Best of our wild blogs: 19 Feb 11

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Tue 22 Feb 2011: 5pm- Bosco Chan on “Conservation in Action: A journey in densely populated South China” from The Biodiversity crew @ NUS ...

No environmental impact from current Singapore desalination plant

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Regular monitoring at new desalination plant Letter from Tan Quee Hong Director Pollution Control Department National Environment Agency and...

Storm flattens section of Mandai forest

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Tree fall in 1.2km-long, 40ha swathe may be largest in a decade here Grace Chua Straits Times 19 Feb 11; STRONG winds from last Friday'...

Watch out for flash floods over weekend

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PUB warns that low-lying areas at risk due to heavy rain and tide levels Daryl Chin & Royston Sim Straits Times 19 Feb 11; FLASH floods...

Singapore: Electric vehicle tests to start in mid-2011

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Samuel Ee Business Times 19 Feb 11; THE first batch of 10 Mitsubishi i-MiEV electric cars is likely to be launched in May for the start of ...

Singapore: Green vehicle rebate to be extended

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Grace Chua Straits Times 19 Feb 11; BUYERS of green cars will get a tax break for another 12 months as the Government looks at new ways to ...

Rare birds and other wildlife seized at Jakarta Airport during busy month

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TRAFFIC 18 Feb 11; Jakarta, Indonesia, 18th February 2011 — A string of seizures at Jakarta’s Soekarno-Hatta International Airport this Jan...

Indonesia: Orangutan Sanctuary Haven For Illegal Loggers say Activists

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Fidelis E. Satriastanti Jakarta Globe 18 Feb 11; Activists have warned that an 86,450-hectare orangutan sanctuary in East Kalimantan is ope...

Birds needing trees, trees needing birds focus of New Zealand forest project

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WWF 18 Feb 11; Wellington, New Zealand: The mutual dependence of a colorful pigeon and some of New Zealand’s iconic trees is at the centre ...

Fewer big fish in the sea, say scientists

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Kerry Sheridan Yahoo News 18 Feb 11; WASHINGTON (AFP) – Fewer big, predatory fish are swimming in the world's oceans because of overfis...

Coral bleaching at Ningaloo Reef, Australia: citizens enlisted

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Bleaching study seeks aid Rashelle Predovnik Science Alert 18 Feb 11; WA citizens have been enlisted to help scientists monitor the extent ...

Tropical forests 're-shaped' by climate changes

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Mark Kinver BBC News 18 Feb 11; Future climate change could change the profile of tropical forests, with possible consequences for carbon s...