Conservation News ~ 22 November 2019

• Ancient Kansas shark is new species
• US Fed agency plans are not adequate to prevent 99.8% of US Endangered Species from suffering
• Enviro groups threaten lawsuit over Endangered Species Act
• All but one of the US’s Endangered Species are vulnerable to climate change
• World’s donkeys being decimated by demand for Chinese medicine
• Oxford dictionary declares ‘climate emergency’ the word of 2019
• Coldplay pause touring until they can offer ‘environmentally beneficial’ concerts
• Iceland accused of putting mackerel stocks at risk by increasing its catch
• One-third of tropical African plant species at risk of extinction
• EasyJet to become first airline to offset all carbon emissions
• Kruger National Park rejoices after good rainfall
• Brazil works behind the scenes to greenlight Manuas-Boa Vista transmission line
• In Indonesian waters, filter feeders can ingest dozens to hundreds of microplastic particles every hour
• Illegal logging persists in Cambodia’s Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary
• Indonesian politician at heart of permit scandal dies ahead of graft trial
• Coca Cola is world’s largest plastic polluter for second straight year
• Dragonfly swarms over Sri Lanka spark interest and highlight threats to them and damselflies
• Decades after abandoned farmlands, plant biodiversity and productivity struggle to recover
• Oregon Capitol sit in opposing Jordan Cove LNG pipeline
• Rare fish-eating crocodile confirmed nesting in southwest Nepal after 37 years
• Climate change reassessment prompts call for a ‘more sober’ discourse
• Massive crater under Greenland’s ice points to climate-altering impact in the time of humans
• Decapitated Sumatran elephant found dead in Indonesia
• Tanzania rallies to protect world’s largest population of lions
• Agroforestry program in Appalachia receives $590,000 in federal funding
• NASA confirms water vapor on Jupiter’s moon Europa
• Fires leave a million Indonesians gasping
• House approves bill to eliminate sale of shark fins nationwide
• NASA has found sugar in meteorites that crashed to Earth
• Cheetah researchers accused of spying sentenced in Iran
• New dynamic strategy to protect biodiversity – transient protected areas
• Amazon wildfires proved to be caused by deforestation
• Giant vegan billboard arrives at Waterloo
• Ancient Komodo dragon-like animals had heads proportionally larger than dinosaurs
• Team of scientists discovered 140 huge mysterious drawings in Peru
• Judge orders search of MPCA computers in PolyMet challenge
• Climate impacts ‘to cost world $7.9 trillion’ by 2050
• Beavers to be released by National Trust as flood control
• Emirates president thanks Greta Thunberg for helping change
• New species of seaweed uncovered
• New Mexico Environment Department requests $1.2m to study toxic plume
• Light pollution is key ‘bringer of insect apocalypse’
• Target meets 2020 goal to install 500 rooftop solar arrays ahead of schedule
• New Panda park in China will be much bigger than Yellowstone
• Plankton biodiversity mapped globally
• California Governor cracks down on fracking
• Black-throated finch wins 2019 Australian bird of the year
• NOAA fisheries just released thousands of captive bred white abalone
• Climate groups can’t run ads about global warming on Twitter, but Exxon can
• Deforestation in the Amazon has hit its highest level in more than a decade
• Keystone spill has affected nearly 10x more land than was estimated
• European Investment bank drops fossil fuel funding
• Secretive energy startup backed by Bill Gates achieves solar breakthrough
• Companies that fail to tackle climate change will be delisted from the London Stock Exchange, Labour Party proposes
• Activists fighting for their lands swept up in Philippines crackdown
• Mozambique’s newly empowered rangers, courts catch up with poachers, loggers
• New hope for one of world’s more endangered reptiles
• VSU bioblitz discovers new species
• Idris Elba has parasitic wasp named after him
• Major new project to use nature-based solutions to help Laos adapt to climate change
• California to stop buying from automakers that backed the White House on emissions
• Kruger National Park elephant has very close encounter with ranger
• Restigouche Wilderness Waterway on its way to becoming a provincial park
• Taiwan’s Pygmy Seahorses have a robust social media presence
• Peru signs agreement to end deforestation caused by palm oil by 2021
• We have broken nature into more than 990,000 little pieces – the same area should be 73,000 fragments
• Feral horses gallop to the rescue of butterflies in distress
• Slow Lorises and other endangered animals rescued after crackdowns in Hyderbad
• Newly discovered fossil bird fills in gap between dinosaurs and modern fliers
• Ant expert discovers new Utah species in backyard
• Two of America’s biggest coal plants closed this month
• Rhino, calf electrocuted by collapsed power pylon in South Africa
• An economist quantifies how valuable whales are to fighting climate change
• World’s largest public bank ditches oil and coal in victory for the climate movement
• Botany student unearths three presumed extinct species
• Colombia’s carbon tax could help protect the Amazon rainforest
• Climate impacts 626% worse than expected for intact forest loss
• SRP plans to install Arizona’s biggest battery for massive solar plant
• Federal judge blocks the West Elk Coal Mine expansion after environmental groups sue
• Indigenous activist wins prestigious environmental and peace award
• 14 month old lioness brutally declawed in Gaza Zoo so visitors can play with her
• Sage Grouse court order trims energy lease auction in Nevada
• Fires devastate tiger and elephant habitat in Sumatra
• Activists hold conference deep in the Amazon
• Rapid expansion of protected areas around the world failing to reduce human pressures on land
• New species of ancient bird found in Japan
• India seeks Asian Elephant’s inclusion on global endangered species list
• Victoria to ban logging of native forests under groundbreaking new policy
• Arctic Ocean could be ice-free for part of the year as soon as 2044
• Michelin-starred Chef Dominique Crenn announces all of her restaurants are no meat free
• Angkor Wat is finally putting a stop to its elephant rides
• Storing energy in hydrogen 20 times more effective using platinum-nickel catalyst
• Pelosi signs bill making animal cruelty a federal crime
• New species found in Amsterdam park
• Researcher created an algorithm that removes the water from underwater images
• World’s largest bank cuts finance for coal