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Conservation News ~ 20 May 2022

5/20/2022

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  • Ugandan court hands Congolese parrot trafficker seven-year jail sentence
  • New investigation links chicken supply chains in Europe to Indigenous rights abuses in Brazil
  • Pasture replaces large tract of intact primary forest in Brazilian protected area
  • Release the cats: Training native species to fear invasive predators
  • In Brazilian Amazon, Indigenous lands stop deforestation and boost recovery
  • The slender-snouted crocodile savior: Q&A with Whitley Award winner Emmanuel Amoah
  • Small-island fishers petition Indonesian president to end coastal dredging
  • As tiger numbers in Nepal and India grow, their freedom to roam shrinks
  • Wage-related abuses in fishing industry exacerbated by pandemic response
  • ‘The wheels came off’: South Africa court nixes coal mine extension
  • Geoengineering Earth’s climate future: Straight talk with Wake Smith
  • ‘Bring back burning culture’ to save seabirds: Q&A with Wudjari ranger Jennell Reynolds
  • Malawi steps up action against illegal charcoal trade (analysis)
  • Training on pasture recovery is a win-win for Brazil’s cattle ranchers and forests
  • Banks bet big on coal in Indonesia, bucking global shift away from fossil fuel
  • China-funded dam could disrupt key Argentine glaciers and biodiversity
  • Conservation win for Bangladesh as efforts to halt vulture decline pay off
  • New plant species discovered in Knuckles Range
  • Infrastructure Act to Provide $68 Million for Ecosystem Restoration Projects
  • Archaeologists stunned on discovering 'totally new species' of human in African cave
  • Trophy hunting incentivises killing of endangered animals, warns Zambian environmentalist
  • Red salamander found in Panamanian forest is a new species
  • Striking new snake species discovered in Paraguay
  • CCAS professor helps discover salamander species in US Gulf Coastal Plain
  • Dust Storm, Hurricane-Force Winds Tear Path Across U.S. Upper Midwest
  • "Texas Heatwave To Test Power Grid Again This Week"
  • Study Says Warming Played a Role in Deadly South African Floods
  • "Hearing Shows Uphill Fight For Progressive Mining Reform"
  • "Here’s the First-Ever Map Showing Wildfire Risk to American Homes"
  • "Why the Biden Administration’s Plan to Fix Gas Prices Isn’t Working"
  • "Lawsuit Targets EPA Clean Air Act Waiver Revival"
  • "9th Circuit Keeps Massive Ariz. Copper Mine On Ice"
  • "Poor Workers Bear The Brunt Of India's Heatwave"
  • Justice Dept. Tries to Put Teeth Into Environmental Justice Efforts
  • Rivers could generate thousands of nuclear power plants worth of energy, thanks to a new ‘blue' membrane
  • Environment award stokes urge to save Indonesia’s karst landscape
  • Village uses Indigenous seeds to slow down Cerrado deforestation
  • Ousted anti-mining mayor heads back to Philippine city hall after landslide win
  • Oil exploration in DR Congo peatland risks forests, climate and local communities
  • "Buffalo Suspect May Be Latest Mass Shooter Motivated By ‘Eco-Fascism’"
  • "Menaced By Flames, Nuclear Lab Peers Into Future Of Wildfire"
  • "Meatpackers Drafted Trump Order On Meat Plants During Covid-19"
  • "6 Months In, Biden’s Infrastructure Plan Has 4,300 Projects"
  • "U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve Drops To Lowest Level Since 1987"
  • "Climate Change Is Hurting Insurers, Report Says"
  • Pennsylvania Senate Candidates Support Fracking, Barely Mention Climate
  • "The ‘Carbon Bombs’ Set To Trigger Catastrophic Climate Breakdown"
  • "In US, States Struggle To Replace Fossil Fuel Tax Revenue"
  • "Far From Lake Powell, Drought Punishes Another Western Dam"
  • Amazon deforestation threatens newly discovered fish species in Brazil
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  • Scientists Discover New Non-Venomous Snake Species in Paraguay
  • "Pollution Killing 9 Million People A Year, Africa Hardest Hit - Study"
  • "Carbon Dioxide Pipelines Are Going Dangerously Unregulated"
  • "Fukushima Water Release Plan Gets Initial OK From Japan Regulator"
  • "$230M Settlement Reached Over 2015 California Oil Spill"
  • Chicagoans Near Heavy-Traffic Corridors Breathing Most Polluted Air
  • "Judge Reverses Trump-Era ESA Sage Grouse Move"
  • "Europe Rethinks Its Reliance on Burning Wood for Electricity"
  • "Oceans Are Hotter, Higher And More Acidic, Climate Report Warns"
  • "U.N. Secretary General Asks Countries To Ease Barriers To Green Energy"
  • "He Bought The House 9 Months Ago. Then The Ocean Swept It Away."
  • Two New Fish Species Discovered in Brazil
  • Scientists Discover Nearly 1 Billion-Year-Old Organisms, Possibly Alive
  • Australia's tropical rainforests have been dying faster for decades in 'clear and stark climate warning'
  • Carbon pollution pushed environmental breakdown to record levels in 2021
  • New species of non-venomous snake recorded in Mizoram
  • Podcast: Vandana Shiva on the agroecology solution for the climate, biodiversity crisis and hunger
  • EU Parliament’s Environment Committee urges scale back of biomass burning
  • Indigenous group and locals sign agreement to protect sustainable livelihoods and culture
  • Open-pit mining ban lifted in Philippine province, clearing way for copper project
  • Spotted hyenas adapt to climate change in famed Tanzanian park
  • Study: Breeding adaptations help tree frogs thrive in different climates
  • Ivory from at least 150 poached elephants seized in the DRC raid
  • Illegal mining footprint swells nearly 500% inside Brazil Indigenous territories
  • ‘Wildlife-friendly’ infrastructure rules in Nepal and India ignore the birds
  • ‘It’s just a bird’: Online platforms selling lesser-known Indonesian species
  • From victims to claimants: Mobilizing the IPCC Assessment for climate justice (commentary)
  • Scientists uncover widespread declines of raptors in Kenya
  • In Brazil’s Amazon, Quilombolas fight the erasure of their African heritage
  • "Vast Swath of US at Risk of Summer Blackouts, Regulator Warns"
  • "Environmentalists Oppose More Life For California Nuke Plant"
  • "SEC To Consider Sustainable Investing Rules"
  • Droughts, Fires, Floods: Could Climate Change Decide Australian Election?
  • "Climate Change Swells Odds Of Record India, Pakistan Heatwaves"
  • "Here’s What We Know About The Legacy of DDT Dumping Off L.A.'s Coast"
  • "Senators Announce Bipartisan Deal To Aid Veterans Exposed To Burn Pits"
  • "UN Floats Plan To Boost Renewables As Climate Worries Mount"
  • Plastic 'Recycling' Gets Boost In 18 US States — But Is It Really Recycling?
  • Lead Poisonings of Children in Baltimore Are Down, But Still A Threat
  • Bird watcher wrongfully accused in Central Park video gets a bird watching TV show
  • DOE announces nearly $25 million to study advanced clean hydrogen technologies
  • Activists disrupt Africa Energies summit in Mayfair, London
  • Fly researchers find another layer hiding in the code of life
  • Scientists unearth Africa’s oldest burial: a small child, laid to rest 78,000 years ago
  • San Diego Port commits to $180,000 to help propagate endangered Ridgeway Rail
  • Netherlands to ban fossil heating from 2026, make heat pumps necessary
  • The first electric fire truck is deployed in the US by the LAFD
  • Conger ice shelf has collapsed
  • Wolf seen in Brittany for first time in a century
  • India bans all wheat exports over food security risk
  • An engineer grows giant pyramids of ice to store water in the world’s highest desert
  • California just ran on 100% renewable energy, but fossil fuels aren’t fading away
  • 1GW project pipeline firms up in New Zealand
  • Construction begins on Australia’s first gigawatt scale wind project
  • New species of Chinese giant salamander discovered
  • Results from mining tax for reforestation in the DRC leave more questions than answers
  • Conflict over resources in Kenya hits deadly highs with firearms in play
  • As biomass burning surges in Japan and South Korea, where will Asia get its wood?
  • 9m deaths a year from pollution, the ‘largest existential threat’ to humans
  • In Bangladesh, a community comes together to save a life-giving forest
  • Slick operator: Indonesian cooking oil probe may spread to biodiesel industry
  • With Severe Drought, An Urgent Call To Rework Colorado River Pact
  • "Former Interior Secretary Didn’t Violate Lobbying Laws, Watchdog Finds"
  • Trump Nominees Still Control Key Mine Safety Agency in Biden’s 2nd Year
  • "Pro-Trump Counties Continue To Suffer Far Higher Covid Death Tolls"
  • Foresters Hope To Help Trees Migrate Amid Climate Change
  • "Rare Monkeypox Case Confirmed In Massachusetts"
  • "Biden Forest Plan Stirs Dispute Over What Counts As “Old”"
  • "Extreme Heat Linked To Rise in US Death Rates: Study"
  • 21 Democratic AGs File Motion To Intervene In Calif. Emissions Lawsuit
  • "What the Insect Crisis Means for Food, Farming — and Humanity"
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