Best of our wild blogs: 13 Aug 10

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First trip to Terumbu Pempang Laut from wild shores of singapore and into the wild Who would have thought ... from Life's Indulgences O...

Severe Floods in Singapore Trigger Insured Losses of S$22.9 Million

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Insurance News Net 12 Aug 10; Singapore's nonlife insurance industry paid S$22.9 million (US$16.8 million) in claims related to three s...

Liat Towers gets pop-up flood gate

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60cm barrier will rise from pavement only when there is a threat of flood Victoria Vaughan & Amresh Gunasingham Straits Times 13 Aug 10...

Heat and rain take their toll on crops

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Weather woes hurt crops, push up prices Esther Teo Straits Times 13 Aug 10; A PERFECT storm of bad weather, drought and fires has devastate...

Tiger habitat in Bukit Betabuh, Riau threatened

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Antara 12 Aug 10; Kuangtang Singingi, Riau (ANTARA News) - From day to day, habitat of Sumatran tiger or Panthera Tigris Sumatrae in Beta...

Malaysian sea turtles born with deformities

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Lee Yen Mun, The Star 12 Aug 10; PETALING JAYA: Two to three turtles are born with deformities each month at a hatchery and conservation ce...

New Amazon monkey species discovered in Colombia

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Nancy Lopez Google News 13 Aug 10; BOGOTA, Colombia — A new Amazon monkey species has been discovered in Colombia, and researchers said Thu...

Indonesia Forest Moratorium To Stymie Palm Oil Firms

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Janeman Latul and Neil Chatterjee PlanetArk 13 Aug 10; Indonesia's plans to halt forest clearing will slow the aggressive expansion of ...

Extreme Weather Plagues Farming, Talks Flounder

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Timothy Gardner PlanetArk 13 Aug 10; Global wheat markets reeling from Russian droughts, thousands of cattle killed by heat in Kansas, and ...

REDD project design method gets boost from auditors

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* U.S. firm says technique passes carbon accounting hurdle * Step could boost development of REDD * Australian firm signs large REDD deal in...

Australia Can Easily Cut CO2 And Keep Growing

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Bruce Hextall PlanetArk 13 Aug 10; Australia, one of the world's top carbon polluters, can cut carbon emissions by at least 15 percent ...

Mexico wants Copenhagen outsiders in Cancun talks: envoy

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Yahoo News 12 Aug 10; STOCKHOLM (AFP) – Mexico is striving to bring countries which felt excluded from the Copenhagen climate talks into th...