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

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The Desert Sun News – February 19, 2012 Five months after California imposed its public safety realignment on its 58 counties, significant challenges remain. Riverside County Sheriff Stan Sniff Jr. says jails in 36 counties are already ... Read the original here: Editorial: California should fully fund public safety realignment

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Contra Costa Times editorial – Posted: 02/18/2012 04:00:00 PM PST California faces a fiscal dilemma — how to raise enough money in the short term to fund suffering basic government programs now without undermining an economic ... Go here to see the original: California – Contra Costa Times editorial: Multiple tax measures hurt chances for passage

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The Telegraph – By David Barrett, Home Affairs Correspondent Details of every phone call and text message, email traffic and websites visited online are to be stored in a series of vast databases under new Government ... Read more: London – Phone and email records to be stored in new spy plan

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Written by Kate McGinty – The Desert Sun The state of California has begun handing counties the responsibility of monitoring tens of thousands of parolees, but police chiefs don’t know who they are. State privacy laws prevent ... See the article here: California privacy laws keep police from getting parolees’ names