Conservation News ~ 16 January 2026

• Indonesia to revoke 22 forestry permits after floods that killed over 1000 people
• Researchers use state-of-the-art technology to tackle major issue in forests
• Declared Extinct in the 1930s, the World's Rarest Insect Made a Comeback from a Cliff
• Trump administration delays decision on federal protections for monarch butterflies
• 35 Cold-Stunned Endangered Sea Turtles Wash Up on New England Beach
• Small cat conservationists hail Uganda’s new Echuya Forest National Park
• California’s top wildlife manager leaves post for Nature Conservancy
• Economic growth no longer linked to carbon emissions in most of the world, study finds
• Scientists discover nine new species of butterfly from South America from specimens
• Major conservation of B.C. forestry land totalling 45,000 hectares announced
• U.S. Protections Sought for Imperiled Malaysian Purple-Femur Tarantula
• Researchers use state-of-the-art technology to tackle major issue in forests: 'We're not equipped [without it]'
• Economic growth no longer linked to carbon emissions in most of the world, study finds
• Science’s 2025 Breakthrough of the Year: The unstoppable rise of renewable energy
• 280 million e-bikes are slashing oil demand far more than electric vehicles
• UN report: Five charts showing how global deforestation is declining
• California Bolsters Climate Commitment with $1.1 Billion Transit and Infrastructure Investment
• Four bright spots in climate news in 2025
• Trump says he’ll unleash Venezuela’s oil. But who wants it?
• Protecting California’s public lands from oil and gas drilling is defending public health
• Electric company profits will drop a smidge. Don’t get too excited
• A Year After the LA Fires, Recovery Is Lagging, But Bright Spots Emerge
• Tesla loses title as world's biggest electric vehicle maker as sales fall for second year in a row
• 2025 was one of three hottest years on record, scientists say
• How Trump broke California’s grip on the auto market
• ‘The perfect storm’: Trump has left the US less prepared for natural disasters, experts say
• State regulators vote to keep utility profits high, angering customers across California
• Trump quits pivotal 1992 climate treaty, in massive hit to global warming effort
• US Department of Interior Delays Monarch Butterfly Listing Under Endangered Species Act
• Rare North Atlantic right whale see uptick in births. What's behind the population boost
• Endangered Lake Sturgeon released in 3 Ohio rivers
• Incredibly Rare Mountain Gorilla Twins Have Just Been Born In The Wild
• Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frog reintroduced in Tahoe National Forest
• California is completely free of drought for the first time in 25 years
• Hungary's 'water guardian' farmers fight back against desertification
• Norway: World’s first subsea desalination plant set to launch in 2026
• Saudi Arabia to reintroduce lions after more than 100 years
• 'After 200 years, we're seeing this species again': The lost birds making a comeback in the Galapagos Islands
• Snowy Owl declared extinct in Sweden after decade without breeding
• Scientists say they have discovered 20 new species deep in the Pacific Ocean : NPR
• Microsoft Secures Uganda Forestry Carbon Removal Deal
• Red-cockaded woodpecker makes comeback in Louisiana
• Lawsuit Seeks Habitat Protections for California's Southern Sierra Nevada Fisher
• EPA to stop calculating money and lives saved by curbs on air pollution
• Flying foxes die in their thousands in worst mass-mortality event since Australia’s black summer