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Conservation News ~ September 21 2018

9/21/2018

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Elephant massacre in Niassa Reserve – 17k killed in eight years: http://clubofmozambique.com/news/elephant-massacre-in-niassa-reserve-17000-killed-in-eight-years/
Hydraulic diversity of forests regulates ecosystem resilience during drought: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-018-0539-7/metrics
US will allow Texas billionaire to import trophy of critically endangered black rhino he killed: https://blog.humanesociety.org/2018/09/u-s-will-allow-texas-billionaire-to-import-trophy-of-critically-endangered-black-rhino-he-killed.html
New Zealand High Court reverses plan to mine in endangered dolphin habitat: https://us.whales.org/news/2018/09/new-zealand-high-court-reverses-plan-to-mine-in-endangered-dolphin-habitat
First Praying Mantis known to hunt fish: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2018/09/praying-mantis-fishing-hunting-behavior-animals/
Indonesian president signs 3-year freeze on new palm oil licenses: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/09/indonesian-president-signs-3-year-freeze-on-new-oil-palm-licenses/
Mechanism that makes deep soil a sink or source of emissions discovered: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/09/scientists-say-theyve-uncovered-the-mechanisms-that-make-deep-soil-a-sink-or-source-of-emissions/
Totoaba trafficker’s arrest offers faint hope for vaquita: http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/border-baja-california/sd-me-oscar-parra-20180919-story.html
Hurricane Florence has killed nearly 2M chickens: https://nypost.com/2018/09/18/hurricane-florence-has-killed-nearly-2m-chickens/
Giant spider webs over Greek beach: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/spider-web-lagoon-greece-aitoloko-weather-a8546641.html
Tidal wave of Chinese marine parks fuels murky cetacean trade: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-marineparks-insight/tidal-wave-of-chinese-marine-parks-fuels-murky-cetacean-trade-idUSKCN1M00OC
WuTang Clan partners with White Castle to promote Vegan Impossible Slider: https://vegnews.com/2018/9/wu-tang-clan-partners-with-white-castle-to-promote-vegan-impossible-slider
US Dept of Interior orders broad rollback of wildlife protections: https://www.peer.org/news/news-releases/zinke-orders-broad-rollback-of-wildlife-protections.html
Hurricane Florence unleashed a flood of pig poop on North Carolina: https://www.livescience.com/63625-pig-manure-overflow-hurricane-florence.html
Oregon rejects endangered species protection for Humboldt Marten: https://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2018/09/state_rejects_endangered_speci.html
Los Angeles banned fur: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/la-fur-ban-los-angeles-sale-san-francisco-california-a8544276.html
Virus discovery offers new means of controlling Queensland’s cane toad: https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/politics/queensland/virus-discovery-offers-new-means-of-controlling-queensland-s-cane-toad-20180919-p504og.html
At least 3.4 million farm animals drowned in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/mbwgjp/at-least-34-million-farm-animals-drowned-in-the-aftermath-of-hurricane-florence
US Govt formally rolls back rule aimed at limiting methane pollution: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/18/climate/trump-methane-rollback.html
Melting Arctic permafrost releases acid that dissolves rocks, releases CO2: https://www.livescience.com/63612-arctic-acid-permafrost.html
New global study reveals the ‘staggering’ loss of forests caused by industrial agriculture: http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/09/scientists-reveal-how-much-world-s-forests-being-destroyed-industrial-agriculture
Earliest animal fossils are identified: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-45588213
87 days of smog: Southern California saw its longest streak of bad air in decades: http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-smog-streak-20180921-story.html
Tiny moth from Asia spreading fast on Siberian elms in eastern North America: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/09/180917082449.htm
SeaWorld, former execs must pay $5million to settle claim: http://www.bradfordera.com/news/nation/seaworld-former-execs-must-pay-million-to-settle-claim/article_b845ba79-896b-5c1a-bc4d-934ac3de2f05.html
Giraffes could go extinct because people want rugs and pillows: https://www.thedodo.com/in-the-wild/market-for-giraffe-parts-investigated
Global trade in exotic pets threatens endangered parrots through spread of a virus: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/09/180918110902.htm
Public meetings to address post-delisting Grizzly management in Montana: http://www.mtpr.org/post/public-meetings-address-post-delisting-grizzly-management-montana
Treaty with Canda would include new limits on fishing for endangered salmon: https://www.idahostatesman.com/news/local/environment/article218604075.html
Police operation arrests alleged rhino poaching syndicate: https://www.idahostatesman.com/news/local/environment/article218604075.html
San Diego Safari Park announces that southern white rhino is pregnant: https://fox5sandiego.com/2018/09/18/second-southern-white-rhino-at-san-diego-zoo-safari-park-pregnant/
Salve labor found at Starbucks-certified Brazil coffee plantation: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/09/slave-labor-found-at-starbucks-certified-brazil-coffee-plantation/
Latest UNESCO update confirms remaining within 1.5C climate target is critical for survival of World Heritage coral reefs: https://whc.unesco.org/en/news/1878
Land conservation steps into limelight as key climate change fix: http://news.trust.org/item/20180914184322-gykjf/
Anger at plight of southern-resident orcas, speakers rebuke NOAA in public meetings: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/environment/angry-at-plight-of-southern-resident-orcas-speakers-rebuke-noaa-in-public-meetings/
Global climate action summit brings surge of new commitments and calls for increased government action: https://unfccc.int/news/global-climate-action-summit-brings-surge-of-new-commitments-and-calls-for-increased-government
Florence floodwaters breach coal ash pond and imperil other toxic sites: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/09/13/climate/hurricane-florence-environmental-hazards.html
Hundreds of leopards being slaughtered for Shembe outfits: https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2018-09-17-hundreds-of-leopards-being-slaughtered-for-shembe-outfits/
Air pollution particles found in mothers’ placentas: https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/17/health/placenta-pollution-babies-intl/index.html
Mysterious Great White Shark lair discovered in Pacific Ocean: https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/Mysterious-great-white-shark-lair-discovered-in-13234068.php
Newly discovered seahorse is as small as a grain of rice: https://www.sciencealert.com/researchers-have-discovered-a-colourful-seahorse-the-size-of-a-grain-of-rice
Rhino born and bred in San Diego now living in Africa: https://www.kpbs.org/news/2018/sep/17/san-diego-rhino-living-africa/
Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge opens to the public: https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/wilderness-resources/stories/rocky-flats-national-wildlife-refuge-opens-public
DNA database helps Nepal officials monitor tigers, punish poachers: https://news.mongabay.com/wildtech/2018/09/dna-database-helps-nepals-officials-monitor-tigers-punish-poachers/
Thousands of tonnes of shellfish have died in southern France: https://www.hakaimagazine.com/news/thousands-of-tonnes-of-shellfish-have-died-in-southern-france/
Europe’s meat and dairy production must halve by 2050, expert warns: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/sep/15/europe-meat-dairy-production-2050-expert-warns
Protestors were removed from a 12,000 year old forest where a coal mine will be built: https://www.newsweek.com/g00/police-forcibly-remove-protesters-ancient-forest-after-6-year-battle-so-1121708?i10c.encReferrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8%3D&i10c.ua=1&i10c.dv=14
Groups seek ban on M-44 Cyanide devices in Oregon: https://www.opb.org/news/article/oregon-ban-cynanide-bombs-m-44/
NASA blasts off space laser satellite to track ice loss: https://phys.org/news/2018-09-nasa-blasts-space-laser-satellite.html
Apple is investing in a huge mangrove forest in Colombia: https://www.fastcompany.com/90236715/apple-is-investing-in-a-huge-mangrove-forest-in-colombia
Europe’s farmers no red alert as deadly African swine fever spreads to Belgium: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/sep/14/europes-farmers-on-red-alert-as-deadly-african-swine-fever-spreads-to-belgium
200 artificial reefs planted at Richmond’s Point San Pablo: https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2018/09/13/ebt-l-reef-0907/
Australia on track to miss Paris climate targets as emissions hit record highs: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/sep/14/australia-on-track-to-miss-paris-climate-targets-as-emissions-hit-record-highs
Japan’s bid to overturn commercial whaling ban fails: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/sep/14/japans-attempt-to-overturn-ban-on-commercial-whaling-fails
Groups sue to stop logging project near Mount Hood: http://www.capitalpress.com/Timber/20180913/groups-sue-to-stop-logging-project-near-mount-hood
Plastic is killing 40% of baby sea turtles: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6164019/Plastic-killing-40-baby-sea-turtles-shocking-research-reveals.html
Plants communicate distress using their own kind of nervous system: http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/09/plants-communicate-distress-using-their-own-kind-nervous-system

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Conservation News ~ September 14 2018

9/14/2018

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Orca J50 presumed dead after search; southern residents down to 74 whales: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/environment/orca-j50-declared-dead-after-search-southern-residents-down-to-74-whales/
Grizzly bear captured, killed after getting into turkey feed in northwestern Montana: https://apnews.com/440a87f42a2e44a9b05cd79ecb7f5af8
Turkey is removing evolution from school ‘biology’ textbooks: https://bigthink.com/brandon-weber/darwin-being-removed-from-textbooks-in-turkey-this-time
Petition with 35,000+ signatures calls for LSU to stop having live tiger mascots: https://www.klfy.com/top-stories/petition-with-35-000-signatures-calls-for-lsu-to-stop-having-live-tiger-mascot/1439388100
Egypt’s environmental authorities transfers five smuggled African lions to Giza zoo: https://www.albawaba.com/editorchoice/egypts-giza-zoo-lucky-because-5-african-lions-found-warehouse-1185818
UN takes first steps to protect high seas: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-45397674
Urgent greenhouse gas removal plan could see UK hit ‘netzero’ target: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/sep/12/urgent-greenhouse-gas-removal-plan-could-see-uk-hit-net-zero-target-report
Forest and indigenous rights land $459M commitment: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/09/forests-and-indigenous-rights-land-459m-commitment/
Huge in increase in UK badger cull will see up to 42,000 shot: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/sep/13/huge-increase-in-badger-cull-will-see-up-to-42000-shot
Beluga whales adopt lost narwhal in St. Lawrence River: https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/belugas-narwhal-stlawrence-1.4820602
US Interior increases hunting and fishing areas in 30 wildlife refuges: https://www.fws.gov/news/ShowNews.cfm?ref=secretary-zinke-expands-hunting-and-fishing-opportunities-at-30-of-&_ID=36311
Declaration of Alboran Sea hope spot coincides with intercontinental conservation efforts: https://mission-blue.org/2018/09/declaration-of-alboran-sea-hope-spot-coincides-with-intercontinental-conservation-efforts/
IWC vote backs new quotas for aboriginal whale hunts: https://phys.org/news/2018-09-iwc-vote-quotas-aboriginal-whale.html
52 percent of world’s birds of prey populations in decline: https://www.ecowatch.com/predator-birds-raptors-population-2603985865.html
Lyft commits to full carbon neutrality and 100% renewable energy: https://blog.lyft.com/posts/lyft-commits-to-full-carbon-neutrality-and-100-renewable-energy
Butchered bird bones put humans in Madagascar 10,500 years ago: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/butchered-bird-bones-put-humans-madagascar-10500-years-ago
US House passes bill outlawing the eating of cats and dogs: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/09/13/eating-dogs-and-cats-banned-house-passed-bill/1288897002/
New Washington wolf pack may face lethal removal: https://www.king5.com/article/tech/science/environment/lethal-action-against-new-washington-wolf-pack-approved-by-state/281-593202277
North Carolina didn’t like science on sea levels, so passed a law against it: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/sep/12/north-carolina-didnt-like-science-on-sea-levels-so-passed-a-law-against-it
Washington organizations support federal land management to aid orca recovery: https://wawild.org/washington-organizations-support-federal-land-management-to-aid-in-orca-recovery/
A deadly pig disease raging in China is bound to spread to other Asian countries: http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/09/deadly-pig-disease-raging-china-bound-spread-other-asian-countries-experts-warn
Four Mountain Lion kittens discovered in Santa Monica mountains: https://abc7.com/4-mountain-lion-kittens-found-in-santa-monica-mountains/4149094/
Despite thousands in captivity, the rare Winged Mynah is going extinct: https://www.nationalgeographic.com.au/animals/despite-thousands-in-captivity-this-rare-songbird-is-going-extinct.aspx
AU Greens threaten to block trade legislation over Japanese whaling: https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/greens-threaten-to-block-trade-legislation-over-japanese-whaling-20180911-p5030y.html
Chicagoans battle Manganese dust pollution: https://www.nrdc.org/stories/chicagoans-battle-manganese-dust-pollution
No ecosystem on earth will be safe from climate change: https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/08/how-climate-change-could-remake-every-biome-on-earth/569038/
Energy Transfer pipeline explodes in Pennsylvania one week after activation: https://www.ecowatch.com/energy-transfer-pipeline-explodes-pennsylvania-2604024050.html
New York City to launch new $400k plant-based medicine program: https://vegnews.com/2018/8/new-york-city-to-launch-new-400k-plant-based-medicine-program
Indonesia now says it’s ok to trade certain critically endangered birds, rescinds protection for 3 species: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/09/indonesia-gives-in-to-bird-traders-rescinds-protection-for-3-species/
EPA gives oil, gas industry another pass to leak more methane: https://www.nrdc.org/experts/nrdc/epa-gives-oil-gas-industry-another-pass-leak-more-methane?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=CleanAir
Stoned New Zealand man breaks into zoo, gets bashed by tiny monkeys: https://www.vice.com/en_nz/article/9kv5b8/stoned-kiwi-breaks-into-zoo-gets-bashed-by-tiny-monkeys
Hog farmers scramble to drain waste pools ahead of Hurricane Florence: https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2018/09/11/646790793/hog-farmers-scramble-to-drain-waste-pools-ahead-of-hurricane-florence
World’s first indigenous REDD+ program ended due to illegal mining: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/09/worlds-first-indigenous-redd-program-ended-due-to-illegal-mining/
Brazilian legislators break law, attack Amazon, trade freely with world: https://amazonwatch.org/news/2018/0911-brazilian-legislators-break-law-attack-amazon-trade-freely-with-world
Un Chief says world must act by 2020 to avoid runaway climate change: https://www.afp.com/en/news/2265/world-must-act-2020-avoid-runaway-climate-change-un-chief-doc-19003o1
Fishermen discover massive skull and antler from ancient Irish Elk: https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/stories/fishermen-find-giant-deer-skull-antlers-irish-elk
Peatlands will store more carbon as planet warms: https://phys.org/news/2018-09-peatlands-carbon-planet.html
South African snow has giraffes in the snow: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/11/giraffes-in-the-snow-south-africa-karoo-desert
Gunnison reservoir dropping to historically low level: https://gazette.com/news/gunnison-reservoir-dropping-to-historically-low-level/article_17a991da-b1d2-11e8-b6c2-d7e484939b2c.html
BBC admits ‘we get climate change coverage wrong too often’: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/sep/07/bbc-we-get-climate-change-coverage-wrong-too-often
Greenhouse gasses from rice paddies may be 2x higher than though: https://phys.org/news/2018-09-nitrous-oxide-emissions-rice-farms.html
California sets goal of 100 percent renewable electric power by 2045: https://www.npr.org/2018/09/10/646373423/california-sets-goal-of-100-percent-renewable-electric-power-by-2045
Grandmothers stalled the police as climate protestors created the largest street mural ever: https://grist.org/article/grandmothers-stalled-the-police-as-climate-protestors-created-the-largest-street-mural-ever/
Global warming pushing alpine species higher and higher: https://science.ubc.ca/news/global-warming-pushing-alpine-species-higher-and-higher
Gorillas named by pop stars, President at Rwandan Ceremony: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-09-07/gorillas-named-by-pop-stars-president-at-rwandan-ceremony
Climate model shows large-scale wind and solar farms in the Sahara increase rain and vegetation: http://science.sciencemag.org/content/361/6406/1019
Rep Erik Paulsen breaks with Republicans on BWCA, urging feds to reconsider mining decision: http://www.startribune.com/rep-erik-paulsen-breaks-with-republicans-on-bwca-urging-feds-to-reconsider-mining-decision/492733741/
Hundreds of seals are dying on the New England coast: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/07/science/dead-seals-new-england.html
California to rely on 100% clean electricity by 2045 under bill signed by Gov Jerry Brown: http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-renewable-energy-law-signed-20180910-story.html
Whale standing death toll rises to 58: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-45446869
World Heritage coral reefs likely to disappear by 2100 unless CO2 emission drastically decrease: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/world-heritage-coral-reefs-likely-to-disappear-by-2100_us_596e6c53e4b05561da5a5b5d
Dead wildlife washes up on East Coast beaches as Florida’s toxic red tide moves north: https://www.sciencealert.com/toxic-red-tide-algae-killing-marine-life-near-tampa-bay
Scientists discover three new species of snailfish in ocean’s deepest depths: https://news.sky.com/story/scientists-discover-three-new-species-of-snailfish-in-oceans-deepest-depths-11494265
Indigenous people fight for their rights. Governments and businesses call them terrorists: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/indigenous-people-terrorists-criminals-land-human-rights_us_5b8fab75e4b0511db3ddcdac
Native Americans propose change to Yellowstone Landmark names: https://www.npr.org/2018/09/09/641330248/native-americans-propose-change-to-yellowstone-landmark-names
Spain is the biggest exporter of shark’s fins: https://archive.euroweeklynews.com/news/on-euro-weekly-news/spain-news-in-english/113464-spain-is-the-biggest-exporter-of-sharks-fins
House Farm Bill could wipe out communities’ power to prohibit pesticides: https://truthout.org/articles/house-farm-bill-could-wipe-out-communities-power-to-prohibit-pesticides/
Man fined for kicking seagull after it stole his cheeseburger: https://apnews.com/f1bad5016f854470bcb297544265e36a
Captain Planet screenwriter calls live-action adaptation ‘dark and irreverant’: https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/captain-planet-screenwriter-calls-live-action-adaptation-dark-and-irreverent
Whaling grenade harpoons take 20 minutes to kill: https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/whales-whaling-norway-exploding-harpoons-whalegrenade-a8528141.html
2000 lbs of invasive carp removed as part of 10-year plan for Lake Minnetonka headwaters: http://www.fox9.com/news/environment/2-000-lbs-of-invasive-carp-removed-as-part-of-10-year-plan-for-lake-minnetonka-headwaters
Blue Macaw parrot which inspired the Rio is now officially extinct: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/blue-spixs-macaw-parrot-that-inspired-rio-is-extinct-in-wild/
World’s largest offshore windfarm opens off Cumbrian coast: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/sep/06/worlds-largest-offshore-windfarm-opens-cumbrian-coast-walney-extension-brexit
4000kg suspected shark fins offloaded in Malaysia: https://sync.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2018/09/05/4000kg-suspected-shark-fins-offloaded-in-malaysia/
London fashion week vows to be fur-free: https://www.businessoffashion.com/articles/news-analysis/social-goods-london-fashion-week-goes-fur-free-is-diverse-beauty-just-a-trend
Irish Naval Service detains vessel with tonne of shark fins on board: https://www.irishtimes.com/news/environment/naval-service-detains-vessel-with-tonne-of-shark-fins-on-board-1.3617293

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Conservation News ~ September 7 2018

9/7/2018

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Dr. Sihite of the Borneo Orangutan Foundation giving a lecture on his organization's incredible work. Check out their site: http://orangutan.or.id/

Feds clear way for mineral exploration near Boundary Waters: https://www.mprnews.org/story/2018/09/06/boundary-waters-mining
BC First Nations ban moose hunt after wildfires destroy habitats: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/moose-hunt-bc-1.4812605
California bans all cosmetics that have been tested on animals: https://people.com/style/california-cosmetic-animal-testing-ban-brands-affected/
Japan killed 50 whales in Antarctic protected area: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/sep/04/japan-killed-50-whales-in-antarctic-protected-area-data-shows
Wolf approaches within a metre of campers in Banff: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/wolf-warning-banff-parks-canada-food-campground-female-1.4810965
Tinton Falls bans release of balloons: https://www.app.com/story/news/local/2018/09/05/tinton-falls-bans-release-balloons/1201893002/
CSULB researchers help rebuilds Seal Beach wetlands threatened by rising sea levels: https://lbpost.com/news/education/csulb-researchers-seal-beach-wildlife-refuge-sea-level/
Outcry in Malaysia forces a Chinese builder to live up to its eco-friendly tag: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/09/a-civic-outcry-in-malaysia-forces-a-chinese-builder-to-live-up-to-its-eco-friendly-tag/
Fires tear through East Java Park, threatening leopard habitat: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/09/fires-tear-through-east-java-park-threatening-leopard-habitat/
87 elephants found dead in Botswana: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/87-elephants-found-dead-near-botswana-sanctuary-180970192/
Indonesia, a top plastic polluter, mobilizes 20k citizens to clean up the mess: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/09/indonesia-a-top-plastic-polluter-mobilizes-20000-citizens-to-clean-it-up/
California to end drift gillnet fishing: https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/articles/2018/08/30/in-win-for-marine-life-california-to-end-drift-gillnet-fishing
First known omnivorous shark species identified: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/sep/05/bonnethead-omnivorous-shark-species-identified
Death of penguin chick in Mumbai zoo rekindles controversy: https://india.mongabay.com/2018/09/04/death-of-penguin-chick-in-mumbai-zoo-rekindles-controversy/
Park Service turns to goats to combat kudzu in Thurmond area: https://www.wvgazettemail.com/news/park-service-turns-to-goats-to-combat-kudzu-in-thurmond/article_7d7b7f85-c885-51ad-8ff7-347127a2b517.html
Eight bird species are first confirmed avian extinctions this decade: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/sep/04/first-eight-bird-extinctions-of-the-21st-century-confirmed
Scallop wars rage on as French fishermen catch 44 rare tuna off Jersey coast: https://news.sky.com/story/scallop-wars-rage-on-as-french-fishermen-catch-44-rare-tuna-off-jersey-coast-11490021
Grizzlies have recovered, officials say; now Montanans have to get along with them: https://www.npr.org/2018/09/03/643081056/officials-say-grizzlies-have-recovered-now-montanans-have-to-get-along-with-them
Japanese bid to change law may end 30-year ban on whaling: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/japan-commercial-whaling-research-whale-populations-campaigners-international-commission-a8514981.html
France to set penalties on goods packaged with non-recycled plastic in 2019: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/08/12/france-set-penalities-goods-packaged-non-recycled-plastic-2019/
Mounting dolphin deaths in Florida’s red tide zone trigger federal investigation: https://www.miamiherald.com/latest-news/article217654845.html
Newly discovered dinosaurs fill in evolutionary gap spanning 70 million years: https://phys.org/news/2018-09-newly-dinosaurs-evolutionary-gap-spanning.html
WA officials kill injured Togo Wolf to protect cows: https://nywolf.org/wa-officials-kill-injured-togo-wolf-to-protect-cows/
Most land-based ecosystems worldwide risk ‘major transformation’ due to climate change: https://news.umich.edu/most-land-based-ecosystems-worldwide-risk-major-transformation-due-to-climate-change/
Protect key habitats, not just wilderness, to preserve species: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/08/180829143818.htm
The ocean cleanup is starting, aims to cut garbage patch by 90% by 2040: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffkart/2018/08/28/the-ocean-cleanup-is-starting-aims-to-cut-garbage-patch-by-90-by-2040/
Oregon hunter rescued after hanging upside-down for 2 days: https://katu.com/news/travel-and-outdoors/oregon-hunter-rescued-after-hanging-upside-down-from-tree-for-2-days
China is using furnaces to manufacture 10 billion tons of rain: https://www.popsci.com/china-cloud-seeding-silver-iodide-furnace
365 suspected rhino poachers arrested in first half of this year: https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2018-08-19-365-suspected-rhino-poachers-arrested-in-first-half-of-2018/
Residents in contaminated Georgia town call for more oversight of new nuclear power plant: https://thinkprogress.org/nuclear-power-georgia-town-worried-about-contamination-pollution-d34cb18f995a/
EPA to reconsider Obama-era curbs on mercury emissions by power plants: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/29/climate/epa-mercury-emissions.html
New study shows 9.52 million acres of western public lands are landlocked: http://www.trcp.org/2018/08/29/new-study-shows-9-52-million-acres-western-public-lands-landlocked/
Yukon farmer fined $400 after wild boars escape: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/wild-boar-farmer-fined-1.4804213
Researchers find new invasive tick species in Staten Island Park: https://www.silive.com/news/2018/08/new_invasive_tick_species_spot.html

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Conservation News ~ Aug 31 2018

8/31/2018

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Detroit’s public school district shuts off drinking water, citing lead, copper risk: https://www.npr.org/2018/08/30/643247780/detroits-public-school-district-shuts-off-drinking-water-citing-lead-copper-risk
California’s plan to rely entirely on clean energy by 2045 heads to the governor’s desk: https://www.bakersfield.com/ap/national/california-s-plan-to-rely-entirely-on-clean-energy-by/article_6ece0fce-e380-55a4-9c37-594a560a2fd7.html
Extreme heat likely cooked 2,000 fish to death in Malibu Lagoon: https://www.livescience.com/63466-hot-fish-kill.html
Canada’s Federal Court of Appeals has quashed the NEB’s approval of Trans Mountain expansion: https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/tasker-trans-mountain-federal-court-appeals-1.4804495
LA County planners recommend approval of Tejon Ranch development: http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-tejon-ranch-planning-commission-20180829-story.html
New Zealand council proposes banning all cats: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/aug/30/paw-outcome-new-zealand-council-proposes-banning-all-cats
Ivory processing workshop found in Angola following airport rhino horn seizure: https://www.traffic.org/news/ivory-processing-workshop-found-in-angola/
Green Index highlights California’s progress and challenges: https://www.kpbs.org/news/2018/aug/30/green-index-highlights-california-progress-and-cha/
Divers find mysterious mounds ½ mile under sea in SC. They’re massive coral: https://www.forbes.com/sites/priyashukla/2018/08/30/scientists-discovered-a-massive-deep-sea-coral-reef-near-south-carolina/
An 18-foot python is on the loose in Poland: https://www.livescience.com/63463-bertha-escaped-python-poland.html
Pentagon fires a warning shot against EPA’s secret science rule: http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/08/pentagon-fires-warning-shot-against-epa-s-secret-science-rule
Google Earth helps a team of scientists discover an untouched mountaintop forest: https://www.theverge.com/2018/8/28/17770988/google-earth-mount-lico-discovery-secret-mozambique-rainforest-expedition
Horny dolphin causes French officials to shut down beach: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/horny-dolphin-causes-french-officials-to-shut-down-beach/
First wolf pups confirmed in Oregon’s northern Cascades: https://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2018/08/first_wolf_pups_confirmed_in_o.html
More remote islands may be more susceptible to invasive species: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/08/more-remote-islands-might-be-more-susceptible-to-invasive-species-study/
Public comment period open for proposed grizzly bear population rule: http://www.krtv.com/story/38969865/public-comment-period-opens-for-proposed-grizzly-bear-population-rule
Footage shows abattoir workers drowning cows in boiling water: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6093341/Horrifying-footage-shows-abattoir-workers-drowning-cows-boiling-water.html
About 300 endangered sea turtles found dead off Mexican coast: http://www.foxnews.com/science/2018/08/29/more-than-300-vulnerable-sea-turtles-found-dead-in-sea-off-mexico.html
Scientists discover a sixth species of Ebola virus – in bats: https://www.livescience.com/63439-new-ebola-in-bats.html
Dolphin hunting begins Sept 1 in Taiji amid tension: https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20180828/p2a/00m/0na/004000c
2018 Rhino Conservation Award Winners announced: http://www.gameranger.org/news-views/media-releases/133-rhino-conservation-awards-winners-announced.html
Florida’s toxic algae crisis continues unabated: https://truthout.org/articles/supercharged-by-pollution-floridas-toxic-algae-crisis-continues-unabated/
Climate change report: California to see 77 percent more land burned: https://www.sfchronicle.com/science/article/Climate-change-report-California-to-see-77-13185429.php
Pest responsible for food crisis in Africa reaches Kamataka: https://india.mongabay.com/2018/08/28/pest-responsible-for-food-crisis-in-africa-reaches-karnataka/
Top Interior staffer who backed shrinking national monuments to join BP: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/top-interior-staffer-who-backed-shrinking-national-monuments-to-join-bp/2018/08/27/ab241d0a-aa42-11e8-8a0c-70b618c98d3c_story.html?noredirect=on
UK Prime Minister pledges $5.1 billion in African investment: https://www.npr.org/2018/08/28/642658322/prime-minister-theresa-may-pledges-5-1-billion-in-investment-in-africa
Malaysia foils record rhino horn smuggling attempt: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/08/malaysia-foils-record-rhino-horn-smuggling-attempt-180821100125606.html
Celtic rainforest in Wales to be restored with help from EU: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/aug/28/celtic-rainforest-wales-restore-eu
Four KNP rhinos killed in two weeks: https://citizen.co.za/news/south-africa/1998782/four-knp-rhinos-killed-in-two-weeks-but-definite-decrease-in-poaching/
Alabama tourist disturbs Hawaiian Monk Seals: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/08/27/do-not-disturb-the-monk-seals-warn-hawaiian-signs-alabama-tourist-learns-they-mean-it/
Kruger Park guard arrested on suspicion of poaching: https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/kruger-park-guard-arrested-on-suspicion-of-poaching-20180828
Call for International Whaling Commission to stop Japan’s proposal: https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/call-for-international-whaling-commission-to-stop-japan-s-proposal
The world’s largest shipping company is trialing an Arctic route: https://www.businessinsider.com/maersk-launches-arctic-shipping-route-in-a-worrying-environmental-sign-2018-8
UN scientific paper suggests capitalism has to die in order for the planet to be saved: https://gritpost.com/un-paper-capitalism/
California Assembly advances 100% clean energy bill: http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-renewable-energy-goal-bill-20180828-story.html
French Environment Minister quits in protest in live interview: https://www.npr.org/2018/08/28/642555342/french-environment-minister-quits-in-live-interview-world-is-not-doing-enough
The government says America’s most polluted lake is now clean: https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/ywk9g5/the-government-says-americas-most-polluted-lake-is-now-clean-just-dont-eat-the-fish
Agriculture dept. will pay $4.7 billion to farmers hit in trade war: https://www.npr.org/2018/08/28/642525831/agriculture-dept-will-pay-4-7-billion-to-farmers-hit-in-trade-war
Australian feral camel population estimated to be at 1.2 million and growing: https://www.news.com.au/technology/science/animals/australian-feral-camel-population-estimated-to-be-at-12-million-and-growing-fast/news-story/aa162cbe2d1c0b2fc306f6c0aadde341
New study confirms historical presence of grizzlies in Washington: https://www.redmond-reporter.com/news/new-study-confirms-historical-presence-of-grizzlies-in-washington/
Air pollution causes huge reduction in intelligence: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/aug/27/air-pollution-causes-huge-reduction-in-intelligence-study-reveals
UN Environment and partners show global restoration success in unprecedented study: https://www.unenvironment.org/news-and-stories/press-release/un-environment-and-partners-show-global-restoration-success
Deforestation continues upward trend in Brazil: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/08/deforestation-continues-upward-trend-in-brazil-says-ngo/
Police raid what may be Europe’s biggest illegal turtle farm: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2018/08/illegal-turtle-farm-police-wildlife-trafficking-news/
City of Edmonton, U of A joins world’s largest urban wildlife monitoring network: https://www.folio.ca/edmonton-u-of-a-join-worlds-largest-urban-wildlife-monitoring-network/
We’re getting better at saving seabirds after oil spills: https://psmag.com/environment/were-getting-better-at-saving-seabirds-after-oil-spills
Beluga whales and narwhals go through menopause: https://www.zmescience.com/ecology/animals-ecology/beluga-whales-killer-whales-and-narwhals-also-go-through-menopause/
Cameroon busts Pangolin trafficking to Vietnam: https://www.voanews.com/a/cameroon-busts-pangolin-trafficking-to-vietnam/4539278.html
Ca Gov Jerry Brown proposes easing logging rules: https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/08/23/california-fires-governor-proposes-easing-logging-rules-to-thin-forests/
Migrating songbirds reach altitudes of up to 13,000 feet: http://www.sci-news.com/biology/migrating-songbirds-altitudes-06310.html
US agrees to protect West Coast Humpback whales: https://www.apnews.com/6e47c3ee03b242ea96c8cb50fe683935
UN Environment chief backs proposed UN Decade for Ecosystem Restoration: https://news.globallandscapesforum.org/29246/un-environment-chief-backs-proposed-u-n-decade-for-ecosystem-restoration/

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Conservation News ~ August 27 2018

8/27/2018

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Kroger will phase out plastic bags: https://www.npr.org/2018/08/23/641215873/attention-shoppers-kroger-says-it-is-phasing-out-plastic-bags
US Govt blames local boy and his family dog for ‘cyanide bomb’ detonation that injured him, killed dog: https://idahostatejournal.com/members/us-government-blames-local-boy-and-his-family-for-cyanide/article_3e7d7e8f-3ecf-585b-8ed1-edf8d1dfe1b7.html
New orchid species discovered in Peruvian Amazon: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/08/new-orchid-species-discovered-in-peruvian-amazon/
Brazil hits emissions target early but rising deforestation risks reversal: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/08/brazil-hits-emissions-target-early-but-rising-deforestation-risks-reversal/
Murder of activist in India highlights growing risk to environmental defenders: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/08/murder-of-activist-in-india-highlights-growing-risk-to-environmental-defenders/
Indo seeks to get palm oil used as jet fuel in US, France: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/08/indonesia-seeks-to-get-palm-oil-used-as-jet-fuel-in-u-s-france/
Iceland illegally murdered yet another pregnant Fin Whale: https://www.onegreenplanet.org/news/iceland-illegally-murdered-pregnant-fin-whale/
Washington wildlife officials order members of Togo wolf pack killed, lawsuit temporarily delays action: http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2018/aug/20/following-cattle-depredations-wdfw-orders-lethal-r/
Air pollution reduces global life expectancy by more than one year: https://news.utexas.edu/2018/08/22/air-pollution-reduces-global-life-expectancy-by-one-year
Arctic’s strongest sea ice breaks up for the first time on record: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/21/arctics-strongest-sea-ice-breaks-up-for-first-time-on-record
36 dead whales discovered in BC and Alaska have scientists worried: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/dead-whales-pacific-blob-1.3228268
Judge blocks order to kill wolf pack to protect cattle: https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/washington-kill-members-wolf-pack-protect-cattle-57289106
Hundreds of trees to be cut down in Vermont before invasive species strike: https://www.mynbc5.com/article/hundreds-of-trees-to-be-cut-down-before-invasive-species-strikes/22794442
EPA admits US President would sacrifice thousands of US lives to save a few coal plants: https://thinkprogress.org/epa-admits-trump-would-sacrifice-thousands-of-american-lives-to-save-a-few-coal-plants-b426dda2e76f/
Huge win for water quality, bull trout recovery, taxpayers: https://idahostatejournal.com/opinion/columns/huge-win-for-idaho-s-water-quality-bull-trout-recovery/article_28c1efc6-fc65-5781-9034-d536237a6cbb.html
BC Supreme Court sides with Jumbo Glacier Resort: https://www.e-know.ca/regions/columbia-valley/b-c-supreme-court-sides-with-jumbo-glacier-resort/
New research suggests evolution might favor ‘survival of the laziest’: https://phys.org/news/2018-08-evolution-favor-survival-laziest.html
Toxic ‘red tide’ blamed for rise of manatee deaths in Florida: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/20/manatee-deaths-toxic-red-tide-algae-bloom-florida
Poet, three seniors arrested at Burnaby pipeline protest: https://bc.ctvnews.ca/poet-three-seniors-arrested-at-burnaby-pipeline-protest-1.4067264
Amazon tribe never seen by outsiders is spotted by drone: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/23/world/americas/brazil-amazon-tribe.html
Humanity has killed 83% of all wild mammals and half of all plants: https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/humans-destroyed-83-of-wildlife-report/
Overfishing causes crisis in Philippines: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/aug/23/they-are-taking-out-a-generation-of-tuna-overfishing-causes-crisis-in-philippines
Omaha’s zoo is helping to keep gopher frogs from going extinct: https://www.ketv.com/article/omahas-zoo-is-helping-to-keep-gopher-frogs-from-going-extinct/22760293
Illegal turtle farm raise nets massive haul including endangered species worth $12g each: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2018/08/23/illegal-turtle-farm-raid-nets-massive-haul-including-endangered-species-worth-12g-each-officials-say.html
122 sea turtles from an endangered species found dead on Mexico beach: https://guardian.ng/news/122-sea-turtles-found-dead-on-mexico-beach/
Nearly 40,000 giraffe parts have been imported to the US in last 10 years: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/23/giraffe-parts-humane-society-report
Blue star diver operators remove over one tone of marine debris from reefs in Florida Keys: https://marinesanctuary.org/news/goal-clean-seas-update-1/
China designates eight new RAMSAR sites: https://www.ramsar.org/news/china-designates-eight-new-ramsar-sites
New EPA rollback of coal pollution regulations takes a major step forward: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/20/climate/epa-clean-power-rollback.html
Leopard hunting quota was issued despite official report showing significant population declines: https://africageographic.com/blog/leopard-hunting-quota-was-issued-despite-official-report-showing-significant-population-declines/
4 Wyoming wolf pups found dead: https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/wyoming/articles/2018-08-20/4-wolf-pups-found-dead-on-public-land-in-wyoming
Icelandic commercial whalers killed a pregnant Fin Whale: http://icelandmag.is/article/outrage-photos-show-hvalur-hf-killed-a-pregnant-fin-whale
Report detailing lead poisoning in young children on army bases draws fire from lawmakers: https://thinkprogress.org/lead-poisoning-army-report-lawmakers-questions-cedac0026340/
Indigenous challenge to Adani mine agreement dismissed by Federal Court: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-08-17/adani-federal-court-traditional-owners-native-title/10131920
Courts uphold glyphosate’s spot on California’s Prop 65 list of carcinogens: https://www.nrdc.org/experts/nrdc/courts-uphold-glyphosates-spot-californias-prop-65-list-carcinogens
Sweden loses highest peak as record temperatures hit Arctic: http://time.com/5357175/sweden-highest-peak-melts/
DNC reverses ban on accepting fossil fuel industry money: https://therealnews.com/stories/dnc-reverses-ban-on-accepting-fossil-fuel-industry-money
Two bison bulls bolt from Banff park project: https://www.rmoutlook.com/article/two-bison-bulls-bolt-from-banff-park-project-20180816
Paleontologist uncover complete Tyrannosaur in Montana: https://bismarcktribune.com/news/state-and-regional/paleontologists-uncover-complete-tyrannosaur-in-montana/article_951c74fe-7d83-5a5c-a068-06a4b2c7bb79.html
Gulf of Mexico lease sale 251 yields $178 million in high bids: https://bismarcktribune.com/news/state-and-regional/paleontologists-uncover-complete-tyrannosaur-in-montana/article_951c74fe-7d83-5a5c-a068-06a4b2c7bb79.html
Interior secretary cancels federal proposal to sell off public land inside the former Grand Staircase: https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2018/08/17/interior-secretary/
Last South African coelacanths threatened by oil exploration: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/aug/17/older-than-dinosaurs-last-south-african-coelacanths-threatened-by-oil-exploration
A federal judge struck down the administration’s Clean Water Act Attack: https://www.southernenvironment.org/news-and-press/news-feed/federal-judge-strikes-down-administrations-clean-water-act-attack
Montana moving forward with grizzly bear management objectives: http://www.krtv.com/story/38861006/montana-moving-forward-with-grizzly-bear-management-objectives
Climate change is emptying the desert of birds: http://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2018/08/climate-change-is-emptying-the-desert-of-birds/
Appeals court ruling halts giant forest project in Idaho: https://www.apnews.com/4191c755afbe4f18a1287b901f9b0067
Swift Foxes return to Alberta: https://www.canadiangeographic.ca/article/swift-foxes-return-alberta
Earth has more trees now than 35 years ago: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/08/earth-has-more-trees-now-than-35-years-ago/

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Conservation News ~ August 17 2018

8/17/2018

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Interpol’s most wanted is freed – Kenya’s High Court released elephant poacher: https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2018/08/16/big-read-feisal-acquital-blow-to-justice_c1802692
US judge rules securities suit against Exxon, executives can proceed: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-exxon-mobil-lawsuit/u-s-judge-rules-securities-suit-against-exxon-executives-can-proceed-idUSKBN1L01WB
The cholla cactus didn’t bloom this year and California scientists team up to find out why: https://www.kpbs.org/news/2018/aug/14/cholla-cactus-didnt-bloom-year-california-scientis/
Bird population plummets in Pinon forests pummeled by climate change: https://www.audubon.org/news/bird-population-plummets-pinon-forests-pummeled-climate-change
Dept of Interior finally admits that climate change is making wildfires worse: http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/08/zinke-admits-that-climate-change-is-making-wildfires-worse.html
USDA bails out dairy industry with $50 million band-aid: https://vegnews.com/2018/8/usda-bails-out-dairy-industry-with-50-million-band-aid
Rhino breeder Piet Warren sells half his animals due to financial pressure: https://citizen.co.za/news/south-africa/1994266/rhino-breeder-piet-warren-sells-half-his-animals-due-to-financial-pressure/
More than 2.7 million pounds of dead fish removed from Florida beaches, so far: https://www.tcpalm.com/story/news/local/florida/2018/08/13/more-than-2-7-million-pounds-dead-fish-removed-florida-beaches-so-far/979016002/
Pine Marten spotted in Northumberland for first time in 90 years: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/aug/15/pine-marten-spotted-in-northumberland-for-first-time-in-90-years
Cascade wolf, OR-7, is a dad -again: https://www.lmtonline.com/news/article/Famous-Oregon-wolf-OR-7-sires-5th-consecutive-13159010.php
Endangered whale sharks can live up to 130 years: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/08/scientists-say-endangered-whale-sharks-can-live-up-to-130-years/
South American soy fed to EU livestock drives Gran Chaco deforestation: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/08/south-american-soy-fed-to-eu-livestock-drives-gran-chaco-deforestation/
“Biological passports” show whale sharks travel less than we thought: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/08/biological-passports-show-whale-sharks-travel-less-than-we-thought/
Scientists find way to make mineral which can remove CO2 from atmosphere: https://phys.org/news/2018-08-scientists-mineral-co2-atmosphere.html
World’s newest Great Ape threatened by Chinese dam: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/radical-conservation/2018/apr/23/worlds-newest-great-ape-threatened-by-chinese-dam
Activists get big victories in fight against Appalachia pipelines: https://thinkprogress.org/virginia-appalachia-pipelines-activism-setbacks-dc16ef76b9fb/
Kenya: Queries over how Hippo was identified, killed after tourist mauled: https://www.capitalfm.co.ke/news/2018/08/queries-over-how-hippo-was-identified-killed-after-tourist-mauled/
Scotland’s mountain hare population is at just 1% of 1950s level: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/aug/14/scotlands-mountain-hare-population-severe-decline
US Interior Dept reverses ban on pesticides in wildlife refuges: https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/trump-s-interior-department-reverses-ban-pesticides-wildlife-refuges
Hippo bite kills tourist in Kenya: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-45162747
Poachers kill 40 elephants in Botswana: https://southerntimesafrica.com/site/news/poachers-kill-40-elephants-in-botswana
Half of the Great Barrier Reef is Dead: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2018/08/explore-atlas-great-barrier-reef-coral-bleaching-map-climate-change/
Monsanto ordered to pay $289m, saying Roundup causes cancer: https://www.economist.com/business/2018/08/18/a-shock-court-verdict-against-monsantos-roundup
Roundup found in breakfast cereal: https://slate.com/technology/2018/08/glyphosate-from-monsantos-weed-killer-roundup-in-breakfast-cereal-isnt-something-to-worry-about.html

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Conservation News ~ August 10 2018

8/10/2018

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This is my brother Harrison's instrument to study atmospheric chemistry. It has a pretty professional and technical name but it sounds like Koala Dome so that's what I called it.

Widespread groundwater contamination risk from chromium: https://news.stanford.edu/2018/07/23/widespread-groundwater-contamination-risk-chromium/
Meat giant Smithfield fines $473 million for poisoning North Carolinians: https://vegnews.com/2018/8/meat-giant-smithfield-fined-473-million-for-poisoning-north-carolinians
Alabama beachgoers may have killed hundreds of protected birds: https://abcnews.go.com/US/beach-volleyball-players-alabama-island-killed-hundreds-unhatched/story?id=57081659
US president’s wildlife protection council is mostly trophy hunters and donors: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/animalia/wp/2018/08/01/trumps-wildlife-protection-council-is-mostly-trophy-hunters-and-donors-lawsuit-says/
Kuala Lumpur river restored breathes new life: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/08/a-river-restored-breathes-new-life-into-kuala-lumpur/
Madagascar proposes paying illegal loggers to audit or buy their rosewood: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/08/madagascar-proposes-paying-illegal-loggers-to-audit-or-buy-their-rosewood/
Africa’s biggest cobra is five species, not one: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/08/africas-biggest-cobra-is-five-species-not-one-study-finds/
Alan Rabinowitz, big cat evangelist and conservationist, dies: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/08/alan-rabinowitz-big-cat-evangelist-and-voice-of-the-wild-dies-at-64/
World’s largest battery saved South Australia $8.9 million in 6 months: https://cleantechnica.com/2018/08/06/analysis-reveals-that-worlds-largest-battery-saves-south-australia-8-9-million-in-6-months/
Chile just banned plastic bags: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/01/world/americas/chile-plastic-bags-ban.html
EPA is now allowing asbestos back into manufacturing: https://archpaper.com/2018/08/epa-asbestos-manufacturing/
A red tide ravaging Florida may have killed a whale shark for the first known time: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2018/08/03/a-red-tide-ravaging-florida-may-have-killed-a-whale-shark-for-the-first-known-time/?utm_term=.5b6d15fb86f6
Greenville Zoo announces birth of baby orangutan: https://greenvillejournal.com/2018/08/07/greenville-zoo-welcomes/
New Report reveals 100,000 dolphins and small whales hunted every year: http://uk.whales.org/blog/2018/08/new-report-reveals-100000-dolphins-and-small-whales-hunted-every-year
Minke whales win a victory in Iceland: https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/stories/iceland-ends-minke-whale-hunting
EPA reverses decision on air emission standards: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/epa-reverses-course-says-it-will-enforce-stricter-pollution-limits-for-glider-trucks/2018/07/26/705ff4ee-9144-11e8-8322-b5482bf5e0f5_story.html
Ecosystems across Australia are collapsing under climate change: http://theconversation.com/ecosystems-across-australia-are-collapsing-under-climate-change-99367
Welsh river study reveals ‘troubling’ decline of wildlife: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/aug/05/welsh-river-study-reveals-troubling-decline-of-wildlife
Chevron must pay or environmental damage in Ecuador: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/08/chevron-must-pay-for-environmental-damage-in-ecuador-court-rules/
North Carolina governor says Endangered wolf protection should stay: https://www.apnews.com/5d512eb19720473385dd1235a0303918
10 of 11 relocated rhinos dies as Kenya conservation bid backfires: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/black-rhinos-kenya-critically-endangered-species-almost-all-die-new-home/
95 percent of all lemur species face high risk of extinction: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/08/95-percent-of-all-lemur-species-face-high-risk-of-extinction/
Colombia bans the use of mercury in mining: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/08/colombia-bans-the-use-of-mercury-in-mining/
King Penguin numbers plummet: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-45014746
South Carolina reauthorizes Conservation Bank: http://www.ducks.org/press-room/news-releases/south-carolina-conservation-bank-reauthorized
New Delhi to run out of groundwater in two years as India faces ‘day zero’ crises: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/06/19/new-delhi-run-groundwater-two-years-india-faces-day-zero-crises/
Clemson ends 30-year tradition of balloon launch: http://www.foxcarolina.com/story/38758072/clemson-ends-30-year-tradition-of-balloon-launch
Brussels bans animal testing on cats, dogs, and primates: https://vegnews.com/2018/7/brussels-bans-animal-testing-on-cats-dogs-and-primates
Endangered Species Act generates more than $1 Trillion a year : http://time.com/5347260/endangered-species-act-reform/
Just 13% of the world’s oceans are still wild: http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/07/new-map-reveals-just-13-world-s-oceans-are-still-wild
Judge orders US govt to ban all seafood harvested with gillnets in Mexico’s northern Gulf of California: http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-vaquita-seafood-ban-20180726-story.html
Walt Disney Company to eliminate plastic straws and more by 2019: https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Travel/walt-disney-company-eliminate-plastic-straws-2019/story?id=56812530
Ibis that was extinct in wild taught to migrate by following aircraft: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jul/20/formerly-extinct-ibis-taught-to-migrate-by-following-light-aircraft
Number of murdered environmental activists rose once again in 2017: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/07/number-of-murdered-environmental-activists-rose-once-again-in-2017/
2700 scientists issue call to action on border wall wildlife threat: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/07/2700-scientists-issue-call-to-action-on-border-wall-wildlife-threat/
Deforestation skyrockets in the Amazon rainforest: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/07/deforestation-skyrockets-in-the-amazon-rainforest/
New frog species names after fabled female warriors: https://www.braveheightsnews.com/2018/07/22/new-frog-species-named-after-fabled-female-warriors-2/
Target introduces vegan and cruelty-free label to help customers make more ethical purchases: https://www.livekindly.co/target-vegan-plant-based-cruelty-free-labeling/
Indigenous peoples control one-quarter of world’s and surface, two-thirds of that land is essentially natural: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/07/indigenous-peoples-control-one-quarter-of-worlds-land-surface-two-thirds-of-that-land-is-essentially-natural/
New species of venomous snake discovered by accident in Australia: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/07/new-species-of-venomous-snake-discovered-by-accident-in-australia/
Dept of Interior director sidesteps climate change in broadside blaming ‘radical environmentalists’ for wildfires: https://thinkprogress.org/trump-and-zinke-blame-environmentalists-not-climate-change-for-the-wildfires-4f5c5109054e/
New Zealand will ban plastic bags: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/10/jacinda-ardern-says-new-zealand-will-ban-plastic-bags
1.6 million acres of California public lands will be open to fracking: https://www.ecowatch.com/fracking-california-public-lands-2594203156.html
North American diets require more land than we have, study says: https://phys.org/news/2018-08-north-american-diets-require.html
France pushes for ‘highly automated’ vehicles by 2022: http://europe.autonews.com/article/20180808/ANE/180809840/france-pushes-for-highly-automated-vehicles-by-2022
EPA ordered to ban pesticide linked to learning disabilities: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/aug/09/epa-pesticide-learning-disabilities-banned-chlorpyrifos
Conservationists sue whaling company: http://icelandreview.com/news/2018/08/09/conservationists-sue-whaling-company
Yellowstone biologists calls bison recovery ‘greatest of all time’: https://trib.com/lifestyles/recreation/yellowstone-biologist-calls-bison-recovery-greatest-of-all-time/article_2f5cf3dc-0fc2-546d-be18-7da30e9e9264.html

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Conservation Jobs ~ July 22 2018

7/22/2018

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USFWS Ethics Specialist - https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/505344000
Ecuador Protected Area Specialist - https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/505344000
IUCN World Heritage Conservation Officer - https://hrms.iucn.org/vacancy/2837
IUCN Thailand Program - https://hrms.iucn.org/vacancy/2844
Oregon, Watershed Coordinator -https://wfscjobs.tamu.edu/jobs/south-coast-watershed-council-coordinator-oregon/
Washington, Education Program Manager - https://coenv-media-gene1ufvxiloffjq.stackpathdns.com/2018/07/Education-Program-Manager-Position-Description.pdf
British Colombia, Research Station Manager - http://www.salmoncoast.org/2018/07/10/station-coordinator-posting/

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Conservation News ~ July 13 2018

7/13/2018

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A huge field of the endangered Salt-Marsh Bird's Beak (Chlorophyron maritimus maritimus) in San Diego!

New Zealand buys $2.3 billion Defence Force aircraft to keep a close eye on whaling and fishing: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2018/07/government-buys-2-3-billion-defence-force-aircraft.html
NOAA proposes opening marine monuments to fishing within 90 days:
https://www.ecowatch.com/noaa-commercial-fishing-proposal-2584281440.html
Kitty litter parasite is wiping out Earth’s rarest seal: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2018/07/seals-endangered-species-health-disease-oceans/
Plantation company clearing forest owned secretly by giant firm that has promised to stop deforesting: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/07/revealed-paper-giants-ex-staff-say-it-used-their-names-for-secret-company-in-borneo/
Iceland whalers killed a rare Blue Whale: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-44809115
Nestle suspended from RSPO for failing to pay dues and submitting progress reports: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/07/nestle-suspended-from-rspo-for-failing-to-pay-dues-submit-progress-reports/
Coral reefs thrive next to rat-free islands: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/07/coral-reefs-thrive-next-to-rat-free-islands-new-study-finds/
Bat-killing fungus spreads to two new species and two new states: https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/extinction-countdown/bat-killing-fungus-spreads-to-2-new-species-and-2-new-states/
Thirty-five percent of fish caught for food is never eaten: http://www.newsweek.com/one-three-fish-never-eaten-stock-1014508
Solar panel installations soar, on track to triple 2017 record: https://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/solar-panel-installations-rocket-and-on-track-to-triple-annual-record-20180709-p4zqcx.html
Virgin Atlantic removes beef and palm oil from flight menus: https://www.livekindly.co/virgin-atlantic-beef-palm-oil-sustainability/
Gabon: Three illegal fishing vessels arrested: https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/gabon-three-illegal-fishing-vessels-arrested
Judge temporarily blocks Hebgen timber project: https://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/bozeman/judge-temporarily-blocks-hebgen-timber-project/article_80e9d7f9-243a-52e3-a5c0-8b344f03efc0.html
US president pardons imprisoned Oregon ranchers: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-oregon-standoff-trump/oregon-ranchers-who-sparked-standoff-to-return-home-after-trump-pardon-idUSKBN1K11RF
Harrison Ford honored by Indianapolis Zoo: https://www.indystar.com/story/news/2018/07/10/harrison-ford-channels-indiana-jones-conservation-award-winner/768091002/
Zimbabwe’s chiefs revive tradition to save country’s last pangolins: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/07/zimbabwes-chiefs-revive-tradition-to-save-the-countrys-last-pangolins/
Tiger, clouded leopard skins among illegal wildlife parts seized in Malaysia: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/07/tiger-clouded-leopard-skins-among-illegal-wildlife-parts-seized-in-malaysia/
US President cancels whale and sea turtle protections: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/trump-cancels-whale-and-sea-turtle-protections
Steep Chinese tariffs could end US shark fin industry: https://www.livekindly.co/chinese-tariffs-shark-fin-industry/
Church of England in oil firm crackdown: https://www.bbc.com/news/business-44759914
Starbucks to scrap plastics straws globally by 2020: https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2018/07/09/starbucks-scrap-plastic-straws-globally-2020/764343002/
Three elephant poachers shot dead by wildlife rangers in Kenya: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/elephant-poachers-shot-dead-kenya-wildlife-reserve-mount-elgon-national-park-a8388246.html
Five newly described snakes named by auction in Ecuador: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/07/latam-eco-review-five-new-snakes-named-by-auction-in-ecuador/
Animals accorded same rights as human in Indian state: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/07/05/animals-accorded-rights-humans-indian-national-park/
World’s largest protected rainforest declared in Colombia: https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/colombia-rainforest-national-park-world-heritage-site-serrania-del-chiribiquete-a8428371.html
Spiders can fly hundreds of miles using electricity: https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/07/the-electric-flight-of-spiders/564437/
Canada is making cosmetic testing on animals illegal: http://www.veganfoodandliving.com/canada-to-make-cosmetic-testing-on-animals-illegal/
Smuggled live vultures seized at Heathrow: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-44668607
Poaching kingpin denied bail: https://citizen.co.za/news/south-africa/1972299/alleged-poaching-kingpin-denied-bail/
Three poachers eaten by lions at South African nature reserve: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-44728507
A baby boom is helping west coast starfish recover after die-off: https://www.opb.org/news/article/starfish-population-west-coast-baby-boom/
Air pollution increases diabetes risk at levels EPA calls ‘safe,’ study finds: https://www.ecowatch.com/air-pollution-diabetes-epa-2583155988.html
Rare litter of Mexican gray wolf pups born in California: http://www.cbs8.com/story/38569562/rare-litter-of-mexican-gray-wolf-pups-born-in-julian
Polar bear kills Canadian father who tried to protect his children: http://www.kmov.com/story/38578192/polar-bear-kills-canadian-father-trying-to-protect-his-children
Officials seize 17,000 animal carcasses in wildlife trafficking raids: https://metro.co.uk/2018/07/03/officials-seize-17000-animal-carcasses-wildlife-trafficking-raids-7680433/
Australia’s reptiles threatened by invasive species, climate change: https://www.iucn.org/news/species/201807/australia%E2%80%99s-reptiles-threatened-invasive-species-climate-change-%E2%80%93-iucn-red-list
Catalina island facing overpopulation of deer: http://www.thelog.com/local/oh-deer-catalina-island-facing-overpopulation-of-four-legged-island-dwellers/
California’s carbon emissions are back to ‘90s levels: https://grist.org/article/californias-carbon-emissions-are-back-to-90s-levels-it-can-be-done-people/
Extractive industries threaten a million square kilometers of intact tropical forests around the globe: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/07/extractive-industries-threaten-a-million-square-kilometers-of-intact-tropical-forests-around-the-globe/
Krill fishing companies pledge to protect key food of Antarctic animals: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/07/krill-fishing-companies-pledge-to-protect-key-food-of-antarctic-animals/
Species evolve twice as fast at poles as in tropics: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/07/species-evolve-more-than-twice-as-fast-at-poles-as-in-tropics-study/
Rhino poop gives villagers in India a conservation initiative: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/07/rhino-poop-gives-villagers-in-india-a-conservation-incentive/
Brazilian forests silent as Yellow fever decimates threatened monkeys: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/brazilian-forests-fall-silent-as-yellow-fever-decimates-threatened-monkeys/
Red List research finds 26,000 global species under extinction threat: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jul/05/red-list-research-finds-26000-species-under-extinction-threat
Guyana approves construction of Moco Moco, Kumu hydropower: http://dpi.gov.gy/govt-approves-construction-of-moco-moco-kumu-hydropower/
Deal retires 24,000 acres of oil, gas drilling leases: https://www.jhnewsandguide.com/this_just_in/article_991e3f20-ed6e-5087-bc37-ee93f900c199.html
Two Yellow Bat species found hidden in plain sight: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2018/07/bats-kenya-new-species-animals/
Mauritius Fruit Bat uplisted to Endangered: http://www.mauritian-wildlife.org/application/index.php?tpid=30&tcid=81
Nathaniel Reed, Florida environmental advocate and co-author of the Endangered Species Act, dies: https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/florida/articles/2018-07-12/nathaniel-reed-tireless-environmental-advocate-dies-at-84

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Conservation Jobs ~ July 4 2018

7/4/2018

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AZ: Mexican Wolf Field Technicians, internships - https://wfscjobs.tamu.edu/jobs/mexican-wolf-field-technician-arizona/
AZ: Habitat Restoration Manager - https://wfscjobs.tamu.edu/jobs/habitat-restoration-manager-arizona/
AZ: Ca Condor Field Assistant - https://wfscjobs.tamu.edu/jobs/field-assistant-california-condor-program/
CA: Restoration Project Manager, Save the Redwoods - http://www.landtrustalliance.org/job/restoration-project-manager-save-redwoods-league
CA: Director of Land Protection, Save the Redwoods - http://www.landtrustalliance.org/job/director-land-protection-save-redwoods-league
US: Forest Conservation Manager - https://wfscjobs.tamu.edu/jobs/forest-conservation-manager-washington/
Antarctica, Station Manager: https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/501796300
CO, Research Social Scientist: https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/503722500

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