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Conservation News ~ 10 January 2020

1/10/2020

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  • Philippine fern efficiently absorbs arsenic, copper from toxic mining soil
  • Rare plant species are especially vulnerable to climate change
  • Forest loss moves swiftly once 50% deforestation ‘tipping’ point reached
  • New species of Praying Mantis impales its prey on barbed spikes
  • Lethal bat disease found in new species near North Bend, Or
  • Native San Diego butterfly proposed for Endangered Species list
  • Sierra Red Fox proposed for Endangered Species list
  • Tool use in puffins may point to underestimated intelligence in seabirds
  • Palm oil processors top plantations in destroying proboscis monkey habitat
  • Miller Park Zoo planning new monkey exhibit with $600k grant
  • White House memo shows plans to speed environmental permitting
  • Australian Girls in Gi creates fundraiser to help save wildlife affected by bushfires
  • State of California is proceeding with the Vegetation Treatment Plan which would raze 250,000 acres of habitat
  • Robert Irwin struggles to hold back tears while discussing the impact of the Australian fires
  • Britons reach Africans’ annual carbon emissions in just two weeks
  • White House to overhaul environmental review regulations
  • Self-described Tuna King has spent a small fortune on purchasing endangered species
  • Shutdown of coal-fired plants in US saves lives and improves crop yields
  • Science-backed policy boosts critically endangered Nassau grouper
  • Deadly conditions for Indonesian migrant crews tied to illegal fishing
  • NCCOS supports 20-year plan to restore seven coral reefs in the Florida Keys
  • Entire species wiped out by Australian fires over the last few days, including 25,000 koalas
  • Biodiverse forests better at storing carbon for long periods
  • New Zealand glaciers turn brown because of smoke and ash from Australia
  • A new Louisiana high school puts focus on environment, climate change
  • Number of rhinos poached in Assam’s Kaziranga lowest in ten years
  • Boeing patents first solar powered plan that can fly forever and replace costly satellites
  • White House policy all but ends punishment for bird deaths
  • Renewable energy’s share of German power mix rose to 46% last year
  • Ayakha Melithafa: a 17-year-old climate activist alongside Greta Thunberg
  • Irwin Family’s zoo hospital helps save lives of over 90,000 animals amid bushfire crisis
  • NC Governor seeks help for critically endangered red wolf
  • World’s largest flower bloom found in remote Indonesian jungle
  • British Court rules veganism is a protected belief system
  • Cyanide bombs now banned in Oregon
  • Australia NSW government to decimate marine protected areas
  • 2 Wisconsin dairy farms go out of business a day now
  • Lone wolf in Belgium gets potential love interest
  • 213-kg leatherback turtle slaughtered in North Sumatra for meat
  • Record sighting of whales, dolphins, and seals
  • Horror as 16 lions slaughtered by poachers who cut off their faces and claws
  • Australian water sold for $490m to foreign company during drought
  • Academic research confirmed that pollution was worse than ever in 2019
  • Pink donates half a million dollars to Australian fire services as the wildlife crisis worsens
  • Study confirms climate change impacted Hurricane Florence’s precipitation and size
  • Chinese paddlefish of the Yangtze River declared extinct
  • Madagascar’s famous lemurs could lose their rainforest by 2080
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