Conservation News ~ 26 November 2021

• New iridescent worms discovered in Gulf of California
• DNA assessment confirms Gabon as last stronghold of forest elephants
• Study confirms anti-inflammatory property of traditional Samoan remedy
• DRC environment minister panned for allegedly facilitating illegal concessions
• EU proposes ambitious ban on products tied to legal and illegal deforestation
• Indigenous people get less than 1% of climate funding? It’s actually worse (commentary)
• Technology and tradition team up to watch over a sacred island’s sea turtles
• Jaw bombs, the deadliest threat to Sri Lanka’s elephants, are scaling up
• Report: Orangutans and their habitat in Indonesia need full protection now
• Indonesian official busted over alleged bribe for palm oil permit
• Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon at highest level since 2006                         
• Lawsuit Aims to Speed U.S. Protection for Foreign Birds, Butterflies
• A study reveals that Gabon is home to 95,000 African forest elephants, making it the largest
• "Flood-Hit Canada Province Braces For Heavy Rain, Three Bodies Found"
• "How The House Spending Bill Addresses Climate Change"
• "Wildfires Torched Up To A Fifth Of All Giant Sequoia Trees"
• "Brazil Accused Of 'Greenwashing' The Amazon's Deforestation"
• RCMP Arrest Journalists, Land Defenders Following Gidimt’en Eviction
• Canada’s Tar Sands Destruction Challenges Existence of Land and People
• "A Power Struggle Over Cobalt Rattles the Clean Energy Revolution"
• Company Cancels Plans For $2.5 Billion Oil Terminal In Plaquemines Parish
• "The Real Reason Gas Prices Are So High Right Now"
• "COP26: The Truth Behind The New Climate Change Denial"
• Two New Species of Tree Frogs Discovered in Australia
• New garlic species is found and already it's endangered
• In search of Taiwan’s lost clouded leopards, anthropology uncovers more than camera traps (commentary)
• Jaguars in Mexico are growing in number, a promising sign that national conservation strategies are working
• How to ensure the Glasgow forest declaration is a success (commentary)
• With La Niña conditions back, is it good news for tropical forests?
• At a ‘certified’ palm oil plantation in Nigeria, soldiers and conflict over land
• In Indonesia’s ‘Dragon Village,’ customs and nature are at the center of life
• Powell Committed To Tackling Climate Change In Talks With Biden: WH
• "Supreme Court Hands Win to Tennessee in Water Resource Fight"
• "Northeast States Abandon Cap-And-Trade Plan For Cars"
• U.S. To Release 50 Million Barrels Of Oil From Reserve - White House
• "The Plague Is More Likely Now Thanks to Climate Change"
• RCMP Tracked Photojournalist Amber Bracken In Investigations Database
• Jaguars In Mexico Are Growing In Number; Conservation Strategies Working
• How U.S. Yen for Leather in Luxury SUVs Worsens Amazon Deforestation
• "Insuring New York Against Climate Change"
• "Long Thought Extinct, A Native Corn Re-Emerges"
• Wildfires killed thousands of sequoias in southern Sierra Nevada
• Senate confirms first Native American to lead National Park Service
• UNITED KINGDOM DECLARES OCTOPUSES, SQUIDS ARE SENTIENT BEINGS
• First Endangered Tiger Footprints in 50 Years Found in Northeast Siberia
• New species of green microalga identified in São Paulo
• Kenya’s Indigenous Ogiek partner with government rangers to restore Mau Forest
• Podcast: Bill McKibben and Trebbe Johnson on action and ‘radical joy’ after COP26 climate summit failure
• Questions over who gets the billions pledged to Indigenous causes at COP26
• Some hummingbird females display male coloring to avoid being harassed
• For world’s rarest gorillas, camera traps prove pivotal for protection
• Liberia loggers felling trees outside concession as government stands by
• "Biden Announces Oil Release From Strategic Petroleum Reserve"
• "EPA Forces Natural Gas Plants To Make Pollution Data Public"
• Canada's Trudeau Vows Flood Aid, Climate Action After Third Election Win
• "DEP Commissioner Suspends Permit for $1 Billion Transmission Line"
• "Boston Mayor Divests Vulnerable City From Fossil Fuels"
• Secretive Texas Company Owns Largest Share of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline
• "State Attorneys Want Biden to Further Undo Trump’s NEPA Rule"
• "Giant Pipeline In U.S. Midwest Tests Future Of Carbon Capture"
• 20+ People Sickened By Sewage-Tainted Oysters After Md. Failed To Warn
• "These Americans Are Just Going Around in Circles. It Helps the Climate."
• Wolf OR93 Found Dead In Kern County, California
• Environmental activists face 'fever pitch' of repression from Australian governments
• Advocates welcome halt to shortfin mako shark fishing, call for longer ban
• ‘Our land, our life’: Okinawans hold out against new U.S. base in coastal zone
• For South Africa’s dwindling renosterveld, there’s now a ‘panic button’ app
• Wildlife trade hub Vietnam is also hub of impunity for traffickers, report says
• In a warming world, deforestation turns the heat deadly, Borneo study finds
• In Brazil, an agribusiness haven’s green pivot leaves many skeptical
• In Brazil’s wildlife care centers, struggles and successes go unseen
• Forests for sale: How land traffickers profit by slicing up Bolivia’s protected areas
• If marine noise pollution is bad, deep-sea mining could add to the cacophony
• Chile’s burrowing parrot marks 35 years of a slow but successful recovery
• Fighting climate change is a dirty job, but soils can do it | Problem Solved
• Details emerge around closed-door carbon deal in Malaysian Borneo
• Venezuelans hit by cooking gas shortages look to forests for firewood
• Community tree nursery and garden bring a ray of hope to Zimbabwean village
• Atlantic fishing nations agree to ban catches of mako, world's fastest sharks
• Rolls Royce all-electric Spirit of Innovation just pushed the envelope to fastest electric vehicle at 345 mph
• Dramatic video shows militarized Canadian Police raid Wet’suwet’en land defenders and journalists
• Virunga ranger Chief Brigadier Muyazimiza Kanyaruchinya is murdered by poachers
• Treating beef like coal would make a big dent in greenhouse gas emissions
• After a year of protests, Modi finally caves in to farmers’ demands