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By DON THOMPSON, Associated Press – Monday, February 20, 2012 (02-20) 10:01 PST Sacramento, Calif. (AP) – A state lawmaker upset over the details contained in a publicly released 911 call involving actress Demi Moore is seeking ... Visit link: California – Demi Moore 911 tape prompts Calif. privacy bill

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Michigan Creates Mentored Youth Hunting Program Go here to see the original: Michigan Creates Mentored Youth Hunting Program

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VANCOUVER, Feb 19, 2012 (IPS) - Contrary to popular belief, humans have failed to address the earth's worsening emergencies of climate change, species' extinction and resource overconsumption not because of a lack of information, but because of a lack of imagination, social scientists and artists say. Visit link: Building Sustainable Future Needs More Than Science, Experts Say

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KAZIRANGA, India, Feb 18, 2012 (IPS) - While shoot-at-sight orders are now effectively keeping rhinoceros poachers at bay, an aggressive weed is threatening the one-horned ungulate in one of its last retreats - the Kaziranga National Park (KNP) in eastern Assam state. Read more here: Weed Threatens Indian Rhino's Last Refuge

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For anyone who works in conservation in Madagascar, confronting the complex difficulties of widespread poverty is a part of the job. See original here: Innovative conservation: wild silk, endangered species, and poverty in Madagascar

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South Africa is to deploy hundreds of extra troops along its borders to help fight gangs smuggling rhino horns, the government has announced. See the original post here: South Africa troops tackle rhino poachers

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Indonesia might lay claim to being the country with the second-highest level of biodiversity in the world after Brazil, but the government has no database to catalogue that wealth, an official says. Read the rest here: Sea of Biological Wealth in Indonesia, but No Database

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Researchers push for wider use of community-generated data in science and policy-making. Read the rest here: Citizen science goes 'extreme'

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ScienceDaily (Feb. 19, 2012) - Global warming has forced alpine chipmunks in Yosemite to higher ground, prompting a startling decline in the species' genetic diversity, according to a new study by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley. Link: Yosemite's Alpine Chipmunks Take Genetic Hit from Climate Change

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One of the UK's leading voices on ocean acidification has addressed a prestigious conference in Canada with a warning that marine biodiversity is at risk due to the corrosive effects of carbon dioxide. Read the original: British scientist warns AAAS of the threat posed by ocean acidification