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Conservation News ~3 July 2020

7/3/2020

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  • New species of Ichthyosaur discovered
  • Scientists create first map of agroforestry and ecosystem services in Asia-Pacific
  • Raw sewage poured into Olympic Park wildlife haven
  • Feds agree to decide on Endangered Species Protections for Wolverines by August 31
  • Finland invests $2.3 million into national plant-based food industry
  • An overfished shark species will now finally get the protection it needs in the Pacific
  • No UN climate talks to be held in 2020, as interim meeting postponed again
  • Calls for swift action as hundreds of elephants die in Botswana’s Okavango Delta
  • The House of Representatives passed the Wildlife Corridor Conservation Act with $300 million funding
  • NASA’s new 3d mapping technique improves landslide hazard prediction
  • NASA’s ASTER sees Arizona’s Bighorn Fire burn scar from space
  • NASA’s new international ocean satellite completes testing
  • Ice melt linked to accelerated regional freshwater depletion
  • JPL mission breaks record for smallest satellite to detect an exoplanet
  • Over 40 new species described in 2020 by a research group
  • Gatekeepers of biodiversity hotspots facing COVID crisis
  • New gold rush brought to Brazilian Amazon
  • Indonesia lavishes $195m subsidy on palm biodiesel producers over smallholders
  • COVID halts matchmaking attempt for female Sumatran Rhino in Borneo
  • Corruption and palm oil in Sierra Leone
  • Storm sinks salmon cages containing over 875,000 fish
  • Ranchers, researchers mull using treated produced water for irrigation
  • An intrusive killer scorpion points the way to six new species in Sri Lanka
  • New species of bee named after Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield
  • Research shows the older you get, the more you care about the environment
  • Ontario extends logging industry exemption from endangered species law
  • Endangered Whale struck by 2 vessels off Jersey shore
  • NAU professor named Ecological Restoration Insitute’s new executive director
  • Evidence found of Natufian people eating snakes and lizards 15,000 years ago
  • Soil in Amazon found to host a large number of fungi types
  • California woman gored by bison at Yellowstone National Park after getting within 10 feet to take photos
  • Maps reveal what 8th continent, Zealandia, looks like underwater
  • Using technology, indigenous monitors in the Amazon combat environmental crime
  • Democrats to unveil bold new climate plan to phase out emissions by 2050
  • Whale freed from fishing net off Italian coast
  • Checklist of PA bees documents 49 new species and some that may be endangered
  • Petition seeks California Endangered Species protection for Quino Checkerspot Butterfly
  • Pune-based ZSI scientists discovers new moth subspecies
  • Efforts underway to save Florida’s largest bat
  • Feds say expect more bird deaths under new rule
  • Yakutia sets up nature reserve to protect polar bear population
  • Fossil reveals new species of Horned Gopher species
  • PA says 2 gas drilling companies committed environmental crimes
  • White House nominates controversial longtime acting head of land management bureau as director
  • Senate passes bill to give millions more veterans free lifetime entry to National Parks
  • New Protected Area in Mali one of Earth's Largest
  • Hundreds of dead dolphins washing up on French Coast
  • PETA rescues two pigs from slaughter in late activist Regan Russell’s honor
  • Environment groups urge Nippon Paper to scrap Victorian timber from supply chain
  • Adelle penguins could thrive as result of sea ice melting
  • India eyes private investment to open 41 new coal mines
  • US climate activists charged with ‘terrorizing’ lobbyist over plastic pollution stunt
  • Airborne mapping sheds light on climate sensitivity of California Redwoods
  • Dolphins learn foraging tricks from each other, not just from mom
  • California court sides with Miyoko’s, allowing free speech lawsuit against the State’s Food and Ag department
  • South Africa proposal to add rhino, elephants to list of animals that can be slaughtered for consumption
  • Federal judge strikes down unconstitutional North Carolina Ag-Gag law
  • Shy species detected through new DNA technique
  • Exploding Whale park memorializes blubber blast 50 years later
  • Half of the Earth is still free from human impact, but its not all good news
  • National parks are being overrun by invasive species
  • Carbon dioxide levels just hit 417ppm, highest in human history
  • Greta Thunberg looks to UN security council election for leverage on climate
  • Federal Agency kills endangered Mexican Gray Wolf father on behalf of livestock industry
  • Young monk seal on Kauai likely died after swallowing fish hook
  • The demographic decline of a sea lion population followed multi-decadal sea surface warming
  • National Park Service removes Robert E. Lee’s name from giant sequoia
  • White House to open 18 million acres in Alaska to oil and gas drilling
  • The first modern-day marine fish has officially gone extinct
  • Scientists unlock secrets of Ethiopia’s superfood in race to save it from warming climate
  • Washington Commission rejects petition for new rules to prevent wolf killing conflicts
  • Shelter in place leading to fewer California mountain lions becoming roadkill
  • Canada becomes first G20 nation to ban shark fin trade
  • Plants can absorb tiny plastic pieces through their roots
  • Revealed: legislators’ pro-pipeline letters ghostwritten by fossil fuel company
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