Best of our wild blogs: 28 Aug 08

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Cyrene Reef mapped! kindly shared by Dr Raju, on the wild shores of singapore blog Big Trees For Me! about a heritage tree on the Garden Voi...

Shot in the arm for Sumatran elephants and tigers

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WWF 28 Aug 08; The Indonesian government is to double the size of a national park that is one of the last havens for endangered Sumatran el...

Put 'eco' back in 'economics'

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Growing in a green way means short-term costs but long-term benefits Jessica Cheam, Straits Times 28 Aug 08; I RECENTLY came to the conclus...

Trials on new system of buying electricity start later this year

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Margaret Perry, Channel NewsAsia 27 Aug 08; SINGAPORE: A new way of buying electricity is expected to result in lower energy costs for home...

80% of imported chikungunya cases visited Johor recently

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Lynda Hong, Channel NewsAsia 27 Aug 08; SINGAPORE : The large number of travellers between Singapore and Johore is a major reason for the r...

Mekong flood woes in South-east Asia

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China's dams a cause for concern Michael Richardson, Straits Times 28 Aug 08; CHINA says it remains a developing country despite its im...

Floods leave 2.5 million in India marooned

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People caught off-guard as area has not seen flooding in past 55 years P. Jayaram, Straits Times 28 Aig 08; NEW DELHI: An estimated 2.5 mil...

Nuptial diners try to save face, not sharks

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Grace Tsoi, The Hong Kong Standard 28 Aug 08; Face and tradition outweigh ecology when it comes to wedding banquets, according to the manag...

Whale Meat Shipped to Japan May Be Discarded, Greenpeace Says

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Stuart Biggs, Bloomberg 27 Aug 08; Whale meat worth about $1.6 million sitting in warehouses waiting for import into Japan may be thrown aw...

Biofuels 200 times more expensive than forest conservation for global warming mitigation

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mongabay.com 27 Aug 08; The British government should end subsidies for biofuels and instead use the funds to slow destruction of rainfores...

Community project convincing builders to recycle waste

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Construction waste makes up a much larger proportion of landfill than household rubbish. Is it time the drive to recycle shifted its focus? ...

Arctic Ice Second-Lowest Ever; Polar Bears Affected

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Deborah Zabarenko, PlanetArk 28 Aug 08; WASHINGTON - Arctic sea ice shrank to its second-lowest level ever, US scientists said on Wednesday...