Best of our wild blogs: 28 Apr 10

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Three bugs from The annotated budak Woodpecker-like feeding behaviour of drongos from Bird Ecology Study Group

Singapore Exports Its Government Expertise in Urban Planning

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Sonia Kolesnikov-Jessop, The New York Times 27 Apr 10; SINGAPORE — Last autumn, Singapore’s senior minister of state for national developme...

Fuel-sipper taxis a good Fit for Prime Taxis

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Its Honda Fit hatchbacks can do 18km per litre but savings will not be passed on to commuters Christopher Tan, The Straits Times 28 Apr 10;...

Recycling industrial waste into construction materials and animal feed

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Putting waste to good use Business Times 28 Apr 10; Reclaims Enterprise has plans to recycle organic waste into animal feed and fertilisers...

Promoting clean technology options in shipping

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The Business Times 28 Apr 10; VINCENT WEE looks at how DNV is helping shipping firms adopt more environmentally friendly measures, thus ena...

Greenpeace clashes with Golden Agri

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Group accuses palm oil giant of lying about green standards; firm investigating claims Victoria Vaughan, Straits Times 28 Apr 10; A RARE co...

Indonesian fishermen strike a balance with coral reefs

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The Jakarta Post 28 Apr 10; Nothing in nature goes unreciprocated. Just ask the coral farmers of Panggang islet, Thousand Islands Regency, ...

Are Current Fishing Regulations Misguided?

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Selectively harvesting fish by species, size, gender or other traits can knock an ecosystem out of balance, according to a new analysis John...

Transforming the Klang River - 'one of the dirtiest in Malaysia'

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Elan Perumal, The Star 28 Apr 10; THE Klang River, Selangor’s iconic river, which is also one of the dirtiest and most polluted in the coun...

Experts call for hike in global water price

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World Bank and OECD say water is a finite resource that must be valued at a higher price in order to repair old supply systems and build new...

South Korea completes world's longest seawall

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Park Chan-kyong Yahoo News 27 Apr 10; SEOUL (AFP) – South Korea formally marked completion of the world's longest seawall on Tuesday, t...

Climate Change Not Slowing: German Weather Service

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Christopher Lawton, PlanetArk 28 Apr 10; Climate change is showing no signs of slowing despite a severe winter in Germany that helped reduc...