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Conservation News ~ 17 July2020

7/17/2020

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  • 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
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