Indonesian forests ‘remain in bad shape’

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Adianto P. Simamora, The Jakarta Post 7 Feb 09; Mismanagement of forests, which creates conflict among local residents, continues to reign ...

Best of our wild blogs: 7 Feb 09

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Urban encounter: White-rumped Shama on the Bird Ecology Study Group blog Mottled wanderer on the annotated budak blog and doesn't he lo...

No let-up in remaking Singapore into top location

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Joyce Teo, Straits Times 7 Feb 09; NATIONAL Development Minister Mah Bow Tan said there will be no let-up in public building works even as ...

More Singapore firms going green to cut costs

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Straits Times 7 Feb 09; THE search for ways to cut costs in the economic downturn is turning an increasing number of companies on a green r...

Singapore-Indonesia border agreement: Jakarta Post editorial

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Editorial: Neighborhood border The Jakarta Post 6 Feb 09; Never mind the length of time it took, 36 years, to agree on the western segment ...

Whale shark sightings on rise in Gulf of Mexico

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Janet McConnaughey Associated Press reflector.com 6 Feb 09; NEW ORLEANS — It was such an unusual sight that the commercial fishing crew in ...

Thailand urged to protect dugongs

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mathaba.net 6 Feb 09; PHUKET, Feb 5 (TNA) - The Thai government was urged Thursday to seriously and urgently protect the dugongs in Thai A...

Taiwan coral reefs "turn black" with disease

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Reuters 6 Feb 09; TAIPEI (Reuters) - Coral reefs off the southeast coast of Taiwan have turned black with disease possibly due to sewage di...

Smugglers target Indonesia's rare Javan hawk: official

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Yahoo News 6 Feb 09; KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) – Indonesia's national icon -- the Javan hawk-eagle -- has become the target of illegal traders...

Where Are All the Migratory Birds Going?

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Hayley Rutger, National Geographic magazine 6 Feb 09; The bobolink, a North American relative of blackbirds, finds its wintering grounds in...

Hong Kong reserve closed amid bird flu tests

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Yahoo News 6 Feb 09; HONG KONG (AFP) – A Hong Kong bird sanctuary has been closed for three weeks after a dead grey heron found there teste...

Fires threaten Australian cities, alert issued

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Michael Perry, Reuters 6 Feb 09; SYDNEY (Reuters) - Firefighters with aircraft and thermal imaging equipment tackled bushfires in and near ...