Best of our wild blogs: 12 Nov 10

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Belly frog from The annotated budak Migrating Lanceolated Warbler crashed against glass door from Bird Ecology Study Group

Impose total ban on plastic bags, Selangor state urged

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Elan Perumal and Stuart Michael The Star 12 Nov 10; THE Selangor Government has been urged to impose a total ban on plastic bags. Dr Shafie...

Mt Merapi eruptions cause monkey exodus

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Antara 11 Nov 10; Boyolali (ANTARA News) - A few thousand monkeys had moved from the slopes of erupting Mount Merapi to those of Mount Merb...

Six die after eating turtle meat in Micronesia

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(AFP) Google News 12 Nov 10; WELLINGTON — Six people died and more than 90 fell ill after eating endangered turtles in Micronesia, the Paci...

Sterile mosquitoes use sex to kill in dengue trial

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* Genetically sterile mosquitoes designed to kill species * Early trial shows 80 percent cut in population in 6 months * Dengue infects 50 m...

World Scientists In $600 Million Plan To Boost Rice Yield

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Ho Binh Minh PlanetArk 12 Nov 10; Scientists launched a $600 million global initiative on Wednesday to raise rice yields and reduce the imp...

Organic Questioned As Food Challenges Mount

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Gerard Wynn PlanetArk 12 Nov 10; The world may need new ecological farming approaches besides organic food, embracing technologies which wi...

Adding Iron to Ocean Would Backfire, Algae Study Suggests

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Charles Q. Choi livescience.com Yahoo News 12 Nov 10; Fertilizing the oceans with iron - a tactic that "geoengineers" have propos...

Losses from natural disasters could triple by 2100-report

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* Losses may triple to $185 billion a year-study * U.N., World Bank urge focus on preventing disasters Alister Doyle, Reuters AlertNet 11 N...

China's soaring emissions challenge climate split

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* Emerging economies' emissions soar, skew climate models * Strain for U.N. talks on sharing burden of curbs * Washington sees unfair ...

Best of our wild blogs: 11 Nov 10

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13 Nov (Sat): "Capture the moment in Nature" A Talk on Nature Photography at Pulau Ubin from Celebrating Singapore's BioDiver...

Volunteerism at an all-time high in Singapore

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Vimita Mohandas Channel NewsAsia 11 Nov 10; SINGAPORE : The economic downturn last year did not affect Singaporeans' generosity. A rece...