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[chronicle_moderator]

Wildlife smugglers now mine scientific journals to learn where to find exotic animals and plants. Several newly discovered animal species were decimated by poachers after the animals' scientific description appeared in print. The problem is more widespread in botany. Should researchers withhold information from their publications? Or does the graver threat of habitat loss make it important for scientists to document where rare species thrive?
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[mabeelrc]

I don't have a solution to the question of how much information is too much; I don't think anyone does. 

But I do have a hunch.  My hunch is that the local guides and porters that the field researchers use are, in at least some cases ,the very same local guides and porters that the wildlife smugglers use.

So, if the researchers could use that little memory-eraser gadget that the Men In Black use, it could help alleviate the problem.