Conservation News ~ October 12 2018

• Guyana records highest tourism growth in Caribbean for first half of 2018: https://guyanachronicle.com/2018/10/06/guyana-records-highest-tourism-growth-in-caribbean-for-first-half-of-2018
• IPCC climate change report calls for urgent action to phase out fossil fuels: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/live/2018/oct/08/ipcc-climate-change-report-urgent-action-fossil-fuels-live
• UN warns that we have 12 years to limit climate change catastrophe: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/oct/08/global-warming-must-not-exceed-15c-warns-landmark-un-report
• Dairy industry attacks vegan butter: https://vegnews.com/2018/10/dairy-industry-attacks-vegan-butter
• Hand-reared rhino celebrates birthday with her own cake: https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/16966345.hand-reared-rhino-celebrates-birthday-with-her-own-cake/
• Caledonia’s lost forest to be restored to glory in 23m rewilding: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/oct/07/caledonias-lost-forest-restored-to-glory-in-rewilding-cairngorms
• Formerly pristine islands under threat from rafts of plastic bringing alien species: https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/south-atlantic-islands-st-helena-falklands-plastic-pollution-alien-species-environment-a8574861.html
• MSU faculty awarded $1 million grant to research tree chemistry in bark beetle battle: http://www.montana.edu/news/18050/msu-faculty-awarded-1-million-grant-to-research-tree-chemistry-in-bark-beetle-battle
• Just 100 companies responsible for 71% of global emissions: https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2017/jul/10/100-fossil-fuel-companies-investors-responsible-71-global-emissions-cdp-study-climate-change
• Brazil scraps 11 new Amazon protected areas covering 2316 square miles: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/10/brazil-scraps-11-new-amazon-protected-areas-covering-2316-square-miles/
• Former poacher, Shakuza captain, released on bail: https://africasustainableconservation.com/2018/07/17/south-africa-suspected-poaching-kingpin-mabuza-released-on-bail/
• Bitterroot National Forest adds 12 acres to Bass Creek Recreation Area: https://nbcmontana.com/news/local/bitterroot-national-forest-adds-120-acres-to-bass-creek-recreation-area
• Baby Humpback Whale trapped in shark net off Queensland coast: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/oct/09/images-show-baby-humpback-whale-trapped-in-shark-net-off-queensland-coast
• Thieves snatch more than 100 baby giant tortoises from Galapagos Islands: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/10/06/thieves-snatch-100-baby-giant-tortoises-galapagos-islands/4
• Plastic trash from the Satchet Economy chokes the Philippines seas: https://news.mongabay.com/2018/10/plastic-trash-from-the-sachet-economy-chokes-the-philippines-seas/
• UK fracking rules on earthquakes could be relaxed: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/oct/09/uk-fracking-rules-on-earthquakes-could-be-relaxed-says-minister
• Endangered native Oyster is helped by invasive species: https://phys.org/news/2018-10-endangered-native-oyster-invasive-species.html
• Arizona, 6 other states, agree on plan to manage Colorado River: http://ktar.com/story/2251221/arizona-6-other-states-agree-on-plan-to-manage-overburdened-colorado-river/
• A citizen scientist found a  rare “Pumpkin Ash” tree growing in Central Park: https://www.westsiderag.com/2018/10/09/how-a-citizen-scientist-found-a-rare-pumpkin-ash-tree-growing-wild-in-central-park
• Refuge areas crucial to saving bird species as climate change: https://nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/canada-news-pmn/refuge-areas-crucial-to-saving-bird-species-as-climate-changes-study
• Japan kills endangered whales for ‘science’ and sells the meat, regulator rules that’s illegal: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2018/10/03/japan-kills-endangered-whales-science-sells-meat-thats-illegal-regulator-rules/?noredirect=on
• Trees are wiping out Ireland’s biodiversity: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/oct/10/trees-ireland-biodiversity-sitka-birds-extinction
• Shell boss says mass reforestation needed to limit temperature rise to 1.5C: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/oct/09/shell-ben-van-beurden-mass-reforestation-un-climate-change-target