Best of our wild blogs: 2 Apr 10

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SPAWNED! from Raffles Science Institute New Aeolid slug from Changi! from wonderful creation and Singapore Nature Finding a 2m Long Boiga f...

Rescuing Indonesia`s coral reefs from blast fishing

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Rahmad Nasution Antara 2 Apr 10; Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Endowed by nature with more than 50,000 square kilometers of coral reefs, Indonesi...

World whaling body could collapse if deal fails: New Zealand

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Yahoo News 1 Apr 10; WELLINGTON (AFP) – The international body to control whaling worldwide could collapse if a deal cannot be reached to a...

Hundreds of Olive Ridley turtle eggs washed away

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Thaindian 1 Apr 10; Bhubaneswar, April 1 (IANS) Despite various preservation measures, hundreds of rare Olive Ridley turtle eggs were washe...

Britain approves Chagos Islands reserve, angers Mauritius

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Yahoo News 1 Apr 10; LONDON (AFP) – Britain gave the green light Thursday for the creation of the world's biggest marine reserve around...

Court Voids Malaysian Palm Oil Giant's Leases on Native Lands

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Environment News Service 1 Apr 10; MIRI, Sarawak, Malaysia, April 1, 2010 (ENS) - A native community on the Tinjar River in the Malaysian p...

Environmentalists decry gold mining in Lampung naitonal park

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Oyos Saroso H.N., The Jakarta Post 1 Apr 10; Conservationists in Lampung are up in arms over the resumption of gold mining in the Bukit Bar...

Dutch experts advise Vietnam on dealing with rising sea

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Vietnam News 2 Apr 10; MEKONG DELTA — It was high time for Viet Nam, especially Mekong Delta provinces, to put climate change on top of its...

A Call for Hong Kong to Clean the Air

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Bettina Wassener, The New York Times 31 Mar 10; HONG KONG — Top business leaders in Asia’s financial hub are sounding a bit like environmen...

Mekong power plan will affect millions of lives : activists

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Pongphon Sarnsamak, The Nation 2 Apr 10; Civic groups, academics and environmental activists yesterday called for the Mekong River Commissi...

Countries Blame China, Not Nature, for Water Shortage

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Thomas Fuller, The New York Times 1 Apr 10; BANGKOK — In southern China, the worst drought in at least 50 years has dried up farmers’ field...

Arab states urged to be open on water scarcity

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Dina Zayed, Reuters 1 Apr 10; ALEXANDRIA, Egypt (Reuters) - People in the Arab world need fuller and freer information about shrinking wate...