the world’s population will decline in a few decades
  • Flamingos form friendships that last years
  • Taiwan rushes to contain sudden cane toad invasion
  • Fish feared extinct found in Turkey
  • France bans plastic packaging for fruits and vegetables
  • Indigenous groups unveil plan to protect 80% of the Amazon in Peru and Ecuador
  • Tropical forests can regenerate in just 20 years without human interference
  • The US Navy has poisoned the largest water supply in Hawaii

0 Comments

Conservation News ~ 3 December 2021

12/3/2021

0 Comments

 
Picture
  • "Interior Dept. Report on Drilling Is Mostly Silent on Climate Change"
  • "Interior Department Approves 2nd Large US Offshore Wind Farm"
  • "Germany's New Coalition Promises Climate Revolution"
  • Regulator Gives TVA Approval To Bury Coal Ash In Southeast Memphis
  • "Houston Highway Project Sparks Debate Over Racial Equity"
  • "EPA’s Regan Vows To Help Hard-Hit Areas, But Residents Have Doubts"
  • Norilsk, in Russian Arctic, One of the Most Polluted Places on Earth
  • "Iran Forcefully Clamps Down on Protests Against Growing Water Shortages"
  • "Australia’s Barrier Reef Erupts In Color As Corals Spawn"
  • "Climate Crisis Pushes Albatross ‘Divorce’ Rates Higher – Study"
  • Newly released Cambodian activists honored among Front Line Defenders awardees
  • Big flotilla of illegal gold miners splits up in Brazil
  • A new species of frog has been discovered - the male wears tadpoles on his body
  • Meet Magali, the conservation warrior rescuing Peru’s rainforest animals: Video
  • Conflict and climate change are big barriers for Africa’s Great Green Wall
  • For tradition and nature on the Bijagós Islands, loss of one threatens the other
  • You can’t see them to count them, but Amazonian manatees seem to be recovering
  • Papua clan takes first step toward official recognition of land rights
  • New study reveals globe-trotting pedigree of South Asian songbirds
  • The complete guide to restoring your soil: Q&A with soil expert Dale Strickler
  • With loss of forests, Bali villages find themselves vulnerable to disaster
  • Lack of resolution mechanisms allow palm oil conflicts to fester in Indonesia
  • Galápagos census looks at impacts on turtles during and after COVID lockdown
  • Insects and other invertebrates on tropical islands face challenges as development and tourism expand
  • Biden Gulf Oil Sale Means More Drilling Within Legacy Chemical Dump Site
  • "Defections, Morale Grip EPA Forensics Lab: ‘We Can’t Function’"
  • "Lawsuit Takes Aim At Trump-Era Rule Expanding Hunting Grounds"
  • "EPA Wins Appeal Over Release of Pesticide Policymaking Records"
  • "Nurdles: The Worst Toxic Waste You’ve Probably Never Heard Of"
  • Calif.’s Failed First Plan To Stop Offshore Drilling Casts Shadow Today
  • Trouble In The Wind: Offshore Turbine Farms Complicate Fishing, Shrimping
  • In San Francisco Neighborhood, Advocates Do Air Monitoring Themselves
  • US Will Miss EV Targets Without Big Investments in Chip-Making: Raimondo
  • Monarch Butterflies Thriving After Years Of Decline. Is It A Comeback?
  • A star in subtropical Japan: a new species of parasitoid wasp constructs unique cocoon
  • 400+ Toxic Sites In Calif. Are At Risk Of Flooding From Sea Level Rise
  • "Michigan Drops Federal Suit Against Enbridge Line 5"
  • "Inside The Push To Revive Industry Superfund Fees"
  • "Fact-Checking the Finger Pointing on High Gasoline Prices"
  • "Glencore’s Australian Coal Mine Revealed As Methane Super-Emitter"
  • "Hunt for the ‘Blood Diamond of Batteries’ Impedes Green Energy Push"
  • "This Ocean Invaded Its Neighbor Earlier Than Anyone Thought"
  • "Biden Seeks Willing Hosts For Nuclear Waste Storage Sites"
  • "Police Burn Miners’ Boats In Brazil’s Amazon, Upping Tension"
  • White Rhinos Flown From S. Africa To Rwanda In Largest Translocation
  • El Niño takes a toll on southern right whales in the Atlantic Ocean
  • Is colonial history repeating itself with Sabah forest carbon deal? (commentary)
  • Underfunded but passionate, Native American conservationists call for more support
  • Indigenous community saves Colombia’s poison dart frog from coca and logging
  • Potty-trained cows? Teaching cattle where to urinate could help reduce greenhouse gases
  • Illegal mining threatens Indigenous land at foot of Philippines’ tallest peak
  • Geneticists have identified new groups of tiger sharks to protect
  • Allegations of displacement, violence beleaguer Kenyan conservancy NGO
  • WDFW floats plan for lethal control of wolves
  • Conservationists flew 30 white rhinos to Rwanda in a huge operation to protect them
  • "Science Report: US Should Make Less Plastic To Save Oceans"
  • Jordan Cove Developers Abandon Plans For Pipeline, Coos Bay LNG Terminal
  • "The Arctic Could Get More Rain And Less Snow Sooner Than Projected"
  • Fossil Fuel Firms To Make Billions From Tax Break in Dems’ Budget Bill
  • Don't Blame Climate Change For Madagascar's Food Crisis: Scientists
  • Kerry Says China, India, Russia Must Do More To Tackle Warming
  • "The PR Firms Doing Big Oil’s Dirty Work"
  • "EPA Union Announces Agreements With Agency Expanding Work From Home"
  • "Climate Change Makes It Harder for Iowa to Provide Clean Drinking Water"
  • "Retiring DeFazio Leaves Climate, Infrastructure Legacies"
  • Latest delay casts pall over WTO bid to end harmful fishing subsidies
  • Amid a furniture boom, timber certification is just a start, say experts
  • Amazonian birds are shrinking in response to climate change, study shows
  • Extinction not only threatens primates—their parasites are in danger, too
  • Amazon mining threatens dozens of uncontacted Indigenous groups, study shows
  • Indonesia’s new plan for coal: It pollutes land and air, so why not the sea too?
  • The ‘idea’: Uncovering the peatlands of the Congo Basin
  • These Portuguese kids are suing 33 European countries to force them to cut emissions
  • The Norwegian wolf is extinct
  • It’s phenomenal: Farne Islands seals numbers expected to reach new high
  • $26,000 reward offered for info on fatal poisoning of 8 grey wolves in Eastern Oregon
  • Elle bans fur from magazines worldwide
  • Sierra Nevada snowpack, a crucial water resource, could disappear in 25 years
  • New Jersey passes ban on cosmetic animal testing
  • "EPA Outlines $7.4B For Water Infrastructure Headed To States"
  • Coal Provinces ‘Co-Ordinated’ Fight Against Federal Water Pollution Rules
  • "Shell Pulls Out Of Cambo Oilfield Project"
  • ‘They Can’t Silence Us’: Female Lawyers Defending Colombia’s Environment
  • "So You Want to Donate to a Climate Group…"
  • "Trump Rule Meant To Save Coal Is Forcing Plants To Close"
  • Mo. Health Dept Found Mask Mandates Work, But Didn’t Make Findings Public
  • California Water Districts To Get 0% Of Requested Supplies
  • In First, Alaska’s Arctic Waters Appear Poised for Dangerous Algal Blooms
  • "‘Phenomenal’: Farne Islands Seal Numbers Expected To Reach New High"
0 Comments

    Archives

    February 2023
    January 2023
    December 2022
    November 2022
    October 2022
    September 2022
    August 2022
    July 2022
    June 2022
    May 2022
    April 2022
    March 2022
    February 2022
    January 2022
    December 2021
    November 2021
    October 2021
    September 2021
    August 2021
    July 2021
    June 2021
    May 2021
    April 2021
    March 2021
    February 2021
    January 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    June 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    November 2014
    October 2014
    August 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014

    Categories

    All
    3 Things
    4 Ways Of Knowing
    Adaptation
    Adobe
    Affordance
    ANOVA
    Ashi Waza
    Ausubel
    Baldwinisms
    Barrett
    Beginning Of Infinity
    Bekoff
    Biodiversity
    Blue Carbon
    Box Plots
    Breakthrough
    Cave Bears
    Cheetah
    Coert Visser
    Cognitive Reappraisal
    Commons
    Competence
    Comprehension
    Conservation Jobs
    Conservation News
    Construal Theory
    Consumerology
    Convolve
    Critical Periods
    Csikszentmihalyi
    Culture-pattern Model
    Delphi Method
    Dennett
    Design
    Dont Think Of An Elephant
    Doughnut Economics
    Drive-discharge Model
    Dr. Mark Johnson
    Dweck
    Earth Day
    Ecosystem Theory
    Eisenberg
    Endangered Species
    Environmentalism
    Environmental Psychology
    Environmental Wins
    Extinction Countdown
    Flagship Species
    Flourish
    Fluorescent Minerals
    Framing
    Gatekeepers
    Gentrification
    Group Socialization Theory
    Growth Mindset
    Heteroscedasticity
    Hitchens
    How Emotions Are Made
    Idiographic
    Indicator Species
    Instrumental Case Study
    Intrinsic Case Study
    Jaguar
    Judo
    Kellert's Typology
    Keystone Species
    Lakoff
    Lightroom
    Lion
    List
    Listed
    Listening
    Marcia's Identity Theory
    Maslow
    Neotony
    Neurochemicals
    Newsletter
    Nomothetic
    Nordhaus
    Ocelot
    Opps
    Peter Maas
    Photo Elicitation
    Photography
    Place Bonding
    Planetary Boundaries
    Poetic Naturalism
    Poetic Trasncription
    Positive Disintegration
    Positive Psychology
    Poverty
    Pragmatism
    Prefigurative Politics
    Premiere
    Prepared Learning
    Priority Species
    Pro-environmental Behavior
    Progress Focused Approach
    Qualitative
    Raworth
    Resilience
    Restorative Environments
    Rewild
    Roman
    Sebastio Salgado
    Self Determination Theory
    Self-Organizing Theory
    Self-sabotage
    Seligman
    Seoi Nage
    Serious Leisure
    Shellenberger
    Simulacra
    Social Capital
    Social Scientist
    Species And People
    Statistics
    Supervenience
    System Thinking
    Telomeres
    Thought Exercise
    Translational Science
    Umbrella Species
    Umwelt
    Validity
    Veridical
    Vernacular Conservation
    Wicked Problems
    Wildlife
    Wolf
    Wolfs Tooth

    RSS Feed

Enjoy the site!
  • Home
  • CV
  • Opp's
  • Journal