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Conservation News ~ 31 January 2020

1/31/2020

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  • 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
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