Myanmar cyclone damage worsened by loss of mangroves: FAO

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Yahoo News 15 May 08; The destruction of mangrove forests along parts of Myanmar's coast contributed to the damage wreaked by cyclone N...

Kyoto carbon trade hits 1 million tonnes a day

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Reuters 15 May 08; SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The European Climate Exchange (ECX) said on Thursday its futures trade in carbon emissions credits...

Solar firms team up on recycling to beat regulators

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Eva Kuehnen, Reuters 15 May 08; FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Some of the world's top solar power companies have teamed up to launch the first ...

Best of our wild blogs: 15 May 08

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Summary of Survey Results from the Singaporean Attitudes to Biological Conservation blog with comments on the results on the nature scorned...

Nature walkway will link Alexandra to Keppel

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From garden to creek to harbour - all in just 2km Liaw Wy-Cin, Straits Times 15 May 08 IN THREE years, the last part of the plan to transfo...

Building for Tomorrow: Live and work under one roof

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Business Times 15 May 08; Multiple-usage buildings bring commercial and retail conveniences closer to their residents and is an approach th...

GM food crop yield less than its conventional equivalent

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Letter from Richard Seah, Straits Times Forum 15 May 08; IN RECENT weeks, there were some major news reports on genetically modified (GM) f...

'Super-senses' alert animals to impending disasters

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Chang Ai-Lien, Straits Times 15 May 08; FROM frogs to pet dogs, animals have super-senses capable of surpassing even the most sensitive dis...

WWF says food supply at risk from species loss

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Madeline Chambers, Reuters 14 May 08; BERLIN (Reuters) - Governments are set to miss a self-imposed goal of slowing the rate of extinctions...

Australia Budget - Great Barrier Reef In Frame In Climate Fight

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PlanetArk 14 May 08; CANBERRA - Australia will spend A$3.8 billion ($3.5 billion) to fight climate change, including A$200 million to rescu...

Myanmar Cyclone a "Catastrophe" for Wildlife

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Stefan Lovgren, National Geographic News 14 May 08; The human tragedy resulting from the cyclone that struck Myanmar earlier this month is ...

Wildlife threatens many poor farmers' crops: WWF

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Laura MacInnis, Reuters 14 May 08; GENEVA (Reuters) - Elephants and other wildlife damage millions of dollars' worth of poor farmers...