Showing posts with label urban-biodiversity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label urban-biodiversity. Show all posts

Urbanisation, commercial farms threaten Asia's forests, U.N. warns

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Rina Chandran, Thomson Reuters Foundation 18 Jun 19; BANGKOK, June 18 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Sprawling urban areas and expanding ...

Project aims to quantify worth of forests and marine habitats

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Siau Ming En Today Online 16 Aug 18; SINGAPORE — How much are Singapore's forests, parks, waterways, and coastal and marine habitats ...

Malaysia: The joys and benefits of observing nature

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ROZANA SANI New Straits Times 6 Jun 18; IMAGINE yourself as a child with low-speed Internet connection at home. You can’t play online gam...

Oar-some way to explore nature

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Gurveen Kaur The Straits TimesS AsiaOne 9 May 15; Sightings of otters in various parts of Singapore might have sent the public into a tiz...

Indonesia: Megawati asks Jokowi to regreen city

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Jakarta Post , 7 Oct 13; Former president Megawati Soekarnoputri asked Jakarta Governor Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to create a green c...

Hong Kong: Urban oasis

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South China Morning Post , 7 Oct 13; Hong Kong's open spaces and natural habitat provide a vital escape from the stresses of city life...

Thailand: Phuket wild boars ravage football-golf greens

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Phuket Gazette , 30 Sep 13; PHUKET: A sounder of wild boar has settled on an 18-hole “Football Golf Course” in Chalong as their preferred ...

Scientists identify pesky midges

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Two different species plaguing Bedok and Pandan reservoirs, but reason for outbreaks still not known Grace Chua Straits Times 15 Dec 12; ...

Bid to protect 'bird haven' at Bidadari

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Nature Society wants part of site slated for new HDB town conserved David Ee Straits Times 4 Dec 12; NATURE lovers are planning a campai...

Monkey found dead inside cage trap in MacRitchie Reservoir Park

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Sharon See Channel NewsAsia 26 Nov 12; SINGAPORE: Some visitors to MacRitchie Reservoir Park were greeted with an unpleasant sight on Mon...

Feathers fly over bird's early morning call

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Some complain that Asian Koel disrupts their sleep, but others sing its praises David Ee Straits Times 8 Nov 12; The calls of the male ...

Biodiversity in the Singapore story

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Grace Chua Straits Times 8 Nov 12; THE other day, as I stood drying my hands in a Botanic Gardens bathroom, I saw a crimson sunbird flitt...

What's a garden city without such sweet twitterings?

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Straits Times Forum 7 Nov 12; THE Asian Koel roosts in Bedok as well, where I live (" It's a big bird and a nuisance, but it...

It's a big bird and a nuisance, but it's protected

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Straits Times Forum 3 Nov 12; I LIVE in an HDB estate in Queenstown surrounded by lush greenery. Unfortunately, for over a year, my est...

The Malaysian Nature Society Supports Plan For Educational Park In Wangsa Maju

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Bernama 1 Nov 12; KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 1 (Bernama) -- The Malaysian Nature Society (MNS) has lent support to a proposal by residents of Wang...

What works in the forest may not work in a garden

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Straits Times Forum 16 Oct 12; WHILE it is laudable that the Bird Ecology Study Group will compile an archive listing more than 200 speci...

Orchard Road: Less of a bird street?

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David Ee Straits Times 15 Oct 12; THESE residents just refuse to be evicted. Nothing much, it seems, has prevented the mynahs of Orchard ...

Hawk no match for pesky mynahs

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Straits Times 14 Oct 12; Orchard Road's hawk patrols have failed. It turns out that the bird of prey is no match for the pesky, noisy...

Matching trees and birds

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Bird lovers setting up online archive so as to encourage biodiversity David Ee Straits Times 6 Oct 12; BOUGAINVILLEAS, commonly seen alo...

New Frog Species with 'Weird' Croak Identified in New York City

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University of Alabama Newswise 14 Mar 12; In the wilds of New York City — or as wild as you can get so close to skyscrapers — scientists ...