Best of our wild blogs: 6 Sep 09

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ICCS 09 at kranji mudflats from isn't it a wonder, how life came to be Official Opening of Dairy Farm Nature Park from Butterflies of Si...

NParks opens new Dairy Farm Nature Park to protect biodiversity

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Hoe Yeen Nie, Channel NewsAsia 5 Sep 09; SINGAPORE: The National Parks Board (NParks) has unveiled a blueprint to sustain and develop Singa...

Real tourist delights: seeking "something truly Singapore"

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Straits Times 6 Sep 09; As many a tourist in Orchard Road may be heard saying, the shopping and eating are splendid, the sights are reasona...

New Singapore record set for most number of campfire participants

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Cheryl Lim, Channel NewsAsia 5 Sep 09; SINGAPORE: Residents in Tampines East blazed to a new Singapore record on Saturday and they did this...

Group drives home no plastic bag message at Merdeka bazaar

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Priya Menon, The Star 5 Sep 09; WHAT could be better than a day of shopping, contributing to charity, saving the environment and celebratin...

Hunters Pass On Opening Day Of Dolphin Season

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NPR 5 Sep 09; This week marked the opening of dolphin hunting season in Japan. During the six-month season, thousands of dolphins are corra...

Fears for Indian tiger after Chinese green light for sale of animal products

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Jane Macartney in Beijing and Rhys Blakely in Mumbai The Times Online 3 Sep 09; The world’s dwindling population of tigers could be pushed ...

Coconuts used to capture carbon

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Saroj Pathirana, BBC 3 Sep 09; The Maldives aims to reduce its CO2 emissions using fertiliser. The "biochar" is a charcoal made f...

Cow Manure, Other Homegrown Energy Powering U.S. Farms

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Maggie Koerth-Baker, National Geographic News 4 Sep 09; From wind to sun to cow pies, farm-based natural resources are supplying an increas...

West Coast fishermen embark on new wave of fishing

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Jeff Barnard, Associated Press Yahoo News 5 Sep 09; HARBOR, Ore. – The West Coast groundfish fleet has struggled to stay afloat during majo...

Human Impacts And Environmental Factors Are Changing The Northwest Atlantic Ecosystem

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ScienceDaily 31 Aug 09; Fish in U.S. waters from Cape Hatteras to the Canadian border have moved away from their traditional, long-time hab...

Political infighting threatens survival of the bluefin tuna

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The bluefin tuna is one of the ocean's most magnificent creatures, a half-tonne predator that swims at 40mph. But political scheming in ...