Vietnam: Mangrove loss and erosion

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Tuoi Tre, Thanh Nien News 11 Jan 08; Ca Mau, Vietnam's southernmost province, is being eaten by the sea and is shrinking by dozens of m...

Indonesia: Mangroves, shrimp farming and coastal erosion

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Lampung sea erosion affects settlements Oyos Saroso H.N., The Jakarta Post 11 Jan 08; Lampung is home to 1.9 million hectares of mangrove, ...

Indonesia: fighting dengue fever the natural way

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Sanur residents fighting dengue fever the natural way Prodita Sabarini, The Jakarta Post 11 Jan 08; A village in the Sanur beach area in Ba...

Best of our wild blogs: 11 Jan 08

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A campaign for a better world! "Things You Can Do": a massive social campaign entirely initiated by youth for youth on the eco-sin...

Harvesting Rainwater by Not Letting It Go to Waste

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NPR 10 Jan 08; Big rains slammed the West this week — big news in a region that has gotten used to dry weather. Now some city governments a...

Threat to African wildlife could upset delicate ecosystem balance: study

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Yahoo News 11 Jan 08; The pressures on elephants, giraffes and other big mammals could have far-reaching effects on the ecosystem of the su...

Global banking giants pulled up for flashing a paler shade of green

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Report says they haven't done enough to address climate change challenge Chew Xiang, Business Times 11 Jan 08; (SINGAPORE) The name and...

UK stops Malaysian palm oil ad after complaint

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Business Times 11 Jan 08; Environmentalists protest that impact of using palm oil as biofuel is unproven (LONDON) Britain's advertising...

Australia plans to phase out plastic bags

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Straits Times 11 Jan 08; Canberra wants supermarkets to begin ending their use this year SYDNEY - AUSTRALIA has followed China in announcin...

New York: Council Votes to Mandate Plastic Bag Recycling

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PlanetArk 11 Jan 08; NEW YORK - In a bid to curb the environmental impact of nearly 1 billion plastic bags used by New York City consumers ...

Wal-Mart faces hurdles in green electronics

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Nicole Maestri, Reuters 10 Jan 08; LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - A campaign to reduce packaging has been a success for Wal-Mart Stores "green...

Zoo in Vietnam admits to auctioning tiger bodies

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Reuters 10 Jan 08; HANOI (Reuters) - The Hanoi Zoo admitted selling dead tigers at auctions to Vietnamese animal traffickers, the latest in...