![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/speciesinperil.unm.edu\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/web-newsletter-topper-no-2.jpg?fit=825%2C146&ssl=1\")
\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\tDear Friend: As you may recall, last Friday, June 5, 2020, which was\u00a0World Environment Day<\/a>, we sent you the\u00a0Species in Peril e-letter vol. 1 no. 2<\/a>. Unfortunately, over the weekend the site went down due to technical error and no page was accessible. We sincerely apologize and regret that this happened shortly after the release of the e-letter. But we are pleased to share that the site is up now with all of its contents.<\/span><\/p> US Media Ignored World Environment Day but UNM Did Not!<\/strong><\/span><\/p> We take this opportunity to also note that the mainstream media in the United States ignored this year\u2019s World Environment Day. Take for example, there was no article on it in the two most influential newspapers:\u00a0The New York Times<\/em>\u00a0and the\u00a0Washington Post<\/em>. Worse yet, if you do an online search on \u201cWorld Environment Day New York Times\u201d\u2014you will see that after publishing an article in 1973 on its founding the newspaper forgot about World Environment Day for the past nearly fifty years.<\/span><\/p> The University of New Mexico (UNM) filled that void this year. All weekend the university\u2019s main website (unm.edu<\/a>) kept and is continuing to keep the announcement of the Species in Peril\u00a0Biodiversity Webinar Series<\/strong>\u00a0featuring U.S.\u00a0Senator Tom Udall<\/strong>\u00a0as honorary co-host\u2014as a front-page story,\u00a02020 World Environment Day: Celebrating Biodiversity<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t So, despite the Species in Peril site not being accessible over the weekend for which we apologize, we urge you to take a look now\u2014how we honored the World Environment Day with substantial content to raise awareness.<\/span><\/p> We include again the content of the original e-letter below: an announcement, and three original articles accompanied by photographs, and two drawings that were created for this e-letter.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t This\u00a0Species in Peril e-letter<\/strong>\u00a0begins with an announcement. During Fall 2020, the Species in Peril project at the University of New Mexico will host a\u00a0Biodiversity Webinar Series<\/strong>\u00a0with United States Senator Tom Udall as co-host.<\/span><\/p> \u201cWe are all interconnected, and as we emerge from a global pandemic, we must address the dual nature and climate crises that threaten all of us,\u201d\u00a0<\/span>said<\/a>\u00a0Senator Udall.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p> The series will include four webinars, offered monthly starting in September, focused on the following topics: a national biodiversity action plan, highlighting bills sponsored by Sen. Udall; an assessment of threatened species in New Mexico and around the world; Indigenous stewardship and the concept of multispecies justice; and transforming state wildlife management to protect biodiversity.<\/span><\/p> READ THE UNM BIODIVERSITY WEBINAR SERIES PRESS RELEASE<\/span><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0HERE<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t This\u00a0Species in Peril e-letter<\/strong>\u00a0also includes three original articles, photographs, and two drawings that were created for this e-letter.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p> On May 20, a super cyclone named Amphan struck the Sundarbans\u2014the largest mangrove forest on Earth\u2014and caused widespread ecological and social devastation in Sundarbans and across south Bangladesh and West Bengal in India.\u00a0<\/span><\/p> The first article, focusing on Amphan in Sundarbans, connects tropical cyclones that are increasing in intensity and frequency due to climate breakdown\u2014to the escalating human-caused biological annihilation. The second article addresses the peril of Sundari\u2014the namesake tree of Sundarbans, designated as an endangered species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species. The third article highlights the need for assessing the biological crisis and the important work being done by three scientific assessors at the New Mexico BioPark Society focusing on native plants, freshwater fish and pollinator species of New Mexico, Mexico and Central America.<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t An Unknowable Tragedy<\/span><\/strong> READ THE ARTICLE<\/span><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0HERE<\/strong><\/a>. The Last Stand of Sundari<\/span><\/strong> READ THE ARTICLE<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>HERE<\/strong><\/a>. Assessing the Biological Crisis<\/span><\/strong>![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/speciesinperil.unm.edu\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/UNM-celebrates-WED.png?fit=825%2C445&ssl=1\")
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Sundarbans after Cyclone Amphan<\/span><\/strong>
By Subhankar Banerjee,\u00a0Species in Peril<\/span><\/em>,\u00a0vol. 1 no. 2,\u00a0June 5, 2020
Drawing by laura c. carlson,\u00a0the beautifuls<\/em>,\u00a02020, mixed media on paper<\/span><\/span><\/p>
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By Ananda Banerjee,\u00a0Species in Peril<\/em>, vol. 1 no. 2, June 5, 2020
Photographs by Ananda Banerjee<\/span><\/span><\/p>
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By Clayton Meredith,\u00a0Species in Peril<\/em>,\u00a0vol. 1 no. 2,\u00a0June 5, 2020
Drawing by laura c. carlson,\u00a0Office of<\/em>\u00a0Species Survival<\/em>,\u00a0 2020, Graphite and watercolor on paper<\/span><\/span><\/p>
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