Conservation News ~ 25 August 2023

• International Standardization Organisation – mainstreaming biodiversity standards
• Chapultepec Park in Mexico City to host 2024 IUCN Regional Conservation Forum for Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean
• The Tiger Programme has opened its new Call for Concept Notes
• New global guidance on Ranger Competences and on Work and Employment Standards for Rangers
• IUCN announces Second Call for Concept Notes for SADC TFCA Financing Facility
• Check out the new IUCN Member magazine
• Application For SSC EDGE Internal Grants opens soon!
• IUCN SULi launches new database on the use of wild species
• Global EbA Fund announces its 6th call
• Call for nominations, information, and proposals regarding the development of an IUCN policy on synthetic biology in relation to nature conservation
• Fondation Segré Conservation Action Fund – New Calls for Proposals now open!
• New species of 'docile' snake discovered in India:
• Six-legged creature found in Chinese cave is new species
• Kenya faces $1 billion shortfall for forestry plans over next five years, says Environment ministry
• New species of small gecko discovered in Uzbekistan canyons
• Costa Rica's Cloud Cover Forest Evaporating from Lack of Rain"After Maui Wildfires Kill 96, Search For The Missing Continues"
• "Raid of Small Kansas Newspaper Raises Free Press Concerns"
• "Louisiana Created Alleged Conflict Of Interest In ‘Cancer Alley’ Case"
• "Mi’kmaw Nation, Lobster Harvesters Suing Feds For Treaty Violations"
• "EPA Launches Civil Rights Probe Over Calif. Water Fight"
• "We're In For An 'Above Average' Atlantic Hurricane Season, NOAA Predicts"
• "Playing Matchmaker for Corals"
• "South Korean Activists Protest Against Fukushima Water Discharge"
• ‘Circular Economy’ Went From Environmentalist Dream To Marketing Buzzword
• Bear Known As 'Hank The Tank' To Sanctuary After Breaking Into 21 Homes
• Young Activists Win First-Of-Its-Kind Climate Change Trial In Montana
• Mishmash Of How US Heat Deaths Are Counted Complicates Safety Efforts
• "Uranium Hunters in US West Face Partial Ban, Pollution Fears"
• "Mosquito Season Has Gotten A Month Longer In Some Places"
• "The Clean Energy Future Is Arriving Faster Than You Think"
• "DOE Rule Would Permit Power Lines Quickly"
• "US Appeals Court Rejects Challenge To Mountain Valley Pipeline"
• Survival of Wild Rice Threatened by Climate Change, Increased Rainfall
• "Texas’ Brazos River, Captive and Contaminated"
• Off Alaska Coast, Research Crew Peers Down To Map Deep And Remote Ocean
• "Canada's Northwest Territories Declares Emergency Due To Wildfires"
• 90% Of England’s Most Precious Rivers Polluteded By Raw Sewage And Farming
• "Despite Climate Goals, California Will Let Three Gas Plants Keep Running"
• "Interior Announces Potential Offshore Wind Areas For Oregon"
• Texans Must Fight "State-Regulated" Oilfield Waste Dumps By Themselves
• "Reviving the Redwoods"
• Minnesota Tribal School Fights To Eliminate PFAS in Drinking Water
• "Alarm At Exodus Of Climate Voices On Twitter After Musk Takeover"
• "What's to Be Done About the Wild Horse Herds of the American West?"
• Researchers Identify A New Pack Of Endangered Gray Wolves In California
• New Study Finds More Hurricane Deaths In US, Especially Among Vulnerable
• "Great Lakes Gets Its First Wind Farm – But Some Fear Environmental Fallout"
• "US Launches Program To Provide Electricity To More Native American Homes"
• "NYC Buildings Complying With Emissions Law Faster Than Expected"
• Pa. Kids Near Fracking Wells Face Higher Risk For Childhood Cancer And Asthma
• Farmworkers Can’t Escape Life-Threatening Heat At Work And At Home
• "One Family’s Toxic Train Wreck Ordeal: Illness, Exile and Debt"
• "‘This Way Of Farming Is Really Sexy’: The Rise Of Regenerative Agriculture"
• "How 10,000 Years Of Plagues Left Their Mark On Our DNA"
• "Books For Our New, Climate-Changed Summers"
• World’s largest private rhino herd auction ends in silence
• "The Toxic Aftermath Of The Maui Fires Could Last For Years"
• Drinking Water Of Millions Of Americans Contaminated With PFAS Chemicals
• "Major US Blackout Anniversary Renews Call for Power Grid Updates"
• "Here’s Where Water Is Running Out In The World — And Why"
• "Standards Still Murky for Disposing Oilfield Wastewater in Texas Rivers"
• "New Top Cop at the E.P.A. Aims to Get Enforcement Back on Track"
• "UN Climate Summit Host UAE Failed To Report Methane Emissions To UN"
• "SoCalGas Said Its Natural Gas Was ‘Renewable.’ Now, It’s Paying Penalties."
• "The Republic of Cows"
• "Time to Dance the Salmon Home"
• São Paulo students plant mini-forests on school grounds as urban oases
• "Fierce Hilary Rolls Into Southern California, Bringing Heavy Rain, Flooding"
• "Locals Have Been Sounding The Alarm For Years About Lahaina Wildfire Risk"
• Top Calif. Methane Emitter Is A Vast Cattle Feedlot. It Gets A Pass
• Court Pauses Uinta Basin Railway Project That Would Ship Oil Through Colorado
• "No More Radioactive Dumping In Hudson River: NY Gov. Hochul Signs Ban"
• NOAA Plans to Radically Expand Offshore Aquaculture; Not Everyone Is Onboard
• "Mexico Announces 13 New Protected Areas, With More To Come"
• Indian Floods: More Rain, Less Snow Are Turning Himalayas Dangerous
• "Inside The Narwhal: An Existential Threat To Online News In Canada"
• "These Animals Are Already Adapting to a Changing Climate"
• "After Hilary, A Big Clean-Up And Lots Of Water But Lives Spared"
• "The Latest on Hilary, Emily, Franklin, Gert, and a Texas-Mexico Threat"
• "Ecuador Votes To Ban Oil Drilling In Part Of Amazon, Mining Outside Quito"
• "850 People Missing After Maui Wildfires, Mayor Says Ahead Of Biden’s Visit"
• "EPA Punts Ozone Standard Review"
• "Oil Giants Fight Climate Deception Suit at Hawaii Supreme Court"
• Enviros Sue To Keep Virginia In Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
• Suicide Watch Incidents in Louisiana Prisons Spike on Extreme Heat Days
• Record Heat, Smoke Trigger Air Quality Alerts For New Orleans, Baton Rouge
• "Gardening Changed How I See Myself As A Disabled Woman"
• Biden Revives Rules to Prevent Another Deepwater Horizon Disaster
• "Japan To Release Fukushima Water Into Ocean From Aug. 24"
• "Greece Discovers 18 Charred Bodies As Southern Europe Wildfires Spread"
• PHMSA Raises Safety Concerns Over Mountain Valley Pipeline in Formal Notice
• Storm Harold Triggers Floods, Outages And Tornado Warnings As It Hits Texas
• Some States Reject Federal Money To Find, Replace Dangerous Lead Pipes
• "Biden Administration Approves 4th Commercial-Scale Offshore Wind Project"
• How A Mix Of Natural And Human-Caused Factors Cooked Up Storm Hilary Mess
• "PragerU Says It's Approved In Texas Schools. It's Not."
• "The Next Pandemic Could Strike Crops, Not People"
• Deadly Heat Wave In Central US Strains Infrastructure, Transport, Grid
• "Candidates Largely Dismiss Climate Issues At First GOP Debate"
• "Coastal Areas Will Face Record ‘Sunny Day’ Flooding In 2024 — NOAA"
• "Appalachia’s Fracking Counties Are Shedding Jobs And Residents: Study"
• "Texas Permits Lignite Mine Expansion Despite Water Worries"
• "Amazon Forest Carbon Emissions Skyrocketed Under Bolsonaro, Study Shows"
• "Lahaina’s Deadly Fire Has Intensified Maui’s Fight Over Water Rights"
• Climate Change May Force More Farmers And Ranchers To Costly Irrigation
• "This Songbird’s Genes May Show How Climate Change Has Sped Up Evolution"
• "Atop an Underwater Hot Spring, an ‘Octopus Garden’ Thrives"
• New dolphin species discovered along SC coast, study shows
• New species of 'leaf-toed' gecko discovered in Vietnam
• "Countries Adopt Multibillion-Dollar Fund To Protect Nature"
• Worries Over Seafood Safety Mount As Japan Releases Fukushima Water Into Sea
• Carbon Credit Speculators Could Lose Billions As Offsets Deemed ‘Worthless’
• "Canada: 14 Whales Have Died at Aquarium"
• "NASA Shares First Images From US Pollution-Monitoring Instrument"
• "Top Science Publisher Withdraws Flawed Climate Study"
• Loss Of Antarctic Ice Hurting Survival Of Emperor Penguin Chicks: Study
• New Flame Retardants Found In Breast Milk Years After Others Were Banned
• Poor Safety Rules Leave Farmworkers Suffering In Increasing Heat Waves
• "Stop Kissing And Snuggling Turtles, CDC Warns Amid Salmonella Outbreak"