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Here’s a unique opportunity to acquire all the required California MCLE Specialty Areas credits in a single program geared to criminal defense practice. The California Public Defenders Association presents The Annual MCLE Specialty Areas Seminar Saturday, August 27, 2011, at The Berkeley Marina DoubleTree Hotel 200 Marina Blvd, Berkeley, California 94710 Program Coordinators: Kathleen Cannon, Deputy Public Defender,...

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As the business of blogging has become an important part of popular media, so has the blogger defamation suit. In one of the newer suits to hit the blogging community, a federal judge has refused to toss out a lawsuit filed by former USDA official Shirley Sherrod against conservative political blogger Andrew Breitbart. He and his employee have...

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Sportsmen’s Groups Fight for Hunter Access See the article here: Sportsmen’s Groups Fight for Hunter Access

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Nutmeg-loving toucans wearing GPS transmitters recently helped a team of scientists at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama address an age-old problem in plant ecology: accurately estimating seed dispersal. Link: Toucans Wearing GPS Backpacks Help Smithsonian Scientists Study Seed Dispersal

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As the Barcode of Life project continues the work of sequencing specific segments of genes in Mexican animals and plants, there are some concerns about how to safeguard the biological samples collected from the threat of commercial exploitation. Original post: Barcoding Biodiversity Not Free of Risks, Activists Say

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The Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum (PFF) has launched a week-long campaign to protect mangrove forests, while protest demonstrations will also be held simultaneously in Karachi, Hyderabad and Sukkur. Link: PFF kicks off campaign to save mangrove forests

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In the last 30 years, more than 90 percent of the reef-building coral responsible for maintaining major marine habitats and providing a natural barrier against hurricanes in the Caribbean has disappeared because of a disease of unknown origin. Follow this link: Geographic Analysis Offers New Insight Into Coral Disease Spread

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Carapax sanctuary, which gave new home to UK's abandoned terrapins, in disarray after legal battle and neglect claims Follow this link: Terrapin haven in Tuscany for UK rescued reptiles is ruined and overrun

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A paper by WCS conservationist Elizabeth Bennett says that an immense, increasingly sophisticated illegal trade in wildlife parts conducted by organized crime, coupled with antiquated enforcement methods, are decimating the world's most beloved species including rhinos, tigers, and elephants on a scale never before seen. Link: Organized Crime Is Wiping out Wildlife, Report Finds

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Many migrants from southern Brazil who clear forests in Brazil's state of Amazonas are making their living as small-scale land speculators and not as farmers or as cattle ranchers, new research has found. Read more from the original source: Small-Scale Land Speculators Contribute to Amazon Deforestation