Best of our wild blogs: 31 Aug 10

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Chek Jawa and volunteers in the Prime Minister's National Day Rally speech from wild shores of singapore Between tree and tide from The...

Border treaty marks new milestone in Singapore-Indonesia ties

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S Ramesh Channel NewsAsia 30 Aug 10; SINGAPORE : Singapore and Indonesia have achieved a significant milestone in bilateral ties. They exch...

Indonesian wildlife survey seriously hindered by illegal hunters

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Illegal hunters seriously hinder wildlife surveys Antara 30 Aug 10; Bengkulu (ANTARA News) - The presence of illegal hunters have become a ...

Taiwan eyes marine park despite fishermen objection

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Yahoo News 30 Aug 10; TAIPEI (AFP) – Taiwan plans to set up a marine national park in the middle of one of its largest fishing grounds desp...

Does Japan's affair with tuna mean loving it to extinction?

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Masami Ito Japan Times 31 Aug 10; Japan is known as the biggest consumer of tuna. Be it raw for sushi or sashimi or fried, broiled or canne...

Davao City hosts Asia’s first regional bird fair Sept. 24-26

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Manuel T. Cayon Business Mirror 30 Aug 10; DAVAO CITY—Asia’s premier avian-conservation and eco-tourism groups will hold their first region...

Activists ready to sabotage French bird-hunters

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John Lichfield The Independent 31 Aug 10; French ornithologists are waging an increasingly sophisticated war against the hunting of the ort...

Is Genetically Altered Fish OK? U.S. To Decide

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Susan Heavey PlanetArk 31 Aug 10; U.S. health officials are set to rule on whether a faster-growing, genetically engineered fish is safe to...

Biofuel Demand Driving "Land Grab" In Africa: Report

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Tim Cocks PlanetArk 31 Aug 10; Biofuel demand is driving a new "land grab" in Africa, with at least 5 million hectares (19,300 sq...

Asia: Making the most of disaster experience

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IRIN Reuters AlertNet 30 Aug 10; Reuters and AlertNet are not responsible for the content of this article or for any external internet site...

Five Years After Katrina, An Important Lesson Goes Unlearned

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Sandra L. Postel, National Geographic Freshwater Fellow NatGeo NewsWatch 30 Aug 10; This post is part of National Geographic's Freshwat...

New Type of El Niño Emerges as Climate Changes

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LiveScience.com Yahoo News 30 Aug 10; A relatively new type of El Niño, featuring warmer waters in a different part of the Pacific Ocean, i...