Conservation News 11 October 2019

• Salmon return to Oregon river by the hundreds to spawn after $2M restoration
• New species of fish discovered in a well in India
• CDFW recommends Cal ESA protection for Yellow-legged Frog
• For the first time, wind power is about to surpass coal in Texas
• California bans popular pesticide linked to brain damage in children
• Peruvian group launch compostable plates made of banana leaves
• Humpback whale found dead in Thames was hit by a ship
• Trillions of microplastics found in San Francisco bay
• Two new species of giant parasitic wasp found in Uganda
• Kirtland’s Warbler delisted from ESA
• LB Aquarium of Pacific releases Green Sea Turtle back into wild
• Peru signs agreement to end deforestation caused by palm oil by 2021
• More than a quarter of UK mammals face extinction
• Scientists discover new antibiotic in tropical forest
• New York City wants to put a climate change ‘laboratory’ on Governors Island
• Wildlife trade entangles nearly a fifth of the planet’s vertebrate animals
• Seven new species appear for first time on list of world’s 25 most endangered primates
• New bird species discovered in Indonesia – Alor Myzomela
• Pigs have been recorded using tools for the first time
• Our diets must change to halt nature loss, says UN biodiversity chief
• Ghost forests are visceral examples of the advance of climate change
• There is more money in the Borneo Rainforest’s biodiversity than in its deforestation
• Pope urges respect for indigenous Amazon peoples at start of three-week gathering
• Wolves and coyotes feel sadness and grieve like humans
• CITES appeals to countries to watch out for Mangalasy rosewood
• Wildlife tracking on the rise all across Latin America
• Climate activist Greta Thunberg visiting Dakota reservations
• New England power line corridors harbor rare bees and other wild things
• Insecticide blamed for the deaths of 200 native birds, including wedge-tailed eagles
• South Africa seizes 342kg lion bones bound for Malaysia
• University of Iowa tells faculty not to promote Greta Thunberg visit via UI social media
• Bilbies returned to national park in south-west NSW after 100-year absence
• Interior Secretary hears concerns about grizzlies along the Front
• Nome teenagers protest for awareness of climate change, urge adults to act
• Six elephants die trying to save each other