Best of our wild blogs: 21 Aug 08

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Government engaging bloggers on the Social Media and Environmental Education blog “Enticement” a gorgeous painting of our very own hornbills...

Georgia Aquarium: New fish every 90 days

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Downtown Atlanta attraction wants to pump up ‘wow factor’ Leon Stafford, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution 21 Aug 08; In an effort to increa...

Got a plan to harvest solar energy?

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Today Online 21 Aug 08; SINGAPORE’S Clean Energy Programme Office (Cepo) is making an international call for research and development propo...

Energy sector can fuel Singapore manufacturing growth

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Singapore just needs intellectuals with adaptable skills: Warwick director Oh Boon Ping, Business Times 21 Aug 08; SINGAPORE is well-placed...

New, "Chubbier" River Dolphin Found in Bolivia

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José Orozco, National Geographic News 20 Aug 08; The Bolivian river dolphin is a separate species from the Amazon river dolphin, scientists...

Mexico starts campaign to save endangered porpoise

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Dan Keane, Associated Press 21 Aug 08; Mexico is investing 163 million pesos (US$16 million) to save a highly endangered type of porpoise f...

Ivory trade banned in Namibia from September

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Yahoo News 21 Aug 08; Namibia will impose a ban on all trade with 'worked ivory' from next month in a bid to assert its control and...

Health risk for Ghana children from electronic goods recycling

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The Telegraph 20 Aug 08; Children are putting their health at risk salvaging metals from unwanted electronic equipment being dumped in west...

Water everywhere, and not a drop to grow

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Colin Chartres, BBC Green Room 20 Aug 08; Limited availability of fresh water is often overlooked as a cause of food scarcity and environme...

UK citizens using 58 baths of water a day

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WWF website 20 Aug 08; While each person in the UK drinks, hoses, flushes and washes their way through around 150 litres of mains water a d...

Call to tackle UK business waste

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Richard Black, BBC News 20 Aug 08; The government needs to step up efforts to reduce waste from business, according to a parliamentary comm...

This Year So Far Coolest For at Least 5 Years - WMO

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PlanetArk 21 Aug 08; LONDON - The first half of 2008 was the coolest for at least five years, the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) s...