monetary compensation is offered for the losses caused by targeted animals listed as nationally protected species under the National Wildlife Law. Within Yunnan, the first scheme was funded by the provincial government from 1999--2008 and the second scheme was funded by the state government from 2009--2013. To date, the insurance-based scheme is the most expansive, and was initiated in 2007 to mitigate human-elephant conflict at Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China. In this scheme, adjustors from the insurance company assessed the losses and recorded the conflict data, including the household affected, date of conflict, wildlife involved, type of damage, conflict locality, loss assessment, and compensation amount. Previous studies have reported that a high proportion of local residents were dissatisfied with this scheme after suffering significant losses caused by Asian elephant inParadox Interactive and Harebrained Schemes announced the next expansion for BattleTech: Heavy Metal, coming November 21st at ParadoxCon today. Heavy Metal packs in eight new 'Mechs, seven from the original tabletop game and one all-new 'Mech alongside a new Flashpoint mini-campaign as well as eight additional new weapons systems. Heavy Metal comes free with the BattleTech Season Pass, or on its own for 14.99 USD. Also in celebration of PDXCON, BattleTech and all of its DLC have been discounted through Monday morning, with sales ranging anywhere from 40 to 66% off. Heavy Metal launches on all PC storefronts on November 21st.

In the new cinematic trailer for BattleTech, we get our first look at the all-new 'Mech coming in the expansion: the Bull Shark. We also get our first