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Newsletter 2021-04-29


Newsletter 2021-04-29
Carolyn Cowan [04/29/2021]
– Fewer than 100 Sumatran rhinos are believed to remain on Earth, and the species faces dire threats due to a low birth rate, habitat loss and fragmentation, and poaching.
– A new study finds that, despite its small size, the population retains significant genetic diversity, and likely has the genomic “toolkit” necessary to survive threats like climate change or disease.
– The findings are good news for conservationists, but also come with a warning: an analysis of a recently extinct subpopulation revealed that a rapid spike in inbreeding preceded their extinction.
– The research highlights dilemmas currently facing conservationists working to breed Sumatran rhinos in captivity: Should subspecies be mixed? And, when no alternatives exist, should captive rhinos be bred with their relatives? ....

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Hits and misses for a legal tool to protect the environment in Philippines


Hits and misses for a legal tool to protect the environment in Philippines
by Purple Romero on 28 April 2021
In 2010, the Philippines’ Supreme Court set the provisions for what it calls the “Writ of Kalikasan,” a landmark legal remedy that compels the government to act and halt environmental degradation that impacts more than one municipality.
More than a decade since it was first defined and used in court, the writ has been invoked for various cases, from closing open dumpsites and illegal landfills, to prompting the government to protect important bodies of water like the rehabilitation of Manila Bay.
While many petitions have been approved this way, the rulings haven’t always been implemented by local governments. ....

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Philippines lifts ban on new mining permits


Editorial
On April 14, President Rodrigo Duterte signed an order lifting a moratorium on new
mining permits in place since 2012. The order references the need for new growth to
support an equitable economy and help the “underprivileged”, as well as to
supply raw materials for the government’s Build, Build, Build infrastructure
plan.
The Philippines is a major exporter of
copper and gold and in 2020 became the number one exporter of nickel ore to
China, after Indonesia imposed a ban on raw mineral exports last January.
The Chamber of Mines of the Philippines
said that removing the ban “will help
bring the Philippines back on the investment map,” though the mining ....

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