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Conservation News ~ October 8 2018

10/8/2018

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  •  Sea Shepherd offers the Faroe Islands One Million Euros: https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/sea-shepherd-offers-the-faroe-islands-one-million-euros
  • Hawaii’s cauliflower coral being considered as endangered species: http://www.staradvertiser.com/2018/09/20/breaking-news/hawaiis-cauliflower-coral-being-considered-as-endangered-species/
  • Gay penguins’ efforts to rescue neglected chick cause chaos at Denmark Zoo: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/gay-penguins-efforts-to-rescue-neglected-chick-cause-chaos-at-denmark-zoo/
  • US Govt sees a 7-degree rise in global temperatures by 2100: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/trump-administration-sees-a-7-degree-rise-in-global-temperatures-by-2100/2018/09/27/b9c6fada-bb45-11e8-bdc0-90f81cc58c5d_story.html?utm_term=.57b21a8c7d3a
  • Scientists wiped out a mosquito population by hacking their DN with CRISPR: https://futurism.com/the-byte/gene-drive-mosquitos-crispr
  • Japan to continue to push resumption of commercial whaling: https://apnews.com/5c39350fa5de46109ca60ebcf830b832
  • At UN, Himalayan nations, at forefront of climate impact, outline threats to their unique ecosystems: https://news.un.org/en/story/2018/09/1021272
  • Controversy heats up over removal of Lower Snake River dams as orcas suffer losses: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/environment/controversy-heats-up-over-removal-of-lower-snake-river-dams-as-orcas-suffer-loses/
  • Vegan racing driver Leilani Munter has bought a chunk of rainforest with Rainforest Trust to keep it safe: https://www.rainforesttrust.org/race-car-driver-leilani-munter-partners-with-rainforest-trust-to-protect-over-1500-acres-of-endangered-rainforest/
  • In China, Ivory seems to be losing appeal: http://www.lulunews.net/wild/in-china-ivory-seems-to-be-losing-appeal/
  • Hidden Maya civilization revealed beneath Guatemala’s jungle canopy: https://trustednewssites.com/hidden-maya-civilization-revealed-beneath-guatemalas-jungle-canopy/
  • India, United Nations sign Sustainable Development Framework for 2018-2022: https://www.jagranjosh.com/current-affairs/india-united-nations-sign-sustainable-development-framework-for-20182022-1538136030-1
  • Dallas Zoo sets 46 horned lizards loose with its first-ever wildlife release: https://www.dallasnews.com/life/texana/2018/09/18/dallas-zoo-sets-46-horned-lizards-loose-first-ever-wildlife-release
  • China’s super trawlers are emptying the ocean to feed the country’s insatiable appetite for seafood: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-09-30/china-super-trawlers-overfishing-world-oceans/10317394
  • The world’s largest dairy company posts first-ever profit loss: https://vegnews.com/2018/9/the-worlds-largest-dairy-company-posts-first-ever-profit-loss
  • Ugandan rare antelope caught on camera for first time: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-45633272
  • Overfishing and pollution have trashed the Mediterranean: https://oceana.org/blog/overfishing-and-pollution-have-trashed-mediterranean
  • Half of killer whales doomed to die from pollution: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/sep/27/orca-apocalypse-half-of-killer-whales-doomed-to-die-from-pollution
  • US Supreme Court declines to take Martins Beach case -  a win for California’s landmark coastal access: http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-martins-beach-supreme-court-20181001-story.html
  • Chemicals from automobile tires suspected in Coho salmon deaths: https://www.pugetsoundinstitute.org/2018/09/automobile-tires-seen-as-a-prominent-suspect-in-coho-deaths/
  • Mother wolf was just shot dead for trying to feed her family: https://www.thedodo.com/in-the-wild/mother-wolf-shot-dead-in-washington
  • Japan faces potential trade sanctions after whaling operations deemed illegal: https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/japan-whaling-cites-trade-sanctions-sei-whales-illegal-meeting-sochi-a8564871.html
  • WWF statement on decision allowing countries withdraw from ivory monitoring process: https://www.worldwildlife.org/press-releases/wwf-statement-on-decision-allowing-countries-to-withdraw-from-ivory-monitoring-process
  • US government NAFTA revision ignores climate change, bolsters oil and gas industries: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/nafta-environment_us_5bb24486e4b0c7575967b819
  • US government abruptly ends key law enforcement program at wildlife refuges: https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/409455-trump-administration-ends-key-law-enforcement-program-at-wildlife
  • Senate panel moves to renew expired park conservation fund: https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/409450-senate-panel-moves-to-renew-expired-park-conservation-fund
  • Big cat conservation charity board member poses with a leopard he shot: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6231047/Mark-Bristow-Randgold-poses-dead-cheetah-despite-big-cat-conservation-charity-board.html
  • Wolf in Or-7’s territory kills dogs in southern Oregon: https://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2018/09/wolf_in_or-7s_territory_kills.html
  • Oregon’s Greenbelt Land Trust protects 561 acres: http://greenbeltlandtrust.org/category/adding-561-acres-to-conservation-corridor/
  • Judge to US Fish and Wildlife: Don’t cherry pick science: https://www.hcn.org/articles/endangered-species-judge-to-the-fish-and-wildlife-service-dont-cherry-pick-science-pacific-fisher
  • Commercial fishing banned much of the Arctic: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/oct/03/commercial-fishing-banned-across-much-of-the-arctic
  • Tropical frogs found to coexist with deadly fungus: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181003102730.htm
  • Denmark to ban sale of fossil fuel cars in 2030, boost EV sales: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-02/denmark-plans-2030-ban-on-fossil-fuel-car-sales-premier-says
  • Many birds of prey killings ‘unreported’: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-45626279
  • Western forests could adapt to pine beetles, but people won’t let them: http://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2018/10/pine-beetle-resilience/
  • Northern California Tribe treks 300 miles to save its Salmon: https://www.kqed.org/science/1931911/northern-california-tribe-treks-300-miles-to-save-its-salmon
  • A plane powered by recycled waste just flew across the Atlantic: https://futurism.com/the-byte/sustainable-jet-fuel-virgin-atlantic
  • Koalas ‘on track to be extinct in NSW by 2050’: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-09-07/koalas-face-extinction-in-nsw-due-to-land-clearing/10212236
  • Bitterroot National Forest officials to consider allowing bicycles in Wilderness Study Areas: https://www.fseee.org/2018/10/04/bitterroot-national-forest-officials-to-consider-allowing-bicycles-in-wilderness-study-areas/
  • Scientists say halting deforestation ‘just as urgent’ as reducing emissions: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/oct/04/climate-change-deforestation-global-warming-report
  • Japan to revise northern Pacific se whaling program: https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2018/10/04/world/asia/ap-as-japan-whaling.html
  • Five lions poisoned and poached at Rustenburg predator park: https://citizen.co.za/news/south-africa/2017652/five-lions-poisoned-and-poached-at-rustenburg-predator-park/
  • Scottish GPs to begin prescribing rambling and birdwatching: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/oct/05/scottish-gps-nhs-begin-prescribing-rambling-birdwatching
  • Guyana records lowest deforestation rate in 7 years: https://newsroom.gy/2018/10/06/guyana-records-lowest-deforestation-rate-in-7-years/
  • Stranded humpback whale recued in Argentina: https://apnews.com/fcff5f9ee1994287bf3cf3113429cf46
  • Species-rich forests store twice as much as carbon as monocultures: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181004143905.htm
  • Hunters kill 2 miles of Florida’s invasive pythons: https://www.local10.com/news/florida/hunters-kill-two-miles-of-floridas-invasive-pythons
  • First direct observation of hunting pelican eel reveals a bizarre fish with an inflatable head: https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/10/first-direct-observation-hunting-pelican-eel-reveals-bizarre-fish-inflatable-head
  • Environmental groups push to ban cyanide bombs in Oregon: https://www.bendbulletin.com/localstate/6558653-151/environmental-groups-push-to-ban-cyanide-bombs-in
  • Brown bear saliva kills a bacteria that current antibiotics are unable to treat: https://www.bendbulletin.com/localstate/6558653-151/environmental-groups-push-to-ban-cyanide-bombs-in
  • Elkhorn Slough has been designated a Wetland of International Importance under the Ramsar Convention: https://www.noaa.gov/media-release/elkhorn-slough-designated-wetland-of-international-importance
  • Over 70% of Africa’s grazing land is facing degradation due to invasive plant species: https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/environment/over-70-of-africa-s-grazing-land-is-facing-degradation-due-to-invasive-plant-species-61745
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