Best of our wild blogs: 8 Nov 08

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Echinoderm Excesses at the first nature guides' workshop on the ashira blog (live blogging!) and wild shores of singapore blog Phallic ...

Indonesia and Malaysia cut palm oil production

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Mustaqim Adamrah, The Jakarta Post 8 Nov 08; Indonesian and Malaysia, which produce some 85 percent of the world's crude palm oil (CPO)...

Early Preparation in Malaysia For Eventuality Of Floods

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Bernama 6 Nov 08; PUTRAJAYA, Nov 6 (Bernama) -- The government has set up 4,595 flood evacuation centres and other facilities to face the e...

Seahorses in Johor under threat

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Ahmad Fairuz, The New Straits Times 8 Nov 08; JOHOR BARU: Seahorses here are swimming in troubled waters. The latest survey carried out at ...

Ubin, the clean-energy island

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Island to become model 'green island' powered by clean and renewable energy Tania Tan & Amresh Gunasingham, Straits Times 8 Nov...

So sad to see herb garden uprooted after 21 years

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Town council removes garden after complaints about rats Teh Jen Lee, The New Paper 8 Nov 08; THESE days Mr Lim Ah Shuan is, in his own word...

Barrage of endless fun

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From picnicking to dining, there is plenty to do for everyone at the Marina Barrage Cheryl Tan, Straits Times 8 Nov 08; There has never bee...

A bright spark inspired by squids

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Physicist wins defence tech prize for laser beam idea Jermyn Chow & Shobana Kesava, Straits Times 8 Nov 08; WHEN squids mate in the dar...

Singapore and Britain can tackle climate change, energy security together

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Clear and present challenges Malcolm Wicks, Straits Times 8 Nov 08; IN 100 years' time, when historians look back at the 21st century, ...

Holland's jiving with alternative energy plans

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Innovations range from zero-emission power plant to club 'charged' by people Shobana Kesava, Straits Times 8 Nov 08; A MARINA barra...

Rare animal trade thrives in Thailand from lax laws

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Claire Truscott Yahoo News 7 Nov 08; BANGKOK (AFP) – Thousands of tourists and locals throng the congested aisles of Bangkok's popular ...

Ivory auctions will undercut poachers: UN

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Yahoo News 7 Nov 08; GENEVA (AFP) – A controversial series of legal ivory auctions in southern Africa should undercut poachers who have bee...