PLANET IN PERIL

World Resources Institute Canada, home to two of the Whooping Crane Summer Ranges, topped the list of countries with the most forest loss. The loss is likely due to sweeping boreal forest fires in the Wood Buffalo National Park. Story here. Related: " Only 'Heroic Efforts' Will Spare Earth’s Mighty Boreal Forest From the Worst Ravages of Climate Change - Experts."

the guardian Lack of local infrastructure to undertake oil exploration will prove devastating, environmentalists say – there is one road, no rail system and limited air facilities. Story here.

Agro News Palmer amaranth is a broadleaf annual weed that has created significant problems for growers in the Mid-South US over the past 10 years due to its  prolific seed production and  resistance to glyphosate. Story here. Superweed rendering  by Paul Hoppe

Agro News California is the fourth largest cotton producing state in US, and production there depends heavily on irrigation. 

Common Dreams Nueva Trinidad has become the third municipality in El Salvador to  officially declare itself a "territory free of mining" through a historic popular community consultation. Story here. Related: " Council of Canadians backs protest defending El Salvador's water from World Bank tribunal."

Mother Jones Early last month, veteran polar explorers and scientists Marc Cornelissen and Philip de Roo set out on skis from Resolute Bay, a remote outpost in the patchwork of islands between Canada and Greenland. Their destination… Story here.