Conservation News ~ 5 June 2020

• After century of mistaken identity, a Balinese gecko gets its own name
• Tributes to Jose Rafael Garcia Acosta
• In Memoriam to Guy Suzon Ramangason
• Three new bird species discovered in Peru
• US ranks 24th in the world on environmental performance
• Baby orangutan born in Indonesia boosts numbers of the critically endangered species
• Endangered species of seahorse returns to former stronghold due to lockdown
• French researchers show that agroforestry can climate-proof grapes
• Amazon deforestation gig economy booms despite COVID-19
• New data shows world lost a Switzerland-size area of primary rainforest
• Communities on Brazil’s ‘River of Unity’ tested by dams, climate change
• New toxic seaweed species has exploded in Long Island Bays
• Maine conservation groups want salmon listed endangered species list
• EPA limits states’ power to oppose pipelines and other energy projects
• More types of mosquito discovered in Yukon  - that’s 33 and counting
• New Pterosaur species identified from fossil found in England
• State urged to include Atlantic salmon on endangered species list
• Conservation efforts save endangered Hainan gibbon from the brink of extinction
• Congo hit by a second, simultaneous Ebola outbreak
• Japanese whale hunters killed 122 pregnant whales
• New helmet orchid species discovered in Palawan
• Court orders NS government to better protect endangered species
• New species of Dumbo Octopus captured on camera at 4.3 miles down in the Indian Ocean
• Top court rules Nova Scotia broke endangered species law
• Guardians, 200 groups call on Congress to invest in Economic and Ecological recovery
• EU’s greenhouse gas emission continue to fall as coal ditched
• Department of Justice sued for withholding information about stabbing, shooting, and burning animals for medical research
• Nobel laureates condemn judicial harassment of environmental lawyer
• Plunging solar energy prices spell bright future for clean electricity
• A Polynesian Paradise sacrificed its economy to stay virus-free
• In Sri Lanka, bushmeat poachers haven’t let up during lockdown
• Marijuana cultivation whittling away Madagascar’s largest connected forest
• Teen creates fashion line while helping the environment
• Court rejects Koch Brothers-funded Group’s attack on rare Texas arachnid
• Southern California flower recovered, no longer needs Endangered Species protection
• Antarctic Ocean reveals new signs of rapid melt of ancient ice, clues about future sea level rise
• Climate could cause abrupt British vegetation changes
• Indonesia to receive $56m payment from Norway for reducing deforestation
• Rare beast visits the beach: Wolverine confirmed in Pacific Country
• Yukon putting cart before horse by approving roads without completed land use plans
• White House to sign order to waive environmental reviews for key projects
• Argentine paleontologists discover new species of small carnivorous dinosaur
• New species of frailejon discovered in Colombia