Conservation News ~13 November 2020

• Only 1% of British Columbia’s old growth forests remain
• Palm oil giant Korindo accused again of illegally burning Papuan rainforest
• Scientists in Costa Rica are growing new corals to save reefs
• A global seaweed ‘plague’ threatens West Africa’s coastline
• New pterosaur species found hiding in plain sight in museum
• An invasive toad in Mauritius is eating away endangered species
• Japanese town deploys monster wolf robots to deter bears
• Road-paving project threatens a wildlife-rich reserve in Indonesia’s Papua
• Philippine resort owner hit with environmental charges as Boracay cleans up
• A new conservation project is created in Costa Rica thanks to COVID
• As fire season ends, Brazil cited for failed Amazon and Patanal policies
• Renewable energy defies COVID to hit record growth in 2020
• Japan’s new leader sets ambitious goal of carbon neutrality by 2050
• BP plans move into green hydrogen production
• Coalition launches challenge to Federal Wolf delisting
• Biden announces energy, environment transition team members
• Potter Park Zoo announces birth of critically endangered species
• Scientists discover new endangered primate species, with only 260 left
• California wolf recovery imperiled after removal from endangered species list
• China wildlife crime prosecutions up sharply after COVID outbreak
• Scientists just discovered 12,000 new species of microbes
• Endangered Species Act protection sought for Oregon Coast Tiger Beetle
• Evo Morales makes triumphant return to Bolivia
• Environmental democracy in Ecuador promotes an anti-mining agenda
• Indiana environmental group joins others in suing EPA over industrial flares
• Victoria plans 300mw Tesla battery to help stabilize grid as renewables increase
• Conservationists replant legal palm oil plantation with forest in Borneo
• A warming Arctic is changing animal migrations, decades of tracking shows
• US Army Corps warns Lake Okeechobee could rise by 10 inches as Eta crosses South Florida
• Two new species of marsupials discovered in Australia
• Grey Wolves no longer Federally protected starting January 4 2021
• Electric fence on the Indo-Nepal border puts migrating elephants and humans at risk
• Oil drilling, possible fracking planned for Okavango region – elephants’ last stronghold
• Chinese demand and domestic instability are wiping out Senegal’s last forests
• Brazilian and international banks financing global deforestation
• Custom solutions beat one-size-fits-all approach to mangrove restoration
• Wealthy countries edge towards global climate finance goal
• California bars insurers from dropping policies in wildfire areas
• Renewables cut Australia’s emissions more than COVID, energy analysts finds
• First ever Rewilding Training Tourism programme kicks off
• Tireless volunteers and Navy in Sri Lanka just saved 120 whales from stranding
• UN builds momentum for restoring forests as world enters key decade for ecosystems
• Study first to tally biomass from oceanic plastic debris using visualization method
• Newsom signs law keeping San Onofre beach off limits to toll road
• White Shark populations rise off California coast
• Our galaxy holdes at least 300 million potentially habitable planets
• In historic move, Colorado Voters decide to reintroduce Gray Wolves
• Permit for controversial $9 billion plastics plant in chemical alley to be put on hold
• Senator pushes plan to conserve 30% of US by 2030
• Golden Jackals expected to emerg in Belgium
• $7,600 reward offered for info on wolf poaching in Eastern Oregon
• Wildfires have killed an estimated 600 jaguars in Brazil’s Pantanal wetlands – vets are using stem cells
• Shell’s Twitter fail – we want You to solve climate change
• Carnivores living near people feast on human food, threatening ecosystems
• Two new greater glider species discovered: Australia’s biodiversity just got a lot richer
• Petrified Forest National Park reveals new species of ancient mammal relative
• Peru prosecutors probe Amazon deforestation linked to Mennonite communities
• Frustration as Antarctic conservation summit fails to declare marine sanctuaries
• Uganda environment authority greenlights clearing of Bugoma Forest
• How we discovered three new species of penguin in the Southern Ocean
• New species of invasive crop-destroying bug found in Florida
• Sri Lankans save pilot whales in epic rescue after mass stranding
• Philippines declares no new coal plants – but lets approved projects through
• Lizard skull fossil is new and perplexing extinct species
• Dr. Gladys receives Uganda Veterinary Association 2020 World Veterinary Day Award
• 11th Circuit discusses conservation easements and the granted-in-perpetuity requirement
• New species of millipede discovered in Kerala
• Rescue operations underway in the San Gabriel Mountains for rare species marooned by wildfire
• Two new species of plant group known for its varied medicinal properties discovered in Western Ghats
• ESRI co-founder Jack Dangermond: People and planet are inextricably linked
• IPBES report details path to exit current pandemic era