Conservation News ~ 13 September 2019

• Denmark buys last remaining circus elephants in the country for $1.6 million to let them retire: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/denmark-buys-countrys-last-remaining-circus-elephants-to-let-them-retire
• Brazilian official who protects Amazon indigenous tribes shot dead: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/09/09/brazilian-official-protects-amazon-indigenous-tribes-shot-dead/
• US Feds to finalize rollback of Clean Water protections: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/12/climate/trump-administration-to-roll-back-clean-water-protections.html
• Butter clams: a new species diversifies the aquaculture roster on Cape Cod: https://www.capeandislands.org/post/butter-clams-new-species-diversifies-aquaculture-roster-cape-cod-0
• Two new species of ginger discovered in Nagaland: https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/two-new-species-of-ginger-discovered-from-nagaland/article29385926.ece
• Scale of suicides by pesticide poisoning revealed: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2019-09-scale-suicides-pesticide-poisoning-revealed.html
• US House passes two bills blocking oil and gas drilling off Pacific, Atlantic, and Florida Gulf coasts: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/09/11/house-to-vote-on-blocking-trump-push-to-drill-off-us-coasts-arctic.html
• Death of Philippine ranger is latest in legacy of violence: https://news.mongabay.com/2019/09/pray-continue-death-of-philippine-ranger-is-latest-in-legacy-of-violence/
• Invasive algae found in 2 Wisconsin lakes: https://www.racinecountyeye.com/invasive-algae-found-in-2-wisconsin-lakes/
• $100 million German insect protection plan will protect habitats, restrict weed killers, and boost research: https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/09/100-million-german-insect-protection-plan-will-protect-habitats-restrict-weed-killers
• Oil from Deepwater Horizon spill could take at least 30 years to decompose: https://e360.yale.edu/digest/oil-from-deepwater-horizon-spill-could-take-at-least-30-years-to-decompose-study-finds
• California to become third state to ban wild animal circuses: https://vegnews.com/2019/9/california-to-become-third-state-to-ban-wild-animal-circuses
• Water found for time on ‘habitable’ planet: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-49648746
• Dragonfly swarm seen on doppler in Ohio: https://wtkr.com/2019/09/10/swarm-of-dragonflies-other-insects-spotted-on-radar-over-ohio/
• New species of eel delivers highest voltage of any living creature: http://staging.news.cornell.edu/stories/2019/09/scientists-shocked-discover-two-new-species-electric-eel
• Rep. Markkanen says wolves no longer deserve endangered species status in Michigan: https://www.uppermichiganssource.com/content/news/Rep-Markkanen-Wolves-no-longer-deserve-endangered-species-status-in-Michigan-559976101.html
• Explorer reaches deepest part of world oceans: https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/victor-vescovo-historic-dive/index.html
• Wild mountain gorillas found to play in water like humans: https://phys.org/news/2019-09-wild-mountain-gorillas-humans.html
• Community organizing of St. James Parish Louisiana defeats $1billion petrochemical giant, Wanhua Chemical: https://www.twipu.com/BillMckibben
• Japan will have to dump Fukushima radioactive water into Pacific, minister says: https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/fukushima-water-pacific-1.5278877
• New study explains how salamanders harness regeneration to buffer themselves from climate change: https://newsstand.clemson.edu/mediarelations/new-study-explains-how-salamanders-harness-regeneration-to-buffer-themselves-from-climate-change/
• Environmentalist wants to leave mines in the DMZ to preserve a biodiversity hotspot: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/environmentalist-wants-to-leave-mines-in-the-dmz-to-preserve-a-biodiversity-hotspot/vi-AAGpDyh
• USC scientists and colleagues identify new species of giant flying reptile: https://news.usc.edu/160602/pterosaur-discovery-usc-scientist-new-species-giant-flying-reptile/
• Loss of Madagascar’s biodiversity is a loss for Earth, Pope says: https://news.mongabay.com/2019/09/loss-of-madagascars-biodiversity-is-a-loss-for-earth-pope-says/
• A stadium in Austria is filled with 300 trees to highlight the tenuous future of natural spaces: https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2019/09/for-forest/
• Irish teenager invents magnetic liquid trap that can remove 90% of microplastics from water: https://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/irish-teen-develops-magnetic-method-of-removing-microplastics-from-water-1.4534765
• Rare chick ‘proof conservation effort is working’: https://www.bbc.com/news/topics/c207p54mdd3t/conservation
• ‘Dog’s balls’ shrub to be recognized as new species but colloquial name to remain: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-09-09/dogs-balls-shrub-to-be-recognised-as-new-species/11492066
• Critically endangered  blue-tailed skink given own island: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-09-09/near-extinct-blue-tailed-skink-recovers-on-cocos-islands/11486788
• Tanzania seizes ivory tusk equivalent to 117 elephants killed: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-tanzania-poaching/tanzania-seizes-ivory-tusks-equivalent-to-117-elephants-killed-idUSKCN1VQ13V
• France says 1,500 died in summer’s heat wave: https://www.foxnews.com/world/france-heat-waves-1500-dead-health
• Florida zoo takes in 20 premature green sea turtles: https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/florida/articles/2019-09-06/florida-zoo-takes-in-20-premature-green-sea-turtles
• Malaysian supermarket bans products described as ‘palm-oil-free’: https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/malaysian-supermarket-bans-products-described-as-palm-oil-free-/5072797.html
• Ecuador’s northern region has lost 61% of its forests: https://news.mongabay.com/2019/09/new-report-reveals-northern-ecuadorian-region-has-lost-61-percent-of-forests/
• Dancing tarantulas emerge in droves to mate in western US: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/sep/06/tarantula-mating-season
• Thousands more badgers face cull as number of killing zones surges: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/sep/07/badgers-thousands-more-face-cull-killing-zones-extermination-bovine-tb
• New dinosaur species the largest to ever be found in Japan: https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/05/world/new-duck-billed-dinosaur-scn-trnd/index.html
• New species of sunfish spotted in Monterey Bay for the first time: https://www.ksbw.com/article/new-species-of-sunfish-spotted-in-monterey-bay-for-the-first-time/28949365
• Asian otters gain protection from the pet trade: https://news.mongabay.com/2019/09/asian-otters-gain-protection-from-the-pet-trade/
• New generation of African leaders sees conservation as a growth market: https://news.mongabay.com/2019/09/transforming-african-conservation-from-old-social-cause-into-next-gen-growth-market/
• Mother dolphin jumps for joy as she thanks fishermen for releasing her baby trapped in net: https://www.maritimeherald.com/2019/a-dolphin-jumps-for-joy-when-fishermen-manage-to-free-her-baby-that-was-in-a-deadly-situation-video-viral-fb-procida-naples-funny-animal-videos-united-states-canada-social-networks/
• Scientists discover new marine species, a brittle star, in cave in Cozumel: https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/scientists-discover-new-marine-species/
• Discovery of new species of deep water coral and deep sea floor canyons by Australian: https://www.thefourpointplay.blog/discovery-of-new-species-of-deep-water-coral-and-deep-sea-floor-canyons-by-australian-researchers/
• Pope addressed environment in speech to crowd of 800000: https://www.thelocal.it/20190907/pope-to-address-environmental-concerns-in-speech-to-800000
• Disaster strikes in Bolivia as fires lay waste to unique forests: https://news.mongabay.com/2019/09/disaster-strikes-in-bolivia-as-fires-devastate-unique-forests/
• Norway urges its companies not to fund Amazon deforestation: https://www.ecowatch.com/norway-amazon-rainforest-deforestation-2640194724.html
• New monkey species found in Amazon forest area that’s fast disappearing: https://news.mongabay.com/2019/09/new-monkey-species-found-in-amazon-forest-area-thats-fast-disappearing/
• Nevada’s highly imperiled Mojave Poppy Bee takes step toward Endangered Species Act: https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/nevadas-highly-imperiled-mojave-poppy-bee-takes-step-toward-endangered-species-act-protection-2019-09-05/
• Geese shift migration stop-off northwards: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/sep/02/global-heating-geese-shift-migration-stop-off-northwards​