Conservation News ~ 31 January 2020

• Predator-free sanctuary for seabirds, rare native plants opens at Cape Farewell
• Xavante tribe digs in as Brazil reneges on vow not to build a road in their reserve
• Dam that threatens orangutan habitat is ‘wholly unnecessary”
• Borneo locals win a court battle to bar a coal miner from their land
• Rare trees are disappearing as ‘wood pirates’ log Bolivian national Parks
• New ‘sharpshooter’ leafhopper species, second of its kind, ‘strikes’ with its coloration
• Kentucky biologists discovered a new crayfish and for the right price, you can name it
• More than a dozen states strive for 100 percent renewable energy
• House Democrats advance legislation to undo White House attack on Endangered Species
• Court says that Northern Long-eared Bat was unlawfully denied Endangered Species protection
• Botswana to change strategies on anti-poaching following massive rhino poaching
• The Philippines is making roads and cement with plastic garbage
• Environmentalists create ‘plastic expiry date’ stickers to show impact of packaging
• House Natural Resources Committee passes landmark bipartisan Wildlife Corridors Conservation Act
• Marine heat wave linked to sharp increase in whale entanglements
• Missing Mexican butterfly activist found dead
• Environmental artist Tomas Saraceno successfully flies a solar-powered hot air balloon over Argentina
• Court orders logging to stop in parts of Victoria’s central highlands after fires
• The UN says the world needs to prepare for ‘millions’ of climate displaced
• Greta Thunberg applies to trademark her name to prevent misuse
• Lab turns trash into valuable graphene in a flash
• DDT and other banned chemicals pose threat to vulnerable dolphins on Great Barrier Reef
• Hundreds of Canadian workers are blockading an oil refinery right now
• The environmental lawyer who won a massive judgment against Chevron lost everything
• In memoriam: 28 indigenous rights defenders murdered in Latin America in 2019
• Indigenous, protected lands in Amazon emit far less carbon than areas outside
• Huge rise in Scotland’s deer cull needed to protect land
• White House manipulated wildfire science to encourage logging
• The Guardian to ban advertising from fossil fuel firms
• Indonesian environment ministry ends WWF partnership amid public spat
• The Pacific Ocean is so acidic that it’s dissolving Dungeness crabs’ shells
• King’s College Cambridge to create wildflower meadow on its famous chapel lawn
• 30-year-old law on documenting factory farms has been ruled unconstitutional
• Humanity has killed 83% of all wild mammals and half of all plants
• Investors urge drillers, miners not to take advantage of White House environmental rollbacks
• Fluorescent pink slug, unique to Australian mountaintop, survives bushfires
• Rolls-Royce plans to build up to 15 mini nuclear reactors in Britain
• Iceland didn’t hunt any whales in 2019 – and public appetite for whale meat is fading
• United States spend ten times more on fossil fuel subsidies than education
• Endangered Maui birds to be moved in effort to save species
• For Colombia, 2019 was a year of environmental discontent
• Mongabay editor now detained 6 weeks in Indonesia
• NGOs demand inquiry into Environment Minister aid to Amazon land grabbers
• Belize officially declares wildlife corridor in key protected area complex
• Melting Arctic sea ice may be altering winds, weather at equator
• UK’s love of chicken fueling mass forest loss in South America
• India cleared to bring Cheetahs back to forests
• Oceanographers predict increase in phytoplankton by 2100
• Slashing speed limits doesn’t slow roadkill
• Brazil’s pick of a creationist to lead its higher education agency rattles scientists
• Albino elephant calf rescued after being trapped in snare for four days
• 48 suspected abalone poachers arrested in Garden Route swoop
• The UN climate negotiations are over, and they were a disaster
• Poll finds 92% of British Columbians want old growth forests protected
• Ecuador signs agreement to establish 17k acre El Guabo Municipal Protected Area
• Endangered Silver-sided humpback chub headed toward recovery
• Atmospheric river storms can drive costly flooding and climate change is making them stronger
• Global warming could have a negative impact on biodiversity
• New Jersey to become first state to make builders consider climate change
• Welsh Zoo welcomes critically endangered black rhino calf
• Recovery plan proposed for endangered bumble bee involved in pipeline litigation
• Half of Brits feel pressure to go vegan
• Osprey flies over 6,900 kms from Finland to Kenya
• South African Tourism Services Association to ban captive wildlife interactions by July
• Peruvian indigenous group wins suit to block oil exploration in Amazonian region
• Mexico City just elected its first female mayor and she’s a fearless scientist and environmentalist
• Northwest salmon in peril, and efforts to save them scale up
• New emails shot the Justice Department is helping Big Oil fight climate lawsuits
• Idaho bill would create year-round wolf hunting season, wolf-free zones in some areas
• Rhode Island Governor aims for 100% renewable power by 2030
• Park Rangers find 2 people dead in Rocky Mountain National Park
• Biologists recommend urgent action to protect California Spotted Owls
• Greece elected an Environmentalist as its first woman president
• Population of endangered ocelots discovered in Sonora near Arizona border
• China bans wildlife trade after coronavirus
• Brazil creates Amazon Council and Environmental Police force
• Donkeys will be extinct in Kenya by 2023
• Scientists pinpoint sites key for protection of Loggerhead Turtles
• World consumes 100 billion tons of materials every year
• Mangroves and sea grasses 40-50 times more efficient at storing carbon than terrestrial forests
• Indonesian forest fires push orangutans into starvation mode
• New Conservation Area in Texas boasts hundreds of natural springs
• Agency rules grizzly bears in Selway-Bitterroot protected under Endangered Species Act
• Mercedes to ditch leather for vegan interiors thanks to Lewis Hamilton
• Florida man who killed endangered sawfish sentenced
• Black African teenager edited from photo of white teenage climate activists
• Fast-growing fungal proteins could slash agricultural emissions ten-fold
• Scientists find plastic pouring into Antarctic
• Chinese authorities seize 12 tons of beaver penises smuggled from Canada
• Jordan Cove Energy Project withdraws application for key Oregon permit
• Santa Barbara Zoo adds three California Condor to its ongoing recovery program
• Platypuses at risk of extinction due to Australia’s devastating drought
• World first as Cheetah brothers are relocated from UK to South Africa
• Coca-cola says it won’t ban plastic bottles because its customers still want to use them