Conservation News ~ 27 March 2020

• National Parks in Africa shutter over COVID-19 threat to Great Apes
• Yellow Fever is next great threat to Brazil’s Golden Lion Tamarin
• Indonesia ends timber legality rule, stoking fears of illegal logging boom
• Huge Victory for Standing Rock Sioux Tribe as Federal Court rules DAPL permits violated law
• New research suggests ancient Mercury had the right stuff for life
• Oregon organization opposing Jordan Cove LNG send a huge thank you to Governor Kate Brown
• New species of flying reptile with spiked teeth discovered
• Analysis reveals new species in Smaug lizard group
• Agency drafts conservation plan to protect Hawaii seabirds
• Palm Oil giant Olam under scrutiny again over Gabon plantations
• First possible COVID-19 indigenous cases detected near key Amazon reserve
• Chilean authorities eye controversial Cruz Grande port project
• In race for a sustainable alternative to plastic, Indonesia bets on seaweed
• National parks pay the price as land conflicts intensify in Colombia
• All microgastrinae wasps from around the world finally together in 1089-page monograph
• Activist-led lawsuit alleges EPA glyphosate weedkiller approval violated Endangered Species Act
• New genetic editing powers discovered in squid
• Illegal wildlife trade goes online as China shuts down markets
• Goldman Prize-winning Cambodian activist arrested, released in Cambodia
• New player starts clearing rainforest in world’s biggest oil palm project
• Scientists call for independent review of dam project in orangutan habitat
• From vegetable plots in a Sri Lankan swamp, a forgotten eel emerges
• Spain and Portugal take illegal ivory off the black market
• Ancestor of all animals identified in Australian fossils
• Pablo Escobar’s cocaine hippos may benefit Colombia’s environment
• Green groups push for environmental protections in stimulus package
• Russia lists Caspian seals and killer whales as endangered species after whale jail controversy
• NASA pauses work on James Webb Space telescope due to COVID-19
• Malawi government bans bush meat in the wake of COVID-19
• Shell of bioluminescent shrimp not only glows but detects light
• Peru uncovers organized crime network laundering illegally mined gold
• Oil exploration at odds with peatland protection in the Congo Basin
• New assessment shows Sri Lanka’s amphibians being pushed to the brink
• Myanmar releases endangered turtles into Chindwin River
• Scientists have discovered the origins of the building blocks of life
• Critically endangered quoll safe from proposed solar farm developer
• Fight over jaguar habitat in Southwest heads back to court
• Federally protected lands reduce habitat loss and protect endangered species
• COVID-19 prompts closure of Indonesian parks, and a chance to evaluate
• Indonesian activists denounce a road being built illegally in leopard habitat
• White House hires a trophy-hunting advocate to protect wildlife
• To save Cross River gorillas, EU-funded program aims to empower communities
• Geologists find lost fragment of ancient continent in Canada’s North
• Study: Simply giving species some screen time raises awareness and interest in helping them
• Number of Monarch butterflies wintering in Mexico down by more than half
• Wealth fund divests from Peruvian firm after indigenous group complaint
• Spix’s Macaw return to Brazil
• Fish sprouted fingers before they ventured onto land
• International team discovers new species of ancient flying reptiles
• Seven new species of colorful Peacock Spider join the dance party
• Tiger King Joe Exotic is suing the government for almost $94 million
• Coronavirus may mean Botswana’s hunting season is cancelled