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Conservation News ~ 20 December 2019

12/19/2019

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  • As Australia bakes, a marine heatwave of historic scale is killing sea animals
  • Hundreds of dead sharks found trapped in massive floating ‘ghost net’
  • Largest private giant sequoia grove for sale
  • Success as 178,500 Tricolored Blackbirds are saved by Audubon
  • Costa Rica lists the Hammerhead Shark as Critically Endangered
  • Mountain Gorilla census reveals further increase in numbers, over 1600
  • Three pangolin species closer to extinction
  • Climate change has cut Australian farm profits by 22%a year over past 20 years
  • US among top 10 countries for pollution-related deaths
  • The world’s oldest forest has 385-million-year-old tree roots
  • Philippine coastal town leads war against plastic trash
  • Malaysia to let RSPO publish oil palm concession maps
  • Central American countries pledge to protect Mesoamerica’s 5 great forests
  • As pesticide approvals soar, Brazil’s tapirs, bees, other wildlife suffer
  • Microplastics may be a macro problem for the US Great Plains
  • Women from the Xingu Territory unite against threats from Brazil’s administration
  • Hundreds of Bald Eagles soar above Lake Pend, Oregon
  • Fighting to save an endangered ape, Indonesian activists fear for their lives
  • Researchers discover three new species of extinct South American Marsupials
  • Nigeria to be ready for oil decline, says environment minister
  • New Mexico officials ask for Endangered Species Act probe
  • Delaware Firefly, Gulf Coast Bee move toward Endangered Species protection
  • Arhuaco community of Colombia allows scientists to photograph lost toad
  • Grizzly Bear lawsuit settlement requires a look at lower 48 states
  • Sri Lanaka’s Sinharaja rainforest reserve to be quadrupled in size
  • Big step in producing carbon-neutral fuel – silver diphoside
  • A Philippine conservation park juggles funding needs with animal welfare
  • EU officials say biomass burning policy to come under critical review
  • Tanzania creates 1st national giraffe conservation plan
  • New freshwater fish named for Thai conservation visionary
  • New species of bobtail squid discovered
  • Superglue plant and miracle berry among 2019’s new finds
  • Scientists discover cheaper way to make hydrogen out of water
  • Degraded soils mean tropical forests may never fully recover from logging
  • Sweet potato can warn neighbors of insect attacks
  • In Colorado coal towns, the next generation is turning to solar
  • Neutrons optimize high efficiency catalyst for greener approach to biofuel synthesis
  • Hunters secure conservation win in year-end legislation
  • Feral horse numbers gallop past 25,000 in the Australian Alps
  • Light pollution lures nighttime pollinators away from plants
  • Goldman Sachs and Liberty Mutual beef up fossil fuel lending policies
  • Thousands of exposed ‘penis fish’ washed up on a beach in California
  • New species of/ shark discovered in deep sea
  • Scientists develop liquid fuel that can store the sun’s energy for up to 18 years
  • Discovery reveals tractionless motion is possible
  • 33 bear deaths in 2019 marks ‘average’ human-bear conflict season in Yukon
  • Senate confirms unqualified industry shill to run fish and wildlife service
  • Peru creates new conservation area to protect glaciers from extractive operations
  • Officials push for Northern Corrido through Red Cliffs tortoise habitat
  • In mineral-rich Chhota Nagpur plateau, a new frog species sparks interest
  • Longest climate talks end with compromise deal, no decision on carbon markets
  • Ecuador forest hidden in the clouds is home to tiny endangered bird
  • Indonesia nabs 2 suspected smugglers of Leopard, lion cubs
  • Aldi pledges 100% compostable or recyclable packaging by 2025
  • Researchers in Iceland can turn CO2 into rock
  • Hunters who killed research elephant lose licenses
  • Scientists find one billion year old fungi, earth’s oldest
  • SUK researchers discover two new species of begonia in Western Ghats
  • Scientists call for a complete ban on glitter
  • Murders of indigenous leaders in Brazil Amazon hit highest level in two decades
  • Kenyan police arrest suspects with 73kg of ivory
  • Bhutan wins recognition for tiger conservation efforts
  • New rodeo ants discovered riding other ant species near downtown in a Texas city
  • New species of orchid found in Western Ghats
  • Mediterranean pen shell listed as critically endangered
  • Land purchased near Alabama Toyota plant will preserve habitat for endangered fish
  • Peatlands are crucial carbon sinks but they are not on the map
  • Australia’s bushfires have emitted 250m tonnes of CO2, almost half of Australia’s annual emissions
  • Whitetip sharks declared critically endangered but gain no protections in Pacific
  • Brazil’s official presence at COP25 diverges widely from its public persona
  • Indonesia to revive idle shrimp farms to boost fisheries and save mangroves
  • Indonesia’s fires burned mostly abandoned and degraded land, not forests
  • Indonesia dam raises questions about UN hydropower carbon loophole
  • Zoo Atlanta welcomes new species
  • Pope presses anti-nuke, environment in call for peace message
  • Harvest mice found thriving 15 years after reintroduction efforts
  • Eight-year-old climate activist climbs lamp post to protect outside COP25
  • Dozens of states want to keep America’s broken climate promise
  • US Fossil Fuel subsidies exceed Pentagon spending
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