Best of our wild blogs: 27 Jan 11

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Study on endangered raptors in Singapore from Celebrating Singapore's BioDiversity! Admiralty Park, Sungei Cina field survey (26 Jan 11)...

Singapore's North-South Expressway not exactly the green choice

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Today Online 27 Jan 11; I am sure the planned North-South Expressway (NSE) will ease traffic congestion on the Central Expressway come 2020...

UN shark conservation plan has failed, says report

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(AFP) Google News 27 Jan 11; PARIS — A headline-making UN scheme to preserve the world's sharks has been a resounding failure, accordin...

Carnivorous Plants Eat Poop From Tiny Bats

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Mark Brown, Wired UK 26 Jan 11; In a bizarre example of a symbiotic relationship, tiny bats in Borneo have been found using a carnivorous p...

Orangutan DNA boosts survival chances: study

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Marlowe Hood Yahoo News 26 Jan 11; PARIS (AFP) – Orangutans are far more genetically diverse than thought, a finding that could help their ...

Malaysia: State slams ‘green’ plastics

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The Star 26 Jan 11; BUTTERWORTH: The state government believes the use of biodegradable plastic bags is not a better option to counter the ...

Jakarta mulls constructing giant seawall

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The Jakarta Post 27 Jan 11; JAKARTA: Anticipating a worsening rate of land subsidence and rising sea levels, the Jakarta administration is ...

Mixed results shown from dispersants in BP spill

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Seth Borenstein, Associated Press Yahoo News 27 Jan 11; WASHINGTON – Dispersants injected deep in the Gulf of Mexico to counter an oil gush...

Greenland glaciers spring surprise

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Richard Black BBC News 26 Jan 11 Some Greenland glaciers run slower in warm summers than cooler ones, meaning the icecap may be more resist...

Best of our wild blogs: 26 Jan 11

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Singapore has wild dolphins, porpoises and dugongs! from Celebrating Singapore's BioDiversity! Caspian Tern and Osprey from Mendis' ...

"Vertical Kampong" to promote volunteerism

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Saifulbahri Ismail Channel NewsAsia 25 Jan 11; SINGAPORE: A new initiative to promote informal volunteerism called vertical kampong has bee...

Protecting the future's rights over nature: interview with Paul Collier

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Cheong Suk-Wai Straits Times 26 Jan 11; OXFORD University economics don Paul Collier's son Daniel, then eight, came home from school on...