Conservation News ~ March 4 2018

• First increase in Mekong’s Irrawaddy Dolphin in 20 years: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/04/first-increase-in-mekong-river-irrawaddy-dolphins-in-20-years/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Mongabay+%28Mongabay+Environmental+News%29
• Awesome data website: https://news.mongabay.com/wildtech/2018/04/one-stop-shop-for-digital-global-maps-launched/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Mongabay+%28Mongabay+Environmental+News%29
• Tiger Cub found at Brownsville, Texas border crossing: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/animalia/wp/2018/05/01/federal-agents-peered-into-a-duffel-bag-on-the-mexico-border-they-found-a-tiger-cub/?noredirect=on
• 17 states sue US Federal government over EPA changes: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2018/05/01/california-17-other-states-sue-trump-administration-to-defend-obama-era-vehicle-efficiency-rules/
• Taxi driver mauled to death while taking selfie with a bear in India: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5687089/Taxi-driver-mauled-death-trying-selfie-bear-India.html
• Three Rhinos killed by poachers in Kenya’s Meru National Park: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-kenya-wildlife/three-rhinos-killed-by-poachers-in-kenyas-meru-national-park-ministry-idUSKBN1I41HP
• 3.3 tonnes of pangolina scales seized in a container from Nigeria en route to Cambodia: http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/environment/199971/another-3-3-tonnes-of-pangolin-scales-seized-in-hcm-city.html
• Chinese-backed dam risks orangutan habitat: https://apnews.com/67938654b7f147ae8d84510d9c44f4c0
• Mangroves store way more carbon than previously thought: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/05/new-study-finds-mangroves-may-store-way-more-carbon-than-we-thought/
• Hawaii passes bill banning sunscreen that can harm coral reefs: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/03/travel/hawaii-sunscreen-ban.html
• Australia to invest $379 million to protect the Great Barrier Reef: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/05/australia-to-invest-379-million-to-protect-the-great-barrier-reef/
• Japan to exceed bluefin tuna quota amid warnings of commercial extinction: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/apr/24/japan-criticised-exceed-bluefin-tuna-fishing-quota
• Judge rules Oregon rancher trespassed on federal land: http://www.capitalpress.com/Livestock/20180501/judge-rules-oregon-rancher-trespassed-on-federal-land
• Exploitative wildlife selfies will get flagged by Instagram: https://www.usatoday.com/picture-gallery/travel/2018/04/25/these-wildlife-selfies-will-get-flagged-by-instagram/34226571/
• Ancient humans settled the Philippines 700,00 years ago: https://gizmodo.com/stunning-discovery-shows-early-humans-were-hunting-rhin-1825686009
• Iceland supermarket announces ban on palm il in all store-brand items: http://www.greenmatters.com/news/2018/04/10/1RQ88J/iceland-supermarket-palm-oil
• Everglades under threat as Florida’s mangroves face death by rising sea level: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/may/02/mangroves-everglades-florida-rising-sea-level
• Coal mine diverts Sumatran river without a permit, leaving villagers short of clean water: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/05/coal-mine-diverts-sumatran-river-without-a-permit-leaving-villagers-short-of-clean-water/
• Hawks more effective than poison for rodent control: https://returntonow.net/2018/04/21/hawks-replace-rat-poison/
• French town of Vittel suffering watering shortages as Nestle accused of ‘overusing’ resources: http://uk.dailysangram.com/news/french-town-of-vittel-suffering-water-shortages-as-nestle-accused-of-overusing-resources
• Dallas Safari Club hastily scrubs VP guilty of killing elephant: http://dallas.culturemap.com/news/restaurants-bars/04-30-18-dallas-safari-club-ross-jackson-elephant-poaching/
• Humpback whale baby boom near Antarctica: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/01/science/humpback-whale-antarctica.html
• Wild wolf shot and killed in Denmark: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/may/01/wild-wolf-shot-and-killed-in-denmark
• California sues Trump administration to protect fuel emissions standards: http://www.latimes.com/politics/essential/la-pol-ca-essential-politics-may-2018-california-sues-trump-administration-to-1525194264-htmlstory.html
• Puffin beaks glow in surprising discovery: https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/04/sharks-puffins-animals-biofluorescence-oceans/
• Tick and mosquito infections are spreading: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/01/health/ticks-mosquitoes-diseases.html
• California to extend low-carbon fuel standard through 2030: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/california-to-extend-low-carbon-fuel-standard-through-2030/
• Riverside land purchase makes a big cat crossing across I-15: http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-sd-big-cat-crossing-20180428-story.html
• Lion bone trade: new report reveals South African government’s role: https://africageographic.com/blog/lion-bone-trade-new-report-reveals-south-african-governments-role/
• EPA grants ‘financial hardship’ waiver to oil refinery owned by billionaire: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-biofuels-epa-icahn/exclusive-u-s-epa-grants-biofuels-waiver-to-billionaire-icahns-oil-refinery-sources-idUSKBN1I10YB
• New beetle species named after Leonardo DiCaprio: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/apr/30/new-beetle-species-named-after-leonardo-dicaprio
• Australian government pledges $500 million to help save the Great Barrier Reef: http://www.iflscience.com/environment/australian-government-pledges-500-million-to-help-save-the-great-barrier-reef/
• Weedkiller found in granola and crackers: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/apr/30/fda-weedkiller-glyphosate-in-food-internal-emails​