Best of our wild blogs: 19 Feb 09

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Wildfacts updates: Semakau Checklist, nems and more on the wild shores of singapore blog Through the fire and the flames all the links on Si...

There's method in some messes

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Andy Ho, Straits Times 19 Feb 09; SINGAPORE is a dull city, says Mr William Lim. The architectural theorist says we disvalue our Geylangs a...

Senoko to forge ahead with power plant revamp

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This comes even as electricity demand falls for fourth month in a row Ronnie Lim, Business Times 19 Feb 09; ELECTRICITY demand continued to...

Haze heading for Singapore

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Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, Straits Times 19 Feb 09; JAKARTA: Haze from forest fires in Indonesia's Riau islands is blowing towards Singapor...

Two bush fires in two days in same area

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Blazing again Lediati Tan, The New Paper 19 Feb 09; THE forested area along Bukit Batok West Avenue 3 has once again been affected by bush ...

Peatland conversions in Indonesia conditionally approved

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Adianto P. Simamora, The Jakarta Post 19 Feb 09; The environment minister has approved the conversion of peatlands to oil palm plantations,...

Higher prices for sea turtle eggs in Malaysia

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The Star 19 Feb 09; KUALA TERENGGANU: The Terengganu Fishery Department is offering licensed turtle egg collectors higher prices in a bid t...

Coral growing near Dubai's The Palm, say scientists

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Derek Baldwin, Xpress News 17 Feb 09; The jury is still out on whether Dubai’s offshore reclamation projects are a sound ecological additio...

Is it selfish to have more than two children?

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Margaret Ryan, BBC News BBC News 18 Feb 09; Is having more than two children selfish? The future of the planet rarely plays a part when pla...

New rat species found on Philippines mountain

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Yahoo News 18 Feb 09; MANILA (AFP) – A new species of rat has been found on a mountain in the southern Philippines, the environment departm...

New caterpillar plague hits Liberia, spreads to Ivory Coast

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Yahoo News 18 Feb 09; MONROVIA (AFP) – Liberia has been hit by an invasion of so far unidentified caterpillars while another species, which...

UN unveils ambitious 'green' food programme

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Yahoo News 18 Feb 09; NAIROBI (AFP) – The UN Environment Programme has unveiled an ambitious seven-point plan to feed the world without pol...