Conservation News ~ 27 November 2020

• German researchers compile world’s largest inventory of known plant species
• $10m initiative seeks to boost farmers, economy and environment with grazing
• Indonesians join effort to save endangered orangutan
• US Government denies petition to designate Giant Devil Ray as endangered species
• Totoaba trafficking arrests made in Mexico
• California Attorney General Adds Endangered Species Act Claim to Lawsuit Challenging White House
• A new species of filament barb found in the Western Ghats
• 'Remarkable' Antarctica species 'new to science' discovered 1000 metres below ice
• Major oil and gas companies join program to cut methane emissions
• Paraguay whistleblowers allege illegal deforestation cover up
• Europe signs $102m deal to bring space trash home
• Invenergy unveils 1.3gw solar project set to be US’ largest
• Indigenous groups vow to keep resisting as construction is approved for Enbridge Tar Sands Pipeline
• Extremely rare species of whale, North Atlantic Right Whale, discovered dead on shore of barrier island off North Carolina
• Sexual harassment rife in Vietnam’s conservation sector
• Gay penguin power couple hatches a second chick who was neglected by its straight parents
• Shifts in flowering phases of plants due to reduced insect density
• Michigan Governor moves to prevent Great Lakes oil spill by shutting down aging pipeline
• Thousands of Goans are braving a pandemic to stop coal trains
• Hungary bans mink, fox, and ferret fur farming
• Wind-solar parks: conflicts galore but India wants more
• Floating PV and land beside motorways to be included in Portugal’s 2021 solar auction process
• First new Japanese cockroach species in 35 years discovered by scientists
• The world’s newest monkey species was found in a lab, not on an expedition
• A new species of rare phylum Loricefera discovered in deep-sea surrounding Japan
• Understanding the appeal of alternative medicine can help protect the endangered species
• Federal officials reject state petition to delist Arctic ringed seals from Endangered Species Act
• Glyphosate’s effects on endangered species scrutinized in new EPA docs
• US rejects controversial Alaska Pebble Gold, Copper Mine
• More than 120 whales die in mass stranding on Chatham Islands
• For the first time, scientists detect the ghostly signal that reveals the engine of the universe
• Researchers find most shark fins in fish markets are from species in caught in coastal zones, not the open ocean
• UK supermarket and fast-food chicken linked to deforestation in Brazil
• Most migratory birds rely on a greening world
• Indonesian fisheries minister arrested over graft in lobster policy
• Californian cave artists may have used hallucinogens
• Snowy Plovers reclaim suddenly quiet beaches
• Cravings for social contact mimic hunger in the brain
• Indigenous leader who fought for communities and conservation mourned in Peru
• The extinction of ice age mammals may have forced us to invent civilization
• Cosmic statisticians say intelligent life really can’t exist anywhere else
• IUCN opens nominations for the first-ever international ranger awards
• Luisa the Manatee returns to the oceans in time for Manatee moth after rehab at Florida Zoo
• New Zealand couple shuns developers to give 900 hectares of land to nation
• Massive swarm of eels is the most fish ever recorded at the bottom of the ocean
• Judge voids permits for Columbia river methanol plant orders new environment review
• Leaf-cutter ant first insect found with biomineral body armour
• Dallas Safari Club says captive-bred lion hunting not acceptable
• Hundreds of new genomes help fill the bird ‘tree of life’
• Investors plan major move into renewable energy infrastructure
• A Malagasy community wins global recognition for saving its lake
• CDFW awards $10.7 million for fisheries habitat restoration program projects
• At 2020 Amazon fire season winds down, Brazil carbon emissions rise
• Biden has promised to kill the Keystone XL pipeline and activists hope he’ll nix Dakota Access too
• UN warns of deadlier pandemics
• Amazon initiative pays farmers and ranchers to keep the forest standing
• World Trade Organization is negotiating new agreement to protect our oceans from overfishing
• Not just lizards – alligators can regrow their tails too
• CO2 hits new record despite Covid lockdown
• Navi Mumbai couple fights to save a bird haven from becoming a golf course
• The newest species of Philippine false geckos is the 10th
• Scientists slams climate change deniers in brilliant viral post
• New species of glowing mushroom found growing on dead bamboo in India
• New micro-animal species named after Bangor high school student
• Weird gelatinous creature shaped like a party balloon is a new species
• More wolves spotted in Colorado, animal remains a state endangered species
• Lubbock included in proposed plan to rescue two endangered species of fish
• France falls short in ending deforestation linked to imported soy
• Philippine ‘raptor boy’ shows it takes a village to protect a migration route
• Curiosity finds evidence of megaflood on Mars
• Climate change is intensifying the tsunami threat in Alaska
• The 21st century threat to wildlife is cyberpoaching
• Wildlife diseases poised to spread northwards as climate changes
• Crimefighting NGO tracks Brazil wildlife trade on WhatsApp and Facebook
• John Kerry is named presidential envoy for climate
• Waste activist digs into the sanitation crisis affecting the rural poor
• GM flips to California’s side in pollution fight against White House
• Secret Amazon reports expose the company’s surveillance of labor and environmental groups
• IKEA to make 50 percent of food menu plant-based by 2025
• Bottlenose dolphins could disappear from Ecuador’s Gulf of Guayaquil
• Mongabay launches in Hindi to expand environmental journalism in India
• An indigenous effort to return Condors to the Pacific Northwest nears its goal
• Photographer captures rare photos of Minnesota Black Wolf
• Galapagos sees record rise in penguins, flightless cormorants
• Australia’s platypus habitat has shrunk 22% in 30 years
• 8 new species added to Wyoming Champion Tree register
• World’s last known white giraffe gets GPS tracking device
• Google Cloud helps animal conservation in Cameroon
• Elephant trapped in Indian well rescued in 12-hour crane operation
• SD city council approves Riverwalk San Diego project, clears way for 4,300 homes
• Global map of bees created in conservation first
• Scientists have discovered a new stingray and named in ‘six-eyed’
• Conservation park worth R100-billion to be built in KwaZulu-Natal
• Microplastic pollution found near summit of Mount Everest
• Rare species of small cats inadequately protected
• Tiger Kind star accused of inhumane treatment, violating Endangered Species Act