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The Huffington Post – June 6, 2012 – SAN FRANCISCO – San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon doesn’t mince words when it comes to the war on drugs. “It has been a failure,” he told The ... The rest is here: San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon: ‘The War On Drugs Has Been A Failure’

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ScienceDaily (June 7, 2012) - A new scientific study has identified two distinct populations of white shark at the east and west of Bass Strait in Australian waters, prompting researchers to suggest the huge fish may need regional conservation plans. See the original post here: Australia Has Two Distinct White Shark Populations

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WASHINGTON, Jun 7, 2012 (IPS) - The World Bank this week released its new environment strategy for the next decade, 2012 through 2022, saying the policy framework was crafted in response to "calls from governments and the private sector for new approaches to development in light of unprecedented environmental challenges". Original post: New World Bank Environment Strategy Boosts...

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Rachel Hall was part of a Unicef UK group that prepared a list of priorities that young people want to be taken up at the summit. She explains what they expect from world leaders More: Speak up for children at Rio+20 Earth summit

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Interpol and the United Nations have joined forces to launch an initiative to tackle global forest crime. See original here: Global alliance aims to tackle forest crime

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Elephant numbers in areas surveyed by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) in Central Africa halved between 2006 and 2011, hinting at the carnage wrought by the surging commercial ivory trade and demonstrating a need to boost protection efforts, said the Bronx Zoo-based conservation group. More here: Elephant numbers halved in Central Africa in 5 years

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Johnny Langenheim explains how an innovative method is sustaining corals and why on World Oceans Day we need to pledge for more such projects See the article here: Biorock giving new life to coral reefs

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Cod, haddock and herring could be fished in more numbers, but conservationists say policy will damage stocks Continue reading here: EU plans to increase fishing quota

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The eyes of the world will be focused on the health of our oceans when World Oceans Day is celebrated on Friday, 8 June See the rest here: South Africa: World Ocean Day Celebrated With Clean-Ups

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MEXICO CITY, Jun 7, 2012 (IPS) - Small farmers in Mexico, who receive little institutional support, are drawing on their traditional knowledge to deal with and adapt to climate change, experts say. Read more from the original source: Farmers Use Traditional Knowledge to Deal with Climate Change