Conservation News ~ 19 November 2021

• ‘Standing with your feet in the water’: COP26 struggles to succeed
• The Amazon has highest October forest loss since at least 2007
• New study helps cattle ranchers monitor ecological impact on U.S. rangelands
• Hospital waste, not masks, are plastic scourge of pandemic: Study
• Work starts on new sanctuary for captive breeding of Sumatran rhinos
• Côte d’Ivoire braces to save what’s left of its single-digit forest cover
• You can move an elephant to the jungle, but it won’t stay there, study says
• Legal challenge to South Africa mine expansion looks to set new landmark
• Forest declarations are nice, but profitability determines land use in the Amazon (Book excerpt)
• In Mozambique, mystery of tuskless elephant points to poaching as the culprit
• Judge asked to restore endangered species protections for gray wolves
• Endangered Species and Sea Life's Livelihood in River Thames Could Be at Risk
• A new species of fig discovered on Uluru
• Arabian cobra becomes 12,000th animal added to ark of at-risk species
• Larger conservation areas didn't protect animals in central Africa
• For Kenyan farmers, organic fertilizer bokashi brings the land back to life
• Judge asked to restore endangered species protections for gray wolves
• Freshwater Mussel Gains Endangered Species Act Protection in North Carolina, Virginia
• The last spotted ground thrush on Malawi’s lonely mountain
• Ambitious English rewilding project aims to give 20% of land ‘back to nature’
• Indigenous mine opponents targeted in raids during state of siege in Guatemala
• Countries fail to agree on Antarctic conservation measures for fifth straight year
• Palm oil firm that dried out its land held not liable for fires that followed
• In rural Nigeria, the magic of cinema builds support for ape conservation
• Honey bees find food more easily in cities, thanks to abundant urban gardens
• EPA finds herbicides may harm endangered species, angering ag groups
• 2 new beetle species discovered in Negros
• State Parties in the Pacific reassess their priorities concerning the World Heritage
• Plankton are the superstars of the ocean and MAPMAKER is the tool that follows them
• Nature-based Solutions must be credible, measurable and inclusive – IUCN
• Global launch of the Great Blue Wall
• As world leaders in Glasgow commit to restoration of terrestrial ecosystems, IUCN launches the first of its kind typology of restoration actions
• "Coming Off Climate Talks, US To Hold Huge Crude Sale In Gulf"
• Biden Submits Treaty Fighting Climate Super-Pollutants For Senate OK
• Amazon Birds Shrinking As Climate Warms: Warning From Scientists
• "The Pacific Northwest Is in the Midst of a ‘Cascading Hazard’"
• "Regulators Seek To Suspend Trump Rule On Railway Natural Gas"
• "The Pesticide Ban Movement Gains Momentum"
• "‘It’s Like Hunting Aliens’: Inside The Town Besieged By Armadillos"
• "Congress Poised To Dramatically Alter Clean Energy Subsidies"
• "A Fish Farm Next To Acadia? Lobstermen, NPS Give A Loud ‘No’"
• Pollution Experts Won't Let Science Museum Show Work Over Shell Links
• "Biden Signs Infrastructure Bill, Promoting Benefits For Americans"
• "EPA Finalizes Its First National Recycling Strategy"
• "Day 1 Takeaways From Tribal Nations Summit"
• "Flooding, Outages, And Rescues Mount In Severe West Coast Weather"
• "Drilling For ‘White Gold’ Is Happening Right Now At The Salton Sea"
• Opinion: "Social Media Is Polluted With Climate Denialism"
• New Delhi Air Pollution Is So Bad, Officials Call For Citywide Lockdown
• "Memphis Residents Wage Fight Against TVA Coal Ash Storage"
• Nations Fail To Agree On Antarctic Conservation For Fifth Straight Year
• "Could ‘Smokey Beaver’ Help Fight Wildfires?"
• Nations Strike Climate Deal, but World Remains Far From Limiting Warming
• "Sinking Tuvalu Laments Watered Down U.N. Glasgow Climate Pact"
• Glasgow Climate Promises Now Rest With a Handful of Powerful Leaders
• "John Kerry Says Fossil Fuel Subsidies Are The ‘Definition Of Insanity.’"
• "Flooding and Nuclear Waste Eat Away at a Tribe’s Ancestral Home"
• Messonnier, Birx Detail Political Interference In Coronavirus Response
• "U.S. Court Voids Emissions Rules For Heavy-Duty Truck Trailers"
• "$1B Transmission Smack Down May Upend Northeast Renewables"
• Biden Plans to Bar New Drilling Around Major Native American Cultural Site
• "Days After Climate Summit, Biden To Hold ‘Carbon Bomb’ Gulf Oil Sale"
• Rare Sierra Nevada red foxes survive massive Dixie fire that burned habitat
• "Biden Lauds Electric Cars In Michigan As Climate Agenda Hits Road Bumps"
• White House Takes Aim At Oil Industry As Gas Prices Create Rifts
• "How Bad Is The Pacific North-West Flooding And What Caused It?"
• "Biden’s First — and Maybe Last — Gulf Oil Sale Draws Big Bids"
• "New Energy Regulator Gets Tie-Breaking Vote on Grid’s Future"
• NHL Partnership With Chemical Company Leaves Environmental Watchdogs Cold
• "After Record Low, Monarch Butterflies Return To California"
• "EPA Overturns Approval Of Mississippi Yazoo Pumps Project"
• "Ethanol: Brazil’s Sugar-Based Biofuel Built On Labor Abuse"
• American Shad On Brink Of Collapse In The James River, Nonprofit Says
• Scientists Discover Unknown Plant Species Growing on Australia's Sacred Uluru
• The Greater Mekong region: A hotspot of wildlife and crime
• Primary-colored poison: Lead paint still a major threat to Indonesian kids
• In Sumatra, a snare trap costs a baby elephant her trunk, then her life
• Carnivores avoid rush hour by taking to roads at night
• Indonesia slashes 2021 mangrove restoration target, vows to make up in 2022
• Court convenes historic hearing in Indigenous territory on land consent issue
• Think that GIF of the smoking chimp is funny? The chimp wasn’t laughing
• Study evaluates role of rivers in creating the Amazon’s rich biodiversity
• Monarch butterflies return to California after record low
• Young forests can help heal tropical aquatic ecosystems: Study
• Amazon deforestation unexpectedly surges 22% to highest level since 2006
• Hope old and new: COP26 focused on two largely unsung climate solutions
• New Himalayan snake found via Instagram
• How sharing and learning from failures can transform conservation (commentary)
• “Earthshine” from the Moon shows our planet is dimming, intensifying global warming
• Bali’s new highway project sparks concerns about agriculture and conservation areas
• Outcry in Sri Lanka as suspected elephant kidnappers get to keep the animals
• An unlikely safari in Brazil is helping save the Pantanal’s jaguars
• Marine Biologists Discover New Species of Octopus
• State Endangered Species Protection Sought for Rare Central California Lizard
• New Himalayan snake found via Instagram
• House Readies Friday Vote On Social, Climate Bill After Mccarthy Delay
• "EPA Moves To Erase Trump-Era WOTUS Rule"
• "U.S. To Back Global Treaty Aimed At Curbing Plastic Pollution"
• Biden USFS To Propose Road Ban On Much Of Alaska Tongass National Forest
• "The Forgotten Oil Ads That Told Us Climate Change Was Nothing"
• "During COP26, Facebook Served Ads With Climate Falsehoods, Skepticism"
• "Senate Confirms Park Service Director After Years Of Acting Heads"
• "How Air, Water And Climate Pollution Shape Our Mental Health"
• "Regional EPA Bosses Named for New York, Southeast, and Mountain West"
• "Protesters Disrupt The World’s Largest Coal Port" (Video)
• Floating wind farms could make California 100% renewable by 2045
• USFWS withdraws flawed Red Wolf Rule
• New colony of koalas discovered in Sydney
• Lions at Singapore Zoo test positive for COVID
• Palm cockatoo populations projected to halve in 50 years
• 3 dead, hundreds injured after storms rouse scorpions in Egypt
• Three snow leopards die of COVID at children’s zoo in Nebraska
• British Colombia to shut down all fur farms
• New mineral discovered in Deep Earth diamond
• Natural gas customers in Texas get stuck with $3.4 billion cold-snap surcharge