Best of our wild blogs: 21 Mar 08

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Biodiversity and Conservation in Singapore - past, present, future? by Leo W H Tan; an inspiring talk on the Singaporean Attitudes to Biolo...

Car sales in Singapore expected to dip as buyers look at alternatives

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Channel NewsAsia 20 Mar 08; SINGAPORE: The price of petrol has increased eight times since last July, and car dealers said buyers will look...

Money buys happiness -- if you spend on someone else

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Yahoo News 20 Mar 08; Money can buy happiness, but only if you spend it on someone else, researchers reported on Thursday. Spending as litt...

Agonising over the icecap or frantic about floods? You may be suffering from 'eco-anxiety'

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Michael Hewitt, The Independent 20 Mar 08; Many of us worry about the future of the planet. It's both fashionable and cathartic. We can...

WWF demands North Sea no-fishing zones ‘would let stocks recover’

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Lewis Smith, Times Online 20 Mar 08; Conservationists are urging the Government to create five protection zones in the North Sea and to ban...

Vietnam 'hub for illegal timber'

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BBC News 20 Mar 08; Vietnam has become a major South-East Asian hub for processing illegally logged timber, according to a report from two ...

Thirsty Jordan scrambles to find new water resources

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Randa Habib, Yahoo News 20 Mar 08; The desert kingdom of Jordan, one of the 10 most water-impoverished countries in the world, is scramblin...

A poisoned paradise in Cambodia: water water everywhere

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The Independent 20 Mar 08; The floating villages of Chong Khneas are one of the great spectacles of Cambodia. But pollution and climate cha...

Grumbling over ethanol mounts among food execs

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Ben Klayman, Reuters 20 Mar 08; CHICAGO (Reuters) - Prices for commodities are steadily rising and top food industry executives are grumbli...

City lights turn peregrines into night hawks

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Michael McCarthy, The Independent 19 Mar 08; They carry out targeted killings on vulnerable victims and go on nocturnal rampages of violenc...

Easter egg makers fail to cut packaging

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Martin Hickman and Emily Dugan, The Independent 20 Mar 08; There has been almost no change in the amount of packaging on Easter eggs despit...

How the blurring of the seasons is a harbinger of climate calamity

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Michael McCarthy, The Independent 20 Mar 08; Spring, which officially starts today, is starting to dissolve as a distinct season as climate...