Best of our wild blogs: 29 Aug 09

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Tuas: Journey to the west from wonderful creation Sharing about our shores at NIE Learning Festival from wonderful creation Mangrove Salvagi...

Green temple off Pasir Panjang

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Rain? Excellent! Sun, wind and rain are put to good use at this green temple off Pasir Panjang. TEH JEN LEE, KELVIN CHAN and TEOH YI-CHIE lo...

A*Star in big push for green research

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In first such move, it awards $27.5m to 28 projects by local scientists Liaw Wy-Cin, Straits Times 29 Aug 09; THE Agency for Science, Techn...

Better, faster, cheaper way to study malaria

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Liaw Wy-Cin, Straits Times 29 Aug 09; SCIENTISTS in Singapore have come up with a better, faster and cheaper way of studying why some malar...

Sharp fangs of progress: art about urbanisation and consumerism

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Chinese artist Lu Hao uses an excavator for his critical take on the impact of rapid urbanisation and consumerism deepika shetty, Straits Ti...

Indonesia agency seeks sweeping CO2 emissions cuts

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Olivia Rondonuwu, Reuters 28 Aug 09; JAKARTA, Aug 28 (Reuters) - An Indonesian environment agency has set out a roadmap for the government ...

Taxonomic work in Malaysia: Fun in exploring the natural world

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New Straits Times 29 Aug 09; EYES twinkling, Dr Francis Ng spoke animatedly of his daring scientific expeditions in remote jungles to recor...

Curbing loss of biodiversity in Malaysia

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New Straits Times 29 Aug 09; AS one of 12 hot spots for biodiversity, Malaysia needs more people to take up taxonomy, or the science of nam...

Call for task force to curb poachers, wildlife trade in Malaysia

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New Straits Times 28 Aug 09; KUALA LUMPUR: In the battle against poachers and the illegal wildlife trade, two non-governmental organisation...

Pangolins saved from slaughter in Malaysia

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TRAFFIC 28 Aug 09; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 28 August 2009—In its biggest seizures of pangolins this year, Malaysia’s Wildlife and National ...

Four tons of pangolin scales and tortoise shells smuggled from Indonesia to Vietnam

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Pangolin scales, tortoise shells smuggled into Hai Phong thanhniennews.com 25 Aug 09; Customs officers in the northern port city of Hai Pho...

Poachers threaten spider tortoise

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Matt Walker, BBC News 28 Aug 09; Poachers are threatening the survival of the northern Madagascar spider tortoise, which only lives along a...