Best of our wild blogs: 17 May 09

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A "Politically Incorrect" Butterfly The Nigger (Orsotriaena medus cinerea) on the Butterflies of Singapore blog Oriental Honey Buz...

Heavy fines a bid to stop feeding of monkeys

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If they get used to being fed, they may attack humans if denied food Teo Wan Gek , Kimberley Lim, Straits Times 17 May 09; Monkey see, monk...

Mah Bow Tan launches "My Endearing Home" exhibition at Marina Square

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Satish Cheney, Channel NewsAsia 16 May 09; SINGAPORE: National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan launched the "My Endearing Home" ...

Time for Singapore to get electric vehicles up to speed

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Singapore must plug in now, after missing chance in the 1990s to be a leader in the field Christopher Tan, Straits Times 17 May 09; Singapo...

Is this free plastic bottle safe for son?

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Mum confused by grading of plastic containers Elysa Chen, The New Paper 17 May 09; IT WAS free, but on hindsight, the gift was one that hou...

Habitat Loss Threatens Kalimantan Orangutans

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Ismira Lutfia, Jakarta Globe 13 May 09; The construction of a road connecting the towns of Sangatta and Bontang in East Kalimantan has caus...

Indonesian traditional fishermen struggle to eke out a living

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Jongker Rumteh and Indah Setiawati, The Jakarta Post 16 May 09; While scientists and delegates at the World Ocean Conference (WOC) and Cora...

Save our marine mammals

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Chai Mei Ling, New Straits Times 17 May 09; THEY are exotic creatures, so, too, their names. Irrawaddy, bottlenose and Humpback dolphins. B...

Man-made island to save Tanjung Piai

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New Straits Times 17 May 09; PONTIAN: The state government is considering building a man-made island off Tanjung Piai, at the southernmost ...

Got any rubbish? Price of recyclable waste recovers

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Last year, you couldn't give away old paper and bottles. But now the salvage industry is back in business and starting a new boom Rachel...

Australia to build world's largest solar energy plant: PM

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Reuters 17 May 09; SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia plans to build the world's largest solar power station with an output of 1000 megawatts...

Biofuels yet to take root as green alternative

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Mark Rice-Oxley, Straits Times 17 May 09; Mark Rice-Oxley London - Every green technology has grappled with an image problem as it struggle...