Shrimp industry blasted for "modern-day slavery"

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Paul Eckert, Reuters 23 Apr 08; WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Abuses of shrimp industry workers in Thailand and Bangladesh constitute "modern...

Where do my prawns come from?

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A wise course of action? Fred Pearce, The Guardian 23 Apr 08; Prawns are partly responsible for the present food crisis in Bangladesh, Viet...

Last River Porpoises Dying in Polluted Yangtze

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Kevin Holden Platt, National Geographic News 23 Apr 08; The planet's last river-dwelling finless porpoises are dying from exposure to i...

Can Viet Nam protect its marine environment?

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Thu Lan, Vietnam News 23 Apr 08; HA NOI — For centuries the sea has proven to be a rich source of both food and income, particularly for co...

Australia Grows by a Million Square Miles

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Associated Press, National Geographic News 23 Apr 08; Australia has extended control of its continental shelf by nearly 1 million square mi...

CFC smuggling key challenge in Asia, study says

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Yahoo News 23 Apr 08; Smuggling of ozone-depleting chemicals in the Asia-Pacific region is much worse than expected, a study released at a ...

Best of our wild blogs: 24 Apr 08

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Ferry-tale solution to Singapore's transport issues? comments on another proposal that ignores physical realities on the wildfilms blog ...

Sinking Jakarta to halt extraction of groundwater

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Firms that extract water have to pump it back into the ground Salim Osman, Straits Times 24 Apr 08; JAKARTA - JAKARTA'S government is a...

Biodiversity loss will lead to sick world: experts

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Martin Abbugao, Yahoo News 23 Apr 08; The world risks wiping out a new generation of antibiotics and cures for diseases if it fails to reve...

Chongqing wants to learn urban development from Singapore

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Chen Huifen, Business Times 24 Apr 08; (SINGAPORE) China's Chongqing government is keen to tap Singapore's expertise in urban plann...

Singapore graduate students to devise green solutions for China

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Channel NewsAsia 24 Apr 08; SINGAPORE: Innovative graduate students who participate in the Lien Challenge to come up with solutions that pr...

HFMD: 527 cases in a day raise concerns over outbreak

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Big worry: the re-emergence of a deadly strain Judith Tan, Straits Times 24 Apr 08; A SHARP rise in the number of hand, foot and mouth dise...