Conservation News ~ 8 April 2022

• Reaching the Paris Agreement without protecting Indigenous lands is “impossible”, says report
• Climate crisis forecasts a fragile future for wildflowers and pollinators
• For a beekeeping couple in Costa Rica, pesticides are killing the buzz
• How many orangutans does $1 billion save? Depends how you spend it, study finds
• Congo Government Publishes Scathing Report on Logging Industry
• Lawsuit Launched to Stop Destruction of Endangered California Tiger Salamander Habitat
• New species of psychedelic mushroom believed to live in Kakadu National Park
• 'Astounding': Record-breaking number of orcas spotted off B.C.
• "New UN Climate Report To Tackle Reining In Emissions"
• "Fire And Rain: West To Get More One-Two Extreme Climate Hits"
• "In the Ocean, It’s Snowing Microplastics"
• Calif. Drought: Sierra Snowpack Falls To One Of Lowest Levels In 70 Years
• "New Vehicles Must Average 40 Mpg By 2026, Up From 28 Mpg"
• "Washington Creates First Sea Grass And Kelp Sanctuary Off Everett"
• "'Forgotten People': Sundarbans' Climate Refugees Forced To Move Again"
• Inside The Leadership Battle At The Nation’s Biggest Environmental Group
• Market With A Mission: Non-Profit Grocery Stores Help Heal ‘Food Deserts’
• "Wild Sounds: The Loss of Sonic Diversity and Why It Matters"
• New Begonia francisabuidii plant species in Albay named after late biologist
• Seagrass joins other marine life in accumulating sunscreen compounds
• For Indonesians, palm oil is everywhere but on supermarket shelves
• PNG suspends new carbon deals, scrambles to write rules for the schemes
• They outlived the dinosaurs, but Brazil’s araucaria trees might not survive humans
• ‘A risky business’: Online illegal wildlife trade continues to soar in Myanmar
• US Fish and Wildlife Gives Rare Nevada Toad Emergency Endangered Species Protection
• Tiny new species of chocolate frog with tapir-like nose is discovered
• Peptides on stardust may have provided a shortcut to life
• The first country in the world has given legal rights to individual wild animals
• NASA makes first-of-its-kind detection of reduced human CO2 emissions
• NASA’s Hubble telescope has photographed evidence of a Jupiter-like protoplanet
• New technique produces hydrogen from banana peels within a few milliseconds
• "Stopping Climate Change Is Doable, but Time Is Short, U.N. Panel Warns"
• Sold As A Dream For Black Home Buyers, Development Was A Toxic Nightmare
• Opinion: "It’s Time for Journalists to Talk Climate Change Solutions"
• "WHO Says 99% Of World’s Population Breathes Poor-Quality Air"
• "How to Read a Food Label: A Healthy Skeptic’s Guide to the Buzzwords"
• "It's Feared A Vital Lake In Oregon Could Run Dry Within A Generation"
• "Biden Admin Announces $500M For Energy Efficiency In Public Schools"
• Chile May Replace Pinochet-Era Framework With an ‘Ecological Constitution’
• "Record-Setting Cold Snap Hits Europe, Stunning Spring Crops"
• "The Planet Inside"
• Shell of a comeback: New app, awareness campaigns bring hope for hawksbill turtles
• Photography, nature, truth and war: Q&A with top photographer Ami Vitale
• GM fish engineered to glow in the dark are found in Brazil creeks
• "EPA Rule Would Finally Ban Asbestos, Carcinogen Still In Use"
• "House Dems Tell USPS To Pump The Brakes On Gas-Guzzling Truck Contract"
• Food, Farming, Forestry Must Change To Curb Global Warming, U.N. Says
• "Native American Tribe Reacquires Hundreds Of Acres in Virginia"
• "Gallup Finds Worries Abut Environment Have Grown Since Trump"
• Climate Change Risks Trillions To Federal Budget, White House Says
• "Declared Extinct, the Yaghan Rise in the Land of Fire"
• "UN: 18 Nations Have Gone Green On Climate, Raked In Green"
• "With Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine, Arctic Science Crumbles"
• "‘Superblooms of Fungus’: Climate Change Is Making Valley Fever Worse"
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes "Endangered" Listing for Northern Long-Eared Bat
• Indonesia’s Riau province declares state of emergency ahead of fire season
• ‘Resilient’ leatherback turtles can survive fishing rope entanglements. Mostly
• Climate change causes a run on banks, for crop genes (commentary)
• Protecting water by conserving forests puts communities in Mexico to the test
• Palm oil firm that cleared Papuan forest after losing its permit is still at it
• The amazing — and unknown — diversity of insects living in the Amazon canopy
• ‘Sharing the air’ proves a challenge for new Nepal airport in bird paradise
• IPCC report calls for ‘immediate and deep’ carbon cuts to slow climate change
• All coked up: The global environmental impacts of cocaine
• Mushrooms communicate with each other using up to 50 ‘words’, scientist claims
• New species of spider uncovered by SDSU biologists
• "Supreme Court Revives Trump-Era Environmental Regulation"
• Blamed For High Gas Prices, Oil Execs Defend Themselves At House Hearing
• "Storms Batter Aging Power Grid As Climate Disasters Spread"
• A First: Researchers Find Microplastics Deep In Lungs Of Living People
• "US To Boost Water Supplies Hit By Climate Change"
• "Zoos Hiding Birds As Avian Flu Spreads In North America"
• "New Power Plant Rule Awaits Supreme Court Ruling, EPA Chief Says"
• "Trade Secret Protection Strategy for Chemicals to Get EPA Revamp"
• "How The War In Ukraine Could Speed Up Europe's Climate Plans"
• "The Razor's Edge of A Warming World"
• "NOAA: Potent Heat-Trapping Methane Increases At Record Pace"
• "Forecasters Predict Above-Average 2022 Atlantic Hurricane Season"
• "Bringing Back Fire: How Burning Can Help Restore Eastern Lands"
• "Pollution Shields for Faulty Plants Need Better Fix, Groups Say"
• "US Agency To Review Oil, Gas Leases Near Chaco in New Mexico"
• "Island-Wide Blackout Sweeps Puerto Rico After Power Plant Fire"
• "Interior To Reverse Key Indian Affairs Policy In Place Since 1975"
• "Facebook Takes Down Brazil Environmental Disinformation Network"
• "Here’s What The Ban On Russian Coal Could Mean For Europe"
• "These Birds Aren’t Lost. They’re Adapting."
• 'Vast majority' of California's Sierra snowpack could be gone by mid-to-late April
• More than half of activists killed in 2021 were land, environment defenders
• Nature Journal: Appalachian swallowtail butterfly is a new species
• Scientists Say 50,000 Spider Species Have Now Been Discovered
• Rangers in DRC gorilla park abused Indigenous villagers, report says
• Export of elephants to UAE drags Namibia wildlife policy into the spotlight
• Bonobos torn from the wild make their return, with a helping hand
• Indonesians, too reliant on palm oil, should go back to their roots (commentary)
• After failure, reflection: effective conservation requires regular assessments (commentary)
• Stranded coal barge spills cargo, disrupts fishery in Indonesian waters
• Razing of Indigenous hamlet highlights Nepal’s conservation challenge
• More than half of activists killed in 2021 were land, environment defenders
• Countries that sanctioned Myanmar’s junta are still buying their timber: Report
• Podcast: Afield at last, researchers head out for a new season
• How much does air travel warm the planet? New study gives a figure
• Solar panels that can generate electricity at night have been developed at Stanford
• Two adorable Giant Galapagos tortoises are born at a British Zoo for the first time
• NASA finds new way to monitor underground water loss
• Luminous plankton light up New Zealand shores