Conservation News ~ January 20, 2017

• Extinct-in-the-Wild Saharan Antelope Species returned to Wild! https://www.newscientist.com/article/2118155-antelope-revived-in-sahara-years-after-going-extinct-in-the-wild/
• The USDA Wildlife Services are still ASSHOLES: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-wildlife-killing-federal-government-wolves-edit-1223-md-20170117-story.html
• Private Investment in Conservation Projects is Increasing: https://news.mongabay.com/2017/01/private-capital-investments-in-conservation-have-taken-off-since-2013/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Mongabay+%28Mongabay+Environmental+News%29
• Brazil’s Greenwashing Hydropower: https://news.mongabay.com/2017/01/is-brazil-green-washing-hydropower-the-case-of-the-teles-pires-dam/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Mongabay+%28Mongabay+Environmental+News%29
• Senators Introduce Bill to Delist Wolves: http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/4200750-senators-introduce-bill-delist-wolves
• Feds Launch Study of Mining Ban near Boundary Waters: https://www.mprnews.org/story/2017/01/13/feds-launch-study-of-proposed-20-year-mining-ban-near-boundary-waters
• Millions of Ocean Animals Might Be Malnourished: http://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2017/01/thiamine-deficiency-wildlife/
• Cameroon’s Great Apes are threatened by trade in skulls and body parts: https://news.mongabay.com/2017/01/trade-in-skulls-body-parts-severely-threatens-cameroons-great-apes/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Mongabay+%28Mongabay+Environmental+News%29
• 60 Percent of Primates are Sliding Toward Extinction:
• https://news.mongabay.com/2017/01/running-out-of-time-60-percent-of-primates-sliding-toward-extinction/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Mongabay+%28Mongabay+Environmental+News%29
• Bumblebee added to ESA for first time: http://www.11alive.com/life/animals/bumblebee-listed-as-endangered-species-for-first-time/385945757
• Norwegian Wolves Face Extinction: http://www.express.co.uk/news/nature/753359/Norwegian-wolves-extinct-hunt-Friends-of-the-Earth-Norway
• EPA Affirms Clean Car Standards: http://www.environmentamerica.org/news/ame/epa-affirms-clean-car-standards
• Young Conservationist is Sparking Revolution in Indo: https://news.mongabay.com/2017/01/how-one-conservationist-is-sparking-a-young-revolution-in-indonesia/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Mongabay+%28Mongabay+Environmental+News%29
• Endangered Gibbons Poached to Feed Illegal Thai Loggers: https://news.mongabay.com/2017/01/pileated-gibbons-poached-as-bushmeat-to-feed-illegal-rosewood-loggers/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Mongabay+%28Mongabay+Environmental+News%29
• SE Asia’s Coal Boom Will Increase Deaths by 70,000: https://news.mongabay.com/2017/01/southeast-asias-coal-boom-could-cause-70000-deaths-per-year-by-2030-report-says/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Mongabay+%28Mongabay+Environmental+News%29