Best of our wild blogs: 13 Nov 09

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Joshua on MAD Lesson on Strange Plants from Cicada Tree Eco-Place Great Egrets from Life's Indulgences Mass Runaway from Manta Blog Pane...

Singapore weathering climate change

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However, it must still grapple with issues such as food security: Report Grace Chua, Straits Times 13 Nov 09; SINGAPORE is less vulnerable ...

Biofuel from paper waste can help cut petrol use in Singapore

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Up to 25% savings if wood-based trash is converted into biofuel, says study Judith Tan, Straits Times 13 Nov 09; SINGAPORE could replace up...

Greening the economy: Apec declaration

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Straits Times 13 Nov 09; ECONOMIC growth must go hand in hand with sustainable development, Apec ministers declared yesterday, recognising ...

Pulau Ubin one of the destinations for Apec sightseeing

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All work and no play Ansley Ng, Today Online 13 Nov 09; Singapore - For some, it may be just a big "talk shop", but going by what...

Bridge connecting Java, Sumatra to begin construction in 2014

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The Jakarta Post 12 Nov 09; Public Works Minister Djoko Kirmanto said Thursday the government was expecting to begin constructing the Selat...

Night herons in Selangor under threat from poaching

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Lim Chia Ying, Photos courtesy of Dr Ahmad Ismail The Star 13 Nov 09; BLACK-crowned night herons are in danger of disappearing if the autho...

India to free zoo elephants

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Yahoo News 12 Nov 09; NEW DELHI (AFP) – India is to move 140 elephants living in zoos across the country to safari parks and sanctuaries wh...

7.6 million replanted mangrove trees in Surabaya die

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Amir Tejo, Jakarta Globe 13 Nov 09; The protected forest on the eastern coast of Surabaya has lost about 7.6 million mangrove trees that we...

U.S. takes brown pelican off endangered species list

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Karin Zeitvogel Yahoo News 11 Nov 09; WASHINGTON (AFP) – Nearly 40 years after it was pushed to the edge of extinction by pesticide use, ha...

The white, green and black of energy

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Vikki McLeod, Science Alert 12 Nov 09; With the inclusion of a National White Certificate Scheme in the coalitions CPRS amendments, we need...

Greener power generation needed if electric vehicles are really to reduce emissions

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Undercurrent of doubt over electric motors Michael McCarthy, The Independent 12 Nov 09; Electric cars, which emit no carbon dioxide from th...