Best of our wild blogs: 14 Jun 11

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Remembering Navjot Sodhi a facebook page memorial Latest Green Jobs in Singapore [6 - 12 Jun 2011] from Green Business Times Strange anemone...

Renowned conservation scholar, 49, dies

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Navjot Sodhi's research helped cut Singapore house crow population by 90% Grace Chua Straits Times 14 Jun 11; CONSERVATION scholar Navj...

Malaysia: Three surprised fishermen net three angel sharks

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New Straits Times 13 Jun 11; Villagers holding the 7m-long angel shark in Kampung Chempaka near Kuantan yesterday. — NST picture by Shahrul...

Tree-frog biodiversity warning for Amazon

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Tree-frog hot spots in the Amazon have been established over tens of millions of years, say scientists. BBC News 13 Jun 11; To explain why ...

Bangladesh plans special force to protect tigers

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Ethirajan Anbarasan BBC News 13 Jun 11; Bangladesh is setting up a special force to save the critically endangered Royal Bengal Tiger and o...

Malaysia: 2,000ha of swamp forest encroached by illegal farmers

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Stuart Michael The Star 14 Jun 11; MORE than 200 farmers have encroached 2,000ha into the Kuala Langat South Peat Swamp Forest and only a m...

Indonesia's deforestation rate drops to 600,000 hectares per year: Minister

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Antara 13 Jun 11; Pasaman, West Sumatra (ANTARA News) - Forestry Minister Zulkifli Hasan said the pace of deforestation in Indonesia has al...

Vietnam: environmental disaster from on-sand shrimp ponds

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VietNamNet 13 Jun 11; The broad coastal area in My An commune, Phu My district of Binh Dinh province has been devastated with dense on-sand...

UK supermarkets bid to get shoppers to switch to sustainable fish

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Sainsbury's to offer free samples of lesser known species and M&S is to promote use in ready meals and frozen foods Rebecca Smithers...

Global research chief sees rice boom in Africa

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David Williams Yahoo News 13 Jun 11; MADRID (AFP) – Subsaharan Africa could double or triple rice yields and one day even export to Asia wh...

Putting nature back into agriculture: FAO

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Save and Grow farming model launched by FAO FAO 13 Jun 11; 13 June 2011, Rome - FAO today announced the launch of a major new initiative in...

Best of our wild blogs: 13 June 11

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Reef Survey @ Big Sisters Island 2011 from colourful clouds Critters & Current from Pulau Hantu Anemone hunt in the mangroves! from wild...