The Duck of Minerva

Here is your Thursday Morning Linkage. Back on the Africa theme from a couple of weeks ago, here are some good reads from the week: More reports on the elephant poaching crisis in CAR Last rhinos in Mozambique killed by poachers with the help of park rangers; time for Kruger fences to come back up Alex de Waal trolls celebrity activists like Enough, Kony 2012, faults them for insufficient consultation with local actors on the ground Nigerian military over-reacted and killed a bunch of citizens in the north: Boko Haram recruitment advertisement Abuamerican, American jihadi gone to Somalia,...

Here is your Thursday Morning Linkage! Algal bloom kills 240 of Florida's 5000 manatees (cause of death: natural toxin) Madonna smacked down by Malawi government after her recent visit Shale gas and methane leaks, greener than coal but by how much? Obama tells donors that the politics of the environment are hard, hints at what he might do on Keystone XL pipeline BP is beyond "Beyond Petroleum," sells wind power interests Nicholas Lemann asks: what happened to the environmental movement? New bird flu cases from China: how worried should we be? Tom Bollyky: Why does Gleevec, a leukemia drug...

Arriving in the middle of the International Studies Association annual meeting, here is your Thursday morning linkage... Man tries to smuggle 10% of endangered Madagascan tortoise population into Thailand DRC military facilitating poaching and pillaging in UNESCO world heritage site Just when the French thought it was safe to go home: suicide bombers in Timbuktu Bad Chinese air killing 1.2 million Chinese every year prematurely Chinese government study says pollution costs 3.5% of gross domestic product  Dude, where are half of China's rivers? Thomas Homer-Dixon pleads with Obama to cancel...