Conservation News ~ 27 May 2022

• Int'l Day Of Biodiversity: DG Forestry Institute Of Nigeria Speaks Nigeria's Alignment
• Saint Louis Zoo announces birth of two leopard cubs from critically endangered species
• New species of venomous snake registered from Northeast India
• Easing of crackdown sees Vietnam boats encroach into Indonesian waters
• That ‘killer’ spider story you read online? Fake news, most probably
• Researchers compile largest-ever photo database of Amazon wildlife
• A whiz and a buzz: Bee attacks at Sri Lanka rock fortress point to need for toilets
• The price of oil spills in Peru and Colombia? Millions of dollars in fines
• In Singapore, a forensics lab wields CSI-like tech against wildlife traffickers
• Drivers of Colombia’s peacetime deforestation weave a complex web
• New species of Chinese giant salamander discovered
• Stained by oil: A history of spills and impunity in Peru, Colombia, Ecuador and Bolivia
• Investors force Home Depot to review wood-sourcing policy over logging concerns
• Ecotours aimed at saving monkeys are likely stressing them out, study finds
• ‘The promise was a lie’: How Indonesian villagers lost their cut of the palm oil boom
• "Australia’s ‘Climate Election’ Finally Arrived. Will It Be Enough?"
• "US Forest Chief Calls For A Pause On Prescribed Fire Operations"
• Drought, Food Prices From Ukraine War Leave Millions In Africa Starving
• "California Is About To Begin The Nation’s Largest Dam Removal Project"
• "Pet Collars Saga Escalates With Watchdog Probe"
• "Ryan Zinke Makes His 'Energy Dominance' Pitch To Montanans"
• Air Monitors Alone Won’t Save Communities From Toxic Industrial Pollution
• "What Is Monkeypox, The Rare Virus Now Confirmed In The U.S. And Europe?"
• "EPA, NJ Announce $588M In Water Infrastructure Spending"
• "It’s a La Niña Year, And That Means Bigger, Badder Hurricanes"
• For reef mantas, Indonesia’s Komodo National Park is a ray of hope
• In the Mekong’s murky depths, giants abound, new expedition finds
• Tiger-centric conservation efforts push other predators to the fringes
• 200 mysterious sea turtle deaths: Q&A with Kenyan fisherman and turtle rescuer Daniel Katana
• Rachel Carson’s ‘Silent Spring’ 60 years on: Birds still fading from the skies
• Devastated by a typhoon, community foresters in the Philippines find little support
• 'Living fossil' spider discovered in southern Sierra Nevada
• "Sharp Cut In Methane Now Could Help Avoid Worst Of Climate Crisis"
• "White House LNG Task Force Compared to Secretive Cheney Oil Group"
• Worried by Ukraine War, Enviros Petition Feds To Dump LNG By Rail
• Newsom Urges Aggressive Water Conservation, Warns Of Statewide Cuts
• "Companies Face Billions in Damages as PFAS Lawsuits Flood Courts"
• "Bernhardt And Zinke Inquiries Highlight Limits Of IG Reach"
• "The Lithium War Next Door"
• "Contractor Quitting Puts Shell In Spotlight Over Climate"
• "Climate Change Boosted Odds Of Recent Deadly Heat In India, Pakistan"
• "Sinking Maldives Plans To Reclaim Land From The Ocean"
• U.N., rights groups flag potential violations in $3b Indonesian tourism project
• For wildlife on Brazil’s highways, roadkill is just the tip of the iceberg
• Meet the 2022 Goldman Environmental Prize Winners
• Sri Lankan wins Linnean Medal, the ‘Nobel Prize for naturalists’ (commentary)
• Caribbean incursion into Amazon sparked a flurry of life, with lessons for the future
• Tale of two pandemics as mining thrived while communities faced restrictions
• Efforts bloom to save southern Brazil’s last butiá palm groves
• In Sierra Leone, local fishers and foreign trawlers battle for their catch
• PEFC endorses Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) Chain of Custody Standard
• Four sturgeon species proposed for the endangered species list
• Half of UK's butterfly species vulnerable to extinction as five join red list
• Lawsuit Launched Challenging USDA's Failure to Protect Endangered Species From Insecticide
• Brazil's Bolsonaro hikes environmental fines to protect Amazon rainforest
• Biden Admin, Settling a Long Feud, Moves to Block Pebble Mine in Alaska
• "As Hunger Spreads In Somalia, Babies Start To Die"
• "Block-By-Block Data Shows Pollution’s Stark Toll On People Of Color"
• "Pesticide Label Safeguards Urged for Workers, Endangered Species"
• "SEC Proposes New Guidelines For ESG Investing"
• "Chesapeake Bay Blue Crabs Hit Population Low"
• "As U.S. Flooding Worsens, South Carolina Redraws Risk Maps"
• ‘It Seems This Heat Will Take Our Lives’: Pakistan City Hits 51C
• "An Ocean First: Underwater Drone Tracks CO2 In Alaska Gulf"
• "8 Rails-to-Trails Adventures in the U.S."
• "NOAA Forecasts Seventh Straight Busy Atlantic Hurricane Season"
• "PFAS in Sewage Sludge, Industrial Wastewater Targeted for Rules"
• "ExxonMobil Loses Bid To Nix Climate Change Lawsuit"
• New Bill May Boost Electric Heat Pumps as Alternative To Gas
• Enviros Decry Proposed ‘Permit Lite’ For Some Missouri Coal Ash Ponds
• "Gas Wells Leak Explosive Levels Of Methane In Bakersfield"
• Greenhouse Gases Trapping Almost 50 Percent More Heat Than 30 Years Ago
• "Climate Migrants Lack a Clear Path to Asylum in the US"
• Panel OKs Use of More Climate-Friendly Refrigerants in AC and Heat Pumps
• "Monarch Butterfly Numbers In Mexico Rise By 35%"
• Ancient cypress in Chile may be the world’s oldest tree, new study suggests
• Massachusetts just ruled 7-0 that Exxon must face trial for deceiving the public over climate change
• Honeybees survive weeks buried under volcanic ash in La Palma
• Australia to stand with Pacific islands no climate crisis and ‘respect’ region, Penny Wong says
• China triples solar investments as clean energy push accelerates
• California is set to get its first new state park in over a decade
• In a dramatic change, whales are now hanging around in San Francisco Bay
• Scientists unearth Africa’s oldest burial: a small child, laid to rest 78,000 years ago
• Study warns of risk from feline viruses to wild cats on the palm oil frontier
• Large-scale logging in Cambodia’s Prey Lang linked to politically-connected mining operation
• Saving medicinal plants a village cause in Indonesia
• Nepal’s Supreme Court axes plans to build controversial new airport
• Seed banks catalog Brazil’s food past to safeguard its future
• Repeated fires are silencing the Amazon, says new acoustic monitoring study
• Poor planning, persistent farming undermine mangrove restoration in Tanzania
• Lawsuit Launched to Stop Extinction of Guam's Endangered Animals, Plants
• New Species of Cave-Dwelling Mollusk Discovered
• "Supreme Court Rebuffs Republican-Led States On Greenhouse Gas Policy"
• "Interior Moves Toward First Wind Lease Sales Off Calif. Coast"
• "White House Eyes Restarting Idle Refineries"
• "How the Media Stokes Needless Fears About Sharks"
• Repeated Fires Are Silencing The Amazon: New Acoustic Monitoring Study
• "Tribes Celebrate Montana Land Ownership And Bison Range Restoration"
• CDC IDs 9 Suspected Monkeypox Cases In US Amid Signs Of Local Spread
• "Federal Government Sues Alaska Over Subsistence"
• "Climate Change Leads to Decline in Lichen Biocrusts"
• "The Rise and Fall of America’s Environmentalist Underground"