Best of our wild blogs: 31 Jan 09

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World Wetlands Day 2009 - SBWR photo exhibition on the ashira blog Coastal work off the Marina Barrage on the wild shores of singapore blog ...

Crab finds by Singapore-led team now on stamps

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Straits Times 31 Jan 09; SEVEN new species of crabs, discovered by a Singapore-led expedition off the southern Philippines coast, have been...

Singapore: Driest January in 10 years

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Judith Tan & Amresh Gunasingham, Straits Times 31 Jan 09; SINGAPORE is experiencing an unusually dry spell and it looks like it may las...

More hot spots detected in Riau

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But north-easterly winds are keeping haze from affecting S'pore Judith Tan, Straits Times 31 Jan 09; THE threat of haze from Sumatra...

Worst dengue outbreak in Malaysia

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More than 5,000 cases so far this year; rainfall, public apathy blamed for Aedes breeding Hazlin Hassan, Straits Times 31 Jan 09; PUTRAJAYA...

CO2 pollution 'turning oceans more acid'

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Yahoo Newws 30 Jan 09; NICE, France (AFP) – Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions must fall sharply to avoid inflicting acid damage to the world...

Fishy decision in Sabah, Malaysia

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Daily Express 30 Jan 09 Kota Kinabalu: The local fishing sector is puzzled over the decision to allow foreign vessels to fish in Sabah wate...

Japan to take some tuna fishing boats out of service: government

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Yahoo News 30 Jan 09; TOKYO (AFP) – Japan will take out of service up to 20 percent of its tuna fishing boats after tougher catch quotas we...

World heads for 'water bankruptcy', says Davos report

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Yahoo News 30 Jan 09; DAVOS, Switzerland (AFP) – The world is heading toward "water bankruptcy" as demand for the precious commod...

Resist industry pressure to dilute green reform: U.N.

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Krittivas Mukherjee, Reuters 30 Jan 09; NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Industries are pressing governments worldwide to dilute policies on climate c...

Pole-to-pole flight finds CO2 piling up over Arctic

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Timothy Gardner, Reuters 30 Jan 09 NEW YORK (Reuters) - Scientists who flew a modified corporate jet from pole to pole to study how greenho...

Homes razed, chaos in record Australian heatwave

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Amy Coopes Fri Yahoo News 30 Jan 09; SYDNEY (AFP) – Southeastern Australia faced chaos Friday, as some of the hottest temperatures in a cen...