In other news: Environmental stories from around the web, March 2, 2018

Tropical forests Rangers key to saving forest-rich national park in the Congo Basin (WWF). Community-led ecotourism gives bonobos a fighting chance (WWF). Indigenous reserve 15 years in the making nears approval (The Guardian). As rainforests regrow, some species could come back: New study (University of Salford/Phys.Org). Camera traps document the wildlife riches of Nigeria’s forests (BBC News). Women key in plans to save DRC’s forests (WWF). Sarawak’s chief minister lays out plan to set aside 80 percent of state’s land as forest (Borneo Post). Camera traps nab crop-raiding wildlife in the act (University of East Anglia/EurekAlert). Leopard population in Cambodia plummets by 72 percent in just five years, according to new study (Panthera/EurekAlert). Other news “Shocking” heat wave strikes the Arctic (The Guardian). League of Conservation Voters tracks growing abyss between U.S.’s two parties (Mother Jones). South Dakota Native American reservation leads the way toward energy independence (Pacific Standard). Natural history museum building models of past ocean ecosystems (Pacific Standard). New study finds success in community-based wildlife conservation model in Tanzania (Wild Nature Institute/Phys.Org). Court orders Greenpeace activists to pay after breaking into French nuclear plant (Reuters). Study finds that our calculations of hydrocarbons emissions have been low (University of York/EurekAlert). Iranian environmental activist confirmed dead (The New York Times). Activists protest potential incursion of railway into Kenyan national park (The Guardian). Rising temperatures could scuttle King penguins (BBC News). A Louisiana community struggles to hold back the tide (The New York Times). Robot embarks on voyage to “listen” for…

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