Best of our wild blogs: 5 Nov 10

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Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker: Family outing from Bird Ecology Study Group Observing the Micromovements of Bugs from Macro Photography in Sing...

NParks launches four new DIY trail guides

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Mustafa Channel NewsAsia 4 Nov 10; SINGAPORE: The National Parks Board (NParks) has launched four new Do-It-Yourself (DIY) trail guides, in...

Global recognition for Singapore's Green Label

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Environment Council adding 21 categories to current 45 covered Victoria Vaughan Straits Times 5 Nov 10; AN ECO label from the Singapore Env...

Anson Wong slapped with five-year jail term for wildlife trafficking

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The Star 5 Nov 10; SHAH ALAM: Convicted wildlife smuggler Anson Wong has been slapped with a five-year jail term, after a High Court here a...

Harry Potter fans, black magic decimating India's owls

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Henry Foy Reuters 4 Nov 10; NEW DELHI, Nov 4 (Reuters Life!) - Die-hard fans of the best-selling Harry Potter stories are seriously threate...

Tired of choking on growth, China launches green GDP

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Reuters AlertNet 4 Nov 10; BEIJING, Nov 4 (Reuters) - Growing fast but choking on smog is just not good enough for a new "green develo...

Climate and consumers biggest threats to future: UN

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Yahoo News 4 Nov 10; UNITED NATIONS (AFP) – The warming Earth and the globalization of the consumer society are becoming the biggest threat...

Mountains of trash removed from China's Three Gorges Dam

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Yahoo News 4 Nov 10; BEIJING (AFP) – Workers in central China have fished 3,800 tonnes of rubbish out of the Three Gorges Dam in just six d...

Plastic debris 'killing Adriatic loggerhead turtles'

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Mark Simpson BBC News 4 Nov 10; One in three loggerhead turtles in the Adriatic Sea has plastic in its intestine, according to researchers ...

Oceans – time to take out the garbage

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Christine Williams Science Alert 5 Nov 10; ECOS Magazine: Towards a Sustainable Future When the Plastiki – a boat made of 12 500 plastic bo...

Smart cities: Living on a platform

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For cities to become truly smart, everything must be connected The Economist 4 Nov 10; IN SINGAPORE conversations about water quickly turn ...

From around the world, lessons in 'climate smart' agriculture

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New FAO website offer examples of how farming can prepare for a warmer world, reduce emissions FAO 4 Nov 10; 4 November 2010, Rome - Farmer...