Conservation News ~ 3 April 2020

• Eurythenes plasticus, the new marine species named after the plastic it eats
• New York Lawmakers line up behind $3Bn environment bond act
• Studies reveal resilience in kelp forests
• Indonesia road graft case lands Papua official, contractor in prison
• As pangolina trade heats up, Nigeria urged to do more to crack down
• Tax exemptions on pesticides in Brazil add up to US$ 2.2 billion per year
• Win for conservation as African black rhino numbers rise
• Desperate Saga Furs moves fur auction online with humiliating results
• New species of feathery raptor found in New Mexico
• Lawsuit launched to save endangered Southern Nevada butterfly
• NOAA to use Cloud and AI to help protect endangered species
• Zanzibar bans wildlife hunting in Jozani forest reserve
• Antarctic ice melt related to tropical weather shifts
• Road project in economically deprived Indonesian region threatens wildlife habitat
• Plantation director in dispute with indigenous community is charged with illegal logging
• Anglo American seeking to mine on indigenous lands in Brazil’s Amazon
• White House weakens fuel economy standards, rolling back key US efforts against climate change
• Earth’s Ozone layer is finally healing
• Norway’s whaling season begins with a quota of 1,300 Minke whales to be slaughtered
• Lawsuit filed to protect wolverines
• Endangered sea turtled hatch on Brazil’s deserted beaches
• For nesting Hawksbill turtles, this Philippine community is a sanctuary
• New snake discovery in Sri Lanka is latest twist in slow-burning mystery
• Mining activity in Indonesia takes a hit from COVID-19 pandemic
• NC Refuge resident Red Wolf pair released as part of an attempt to create new breeding pair
• Goats take over empty streets of seaside town
• Lions once again thrive at Kenyan conservation park that was targeted by poachers
• Turtle Back Zoo welcomes baby Amur Leopard
• White House denies endangered species protection to bi-state Sage Grouse
• Seychelles creates a marine reserve twice the size of Great Britain
• China bat and dog markets reopened
• CA Bill AB 2839 to protect and enhance California’s deserts
• Great Barrier Reef suffes third mass coral bleaching event in five years
• Indonesia risks timber trade with EU after scrapping license rules
• Coconut farmers in Southeast Asia struggle as palm oil muscles in on them
• Cruise ships dumped over 3 million pounds of trash in Alaska last year
• With humans under lockdown, 8 Lakh Olive Ridley Turtles get to peacefully nest
• New species of toad discovered in Cao Bang
• Australia probably had the worst year in a century based on the environmental toll of 2019
• More than 100 endangered animals rescued in Sharjah
• Oat milk sales are up 477% due to coronavirus
• Indian scientists building DNA database to protect the elusive red panda
• Amazon announces four new projects to make its data centers greener
• Brazil scales back environmental enforcement amid coronavirus outbreak
• Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe to lose its reservation
• China and Vietnam finally van wildlife trade due to coronavirus
• Guarani indigenous people protest new Sao Paulo housing project that threatens Atlantic Forest in UNESCO Biosphere reserve
• The Coronavirus could force mass slaughterhouse closures
• Wildlife charity plans to buy UK land to give it back to nature
• Trafficked pangolins can carry coronavirus closely related to pandemic strain
• EPA dials back environmental enforcement during pandemic
• Americans are flushing the Canadian boreal forest down their toilets
• South Korea bans importation of Taiji’s dolphins