Conservation News ~ 10 January 2020

• 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