Conservation News ~ 17 July2020

• Taiwan to ban fishing of megamouth, great, and basking sharks
• After HTBT cotton, Maharashtra farmers plan to plant genetically-modified brinjal, soyabean
• Prince William says ‘urgent steps’ needed to eradicate illegal wildlife trade in fight against future pandemics
• Russia launches pollution investigation after streams run orange
• Nature-led coronavirus recovery could create $10tn a year, says WEF
• Scientists discover three new species of chameleons
• Two new species of parasite discovered in crabs
• Endangered species protections sought for rare wolf in southeast Alaska
• Permian Dunes Lizard targeted for endangered species protection
• Great Lakes water temperatures warming off the charts; some spots over 80 degrees
• Plastic for recycling from Europe ends up in Asia’s waters
• The chicken first crossed the road in Southeast Asia, landmark gene study finds
• First signs of success in bid to reintroduce pine martens to England
• Red Wolves is preferred new football name among some wildlife advocates
• 250 failing fracking companies to file for bankruptcy by 2021
• 150+ hunting and fishing companies ask congress to pass the MAPLand act
• About 94% of wild bee and native plant species networks lost
• A Canadian Province killed 463 wolves for no good reason
• Indonesia’s new lobster export policy threatens Javan rhino habitat
• For the first time, scientists have completely sequenced a human chromosome
• Exporting toxic chemical waste to poor countries must end, says UN
• China’s latest medicine list still includes wildlife ingredients
• Peter Kareiva is named CEO and President of the Aquarium of the Pacific
• EPA declines to tighten smog standards amid pressure from green groups
• Huey Johnson, Marin County environmental leader, dies at 87
• White House weakens environmental law to speed up permits for pipelines and other infrastructure
• Corn growers in Brazil’s Cerrado reap a hostile climate of their own making
• Dam that threatens orangutan habitat faces three-year delay
• Risking death and arrest, Madagascar fishers chase dwindling sea cucumbers
• In Mexico, groups push for reforms to law promoting sustainable forest use
• New research shows microplastics in our food, water, air
• The woman building the forest corridors saving Brazil’s black lion tamarin
• Global methane emissions reach a record high
• Smaller farmer’s fields can reduce biodiversity loss and increase wild plants, birds, beetles, and bats
• Dakota Access pipeline can keep running amid legal fight
• Top Amazon deforestation satellite researcher sacked by Bolsonaro
• Creatures from the deep: new species from Chilean Patagonia
• Biden campaign adopts carbon-free power by 2035 in $2t environment plan
• New study shows rural westerners strongly support environmental protections
• North Atlantic Right Whales now red-listed as critically endangered
• 7 arrested for alleged endangered green sea turtles smuggling attempt
• Farmers hatch plan to return area the size of Dorset to wild nature
• Privatize the profit, socialize the mess – abandoned fracking wells left spewing climate
• UN’s grand plan to save forests hasn’t worked, but some still believe it can
• Deer dropping help researchers understand sambar antler development
• An export boom threatens to put Madagascar’s mud crabs in hot water
• Habitat of newly described frog in Sumatra threatened by oil palms, roads
• Discovery of fish never recorded in the Amazon shows richness of Brazil Calha Norte
• Killer Whales face Killer toxins
• New species of crab has been names after Nightwish
• World’s smallest primate among new animals added to the list of critically endangered species
• Inkjet printing fabrication paves way for practical perovskite solar cell production
• Indigenous Peoples’ rights and climate change advocate Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim joins Conservation International Board of Directors
• Indonesia approves coal road project through forest that hosts tigers, elephants
• Mexico bans Monsanto’s roundup herbicide
• UN predicts rise in diseases that jump from animals to humans due to habitat loss
• The Denmark law that could make climate change illegal
• IUCN appoints new Director General – Dr. Bruno Oberle
• US push to dilute energy regulations as bailouts to fossil fuel firms
• Zambia sells part of Victoria Falls land to China
• Tasmania’s precious swift parrot habitats marked for logging despite expert warnings
• An Extinction Hotspot in Appalachia
• Calls to revers absurd rule on endangered species, boost koala aid
• A closed border, pandemic-weary tourists and a big bottleneck at Glacier National Park
• Whale census records set to be smashed along Australia’s east coast
• Like humans, beluga whales form social networks beyond family ties
• COVID pandemic prompts record drop in global emissions
• Farmers and animal rights activists are coming together to fight big factory farms
• Germany bans single-use plastic products
• New species of Brown Snake discovered on island
• Nearly all Madagascar’s lemur species face extinction
• Snakes in China eat firefly larvae to create venom
• Sydney is now powered by Renewable Energy
• Wild Bison return to UK for first time in 6,000 years
• New models show how species will be relocated by climate change
• Scientists identify new species of sea sponge off the coast of British Colombia, Canada
• New species of plant-eating dinosaur identified in Switzerland
• Scientists fear for the world’s most endangered sea turtle as the Park Service cuts back
• Endangered Species petition filed for Southeast Alaska wolves
• Genetics could help protect coral reefs from global warming
• Factory farming is the single most risky behavior for future pandemics
• WWF now says it supports a ban on trophy hunting imports in the UK
• Andean condor can fly 100 miles without flapping wings
• Navajo Women are bringing sustainable solar power to the Navajo Nation
• Brazil’s past finance ministers defend environment against Bolsonaro
• Philippine court reject OceanGold’s bid to keep mining on expired permit
• Rainforest Alliance Certification gets a 2020 upgrade