Conservation News ~ 10 June 2022

• An Inuk identifies new subspecies of butterfly while working with Montreal Insectarium
• JAPAN TESTED A GIANT TURBINE THAT GENERATES ELECTRICITY USING DEEP OCEAN CURRENTS
• Tanzania starts exporting coal to European markets
• 11 Mexican gray wolf pups are released into the wild.
• A return to agroecology traditions points the way forward for Malawi’s farmers
• Study: Regenerative farming boosts soil health, yielding more nutritious crops
• Bangladeshi coastal communities plant mangroves as a shield against cyclones
• Indonesia teams up with Germany on Sumatran rhino breeding efforts
• Protect Persian leopards, and their defenders, for World Environment Day (commentary)
• Video: Indonesian villagers missing out on spoils from palm oil boom
• California court ruling opens door for protection of insects as endangered species
• A year since X-Press Pearl sinking, Sri Lanka is still waiting for compensation
• Canada mining push puts major carbon sink and Indigenous lands in the crosshairs
• Study casts doubt on sustainability of regulated blood python snakeskin trade
• Sumatra palm plantations the usual suspects as unusual burning razes peatlands
• Legal and illegal cannabis: A cause for growing environmental concern
• How Colombia disenfranchised Indigenous Inga communities in favor of oil
• ‘Why sharks matter’: Q&A with author and shark biologist David Shiffman
• Feds agree to evaluate listing Yellowstone bison population under Endangered Species Act
• Let’s not pretend planting trees is a permanent climate solution
• Civic body expands experimentation with Miyawaki urban forestry
• "Fracking Moratorium off California Coast Ordered by Ninth Circuit"
• "Biden To Waive Tariffs For 24 Months On Solar Panels Hit By Probe"
• Geese, Skuas, Cranes, Foxes: Avian Flu Takes Growing Toll On Wildlife
• "Glyphosate Weedkiller Damages Wild Bee Colonies, Study Reveals"
• "Wildfire Rages Near Athens, Damaging Homes"
• "Texas Power Use To Hit Record High On Economic Growth, Hot Weather"
• "Carbon Dioxide Levels Are Highest in Human History"
• "Fossil-Fuel Shares Lead the Stock Market. How Awkward."
• "Global Plastic Use And Waste On Track To Triple By 2060"
• "Indian Traditions Entwine With Trees in Green Drive To Revive Land"
• Indian Civic body expands experimentation with Miyawaki urban forestry
• "Biden to Pause New Solar Tariffs as WH Aims to Encourage Adoption"
• "Agency Ruling Delivers Big Setback To Okefenokee Mining Plan"
• "EPA Reaches Tandem Deals Over ‘Cancer Alley’ Pollution"
• "Ship Pollution Is Rising As The U.S. Waits For World Leaders To Act"
• "Climate Groups Coordinating $100M In Ad Spending Ahead Of Midterms"
• "‘Bees Are Fish’ Criticism Mostly Misguided, Law Scholars Say"
• "Ukraine Migration Maps ‘What’s Possible’ for Climate Displaced"
• 1st Nation Reclaims Territory By Declaring Indigenous Protected Area In B.C.
• What Are Scientists Learning About the Deepest Diving Ocean Creatures?
• Op-Ed: "On the Clean Water Act’s 50th Birthday, What Should We Celebrate?"
• First Nation reclaims territory by declaring Indigenous protected area in Canada
• Does citizen ownership of natural resources hold the key to realizing deforestation commitments? (commentary)
• ‘Strange’ giraffoid fossil shows giraffes evolved long necks to win mates: study
• Common goals ensure forest restoration success in northern Thailand
• Report sums up wealth of Sri Lanka’s biodiversity — and the threats it faces
• Can wonder plant spekboom really bring smiles back to sad South African towns?
• In the DRC’s forests, a tug-of-war between oil and aid
• Noise pollution spooks whales the way predators would, study finds
• Indonesian official charged, but not jailed, for trading in Sumatran tiger parts
• US proposes experimental populations of endangered species outside historic habitat
• Human-triggered California wildfires more severe than natural blazes
• Water scarcity should mean less planned growth
• Dominican Republic environment minister shot dead in his office
• "Vulnerable Nations Demand Funding For Climate Losses, Fearing UN 'Talk Shop'"
• "Automakers Back U.S. Restoring California Emissions Authority"
• "In Nigeria's Disappearing Forests, Loggers Outnumber Trees"
• "As the Great Salt Lake Dries Up, Utah Faces An ‘Environmental Nuclear Bomb’"
• "Fight Looms Over New York’s Bid to Slow Crypto-Mining Boom"
• As Climate Makes Animals Migrate, 1000s of New Viruses Will Hop To Humans
• "Oil And Gas Companies Underreported Methane Leaks, New Study Shows"
• "Chesapeake Earns Another C Grade In Latest Report Card"
• "Biden Funds Brownfields Cleanups But Communities Cite Challenges"
• "History of US Forest Mismanagement Fans The Flames Of Disaster"
• The reef fish people find ugly more likely to be endangered, study finds
• Red Panda is Being Driven Closer to Extinction, New Study Shows
• Two new polyalthiopsis species reported from China
• Foreign capital powers Brazil’s meatpackers and helps deforest the Amazon
• German Development Cooperation provides an additional €12.5 million in funding for IUCN’s Integrated Tiger Habitat Conservation Programme
• Ethiopia mobilizes leaders and policy makers to mainstream biodiversity
• TFCA Financing Facility hands over Covid-19 response grants to SADC TFCAs
• Greens win NEPA court fight over Calif. offshore fracking
• New near-real-time tool reveals Earth’s land cover in more detail than ever before
• For traditional peoples in Brazil’s Maranhão state, progress brings violence
• ‘Protecting snow leopards benefits other species’: Q&A with Rinzin Phunjok Lama
• Indonesia should take a leadership role in the Global Plastics Treaty (commentary)
• Indigenous agroforestry dying of thirst amid a sea of avocados in Mexico
• Can conservation technology help save our rapidly disappearing species? | Problem Solved
• Chinese pond heron spotted in Nepal for first time
• New study offers answers for why tropical birds are more colorful
• ‘Tendrils of hope’ for the ocean: Q&A with conservationist Charles Clover
• End old-growth logging in carbon-rich ‘crown jewel’ of U.S. forests: Study
• Why Russia should not win the bid for Bolivia’s lithium (commentary)
• Foreign capital powers Brazil’s meatpackers and helps deforest the Amazon
• Report sums up wealth of Sri Lanka’s biodiversity — and the threats it faces
• Can wonder plant spekboom really bring smiles back to sad South African towns?
• In the DRC’s forests, a tug-of-war between oil and aid
• Noise pollution spooks whales the way predators would, study finds
• Indonesian official charged, but not jailed, for trading in Sumatran tiger parts
• First Nation reclaims territory by declaring Indigenous protected area in Canada
• Does citizen ownership of natural resources hold the key to realizing deforestation commitments? (commentary)
• ‘Strange’ giraffoid fossil shows giraffes evolved long necks to win mates: study
• India rejects Environment Performance Index 2022 that ranked it lowest among 180 countries
• 10 new coral species discovered in science collections
• Brazil Coalition Joined by International Organizations to Condemn Genetically Engineered Tree Approval
• "Biden Proposes a New Marine Sanctuary Off the Northeastern U.S."
• "National Parks To Phase Out Single-Use Plastics"
• "More Than 22 Million in Southwest Brace for Dangerous Heat"
• Drought Prompts Closure Of Joshua Tree Trail To Ensure Water For Bighorns
• Industry Overpumping Of Baton Rouge Groundwater Could Pollute Supply
• "Biden Plans to Nominate Law Professor for Chemical Safety Board"
• "Battery Shortage Is Hampering The U.S. Switch To Wind, Solar Power"
• House Passes Water Resources Development Act 384-37
• "Antarctica: Southern Ocean Floor Mapped In Greatest Ever Detail"
• "It’s A Moth, It’s A Drone, It’s ‘Smellicopter’"
• Rare Southwest Wildflower Protected Under Endangered Species Act
• New species of alga named for poet Amanda Gorman
• Illegal mining threatens one of the last forest links between the Andes and Ecuador’s Amazon
• Satellites show deforestation surging in Indonesia’s Tesso Nilo National Park
• In Sri Lankan waters, endangered but unprotected rays encounter a killing field
• Environmental paradise or dystopian debacle? Promise and peril of futuristic island communities (commentary)
• Ray care center: Indonesia’s Raja Ampat a key nursery for young reef mantas
• At 30, Brazil’s Yanomami reserve is beset by mining, malaria and mercury
• Biden Admin to Set Rules of the Road for Charging Electric Vehicles
• McCarthy Prods Big Tech To Crack Down On Climate Change Misinformation
• "Zinke Projected To Win Republican Nomination for U.S. House in Montana"
• "Explosion at Texas LNG Plant Puts Added Strain On Global Energy Market"
• Industry-Linked Standard Allows Clothing Giants to Ramp Up Emissions
• "What Are Millets And Can They Help Create Global Food Security?"
• "Summer Monarch Populations Are Steady Despite Winter Declines, Study Finds"
• "Alaska Tribe Nominates Pribilof Islands Area For Sanctuary"
• "Yellowstone Bison Face Endangered Species Act Review"
• Women In Environmental Leadership. Making Progress? Or Hitting More Ceilings?
• California’s last Gray Wolf pack just surprised everyone by welcoming 3 new pups
  
• Belize’s newest protected area is named after Sharon Matola!