Mangrove clearance may have worsened Myanmar cyclone toll

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Forest Clearing May Have Worsened Toll By Jane Spencer, The Wall Street Journal 9 May 08; HONG KONG -- The impact of the Myanmar cyclone was...

Best of our wild blogs: 9 May 08

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Cyrene Reef: Learning more Nemos and another Special Star found on the wonderful creations blog and mapping out the Reef on the wildfilms b...

Concrete and corals?

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Meredith Price Levitt, The Jerusalem Post 7 May 08; For most people, the idea of concrete blocks replacing coral reefs might seem far-fetch...

Four imported cases of chikungunya fever reported in Singapore

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Channel NewsAsia 8 May 08; SINGAPORE : Three more people have been confirmed to have the chikungunya disease. This is on top of the latest ...

Solar energy is the way to go in Singapore

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Letter from Wong Weng Fai, Today Online 9 May 08; I REFER to " Here comes the sun " (May 7). I applaud the Economic Development B...

Expect to pay higher electricity bills

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No relief soon as high oil prices push up costs for power companies Yang Huiwen, Straits Times 9 May 08; IF YOUR latest power bill gave you...

Cyclone may boost next rice harvest

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Straits Times 9 May 08; TOKYO - IN STREWING death and destruction across a rice-rich delta, the weekend cyclone that battered Myanmar has r...

Germany Warns Of Economic Risks From Species Loss

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PlanetArk 9 May 09; BERLIN - Nations must act to slow extinction rates, German Environment Minister Sigmar Gabriel said on Thursday, arguin...

UN sounds alarm over decline in migratory birds

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Yahoo News 8 May 08; The United Nations Environment Programme on Thursday voiced concern over declining numbers of migratory birds globally...

Risk Of Bird Flu Pandemic Probably Growing: Experts

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Stephanie Nebehay, PlanetArk 7 May 08; GENEVA - The risk of a human influenza pandemic remains real and is probably growing as the bird flu...

Indonesia Adopts Stringent "Green" Palm Oil Standard

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PlanetArk 8 May 08; JAKARTA - Indonesia, the world's biggest palm oil producer, plans to take firm measures aimed at ensuring palm oil ...

Brazil launches sustainable development plan for Amazon

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Yahoo News 8 May 08; Brazil on Thursday launched an ambitious sustainable development plan for the Amazon that aims to lay down a new model...