Indonesia: Critically endangered Sumatran rhino gives birth in Way Kambas NP

JAKARTA, Indonesia — A critically endangered Sumatran rhino was born in Indonesia’s western island of Sumatra on Saturday, the second Sumatran rhino born in the country this year and a welcome addition to a species that currently numbers fewer than 50 animals.

A female named Delilah gave birth to a 55-pound male calf at a sanctuary for Sumatran rhinos in Way Kambas National Park in Lampung province, at the southern tip of Sumatra island.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/critically-endangered-sumatran-rhino-named-delilah-successfully-gives-rcna126818

Spain to invest huge sum to keep wetland-dependent, WH-listed Donaña NP from drying up

Authorities in Spain signed an agreement Monday to invest €1.4 billion in areas around the Doñana national park, in a bid to stop the park from drying up.

Ecological Transition Minister Teresa Ribera said the plan was aimed at encouraging farmers to stop cultivating crops that rely heavily on water from underground aquifers that have been overexploited in recent years, damaging one of Europe’s largest wetlands.

https://www.euronews.com/green/2023/11/27/spain-announces-a-14-billion-deal-to-help-protect-donana-wetlands-from-drought

Potential sale of state-owned lands inside NPs worry conservationists

The first stop on the Wyoming Office of State Land and Investments tour across the state was fiery, as dozens of Jackson residents lined up to blast a proposal to sell state land inside Grand Teton National Park at auction.

“If this auction goes forward it will be the first time in the history of the U.S. that a state sells state trust lands within the boundaries of a national park,” Teton County Commissioner Luther Propst told The Colorado Sun. “It would be a terrible, horrible precedent.”

https://coloradosun.com/2023/11/21/wyoming-auction-grand-teton-national-park/