Best of our wild blogs: 9 Feb 12

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Fri 17 Feb 2012: 4pm, SBG Function Hall – Christina Colon on Ecology of the Malay Civet from Otterman speaks Tulostoma: Rare Fungus in C...

Don’t Flush Tiger Forests: Toilet Paper, U.S. Supermarkets, and the Destruction of Indonesia’s Last Tiger Habitats

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WWF finds US grocery retailers stocking toilet paper linked to rainforest destruction WWF 8 Feb 12; WASHINGTON, DC: American companies...

Indonesia: US Report Casts Doubt On Palm Fuel Benefits

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Fidelis E. Satriastanti Jakarta Globe 8 Feb 12; Indonesia has come under greater scrutiny over its policy to encourage palm oil developme...

Big boost for wildlife conservation: 23 new SOS projects

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IUCN 9 Feb 12; Beginning in January 2012, top species conservation experts from around the world have determined the allocation of $US 3....

Scientists melt mystery over icecaps and sea levels

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David Fogarty Reuters 8 Feb 12; (Reuters) - U.S. scientists using satellite data have established a more accurate figure of the amount of...

Best of our wild blogs: 8 Feb 12

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Mangrove Pitta handling crabs from Bird Ecology Study Group bathing collared kingfisher @ chek jawa - Jan2012 from sgbeachbum

18 endangered dolphins spotted off Borneo: WWF

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Angela Dewan (AFP) Google News 7 Feb 12; JAKARTA — Conservation group WWF said it spotted 18 critically endangered Irrawaddy dolphins in ...

Orangutan 'exterminators' on trial in Indonesia

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(AFP) Google News 7 Feb 12; TENGGARONG, Indonesia — Three Indonesians and a Malaysian went on trial Tuesday for killing endangered orangu...

Indonesia: Can the jungle law save orangutans?

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Panut Hadisiswoyo and Gunung Gea, Medan Jakarta Post 7 Feb 12; There have probably been at least 2,800 confiscations of illegally kept or...

Malaysian Department mulls 'crocodile net' ban

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New Straits Times 8 Feb 12; JITRA: The use of "crocodile nets", which have been found to be a threat to marine life may be bann...

Ancient Seagrass Holds Secrets of the Oldest Living Organism On Earth

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ScienceDaily 7 Feb 12; It's big, it's old and it lives under the sea -- and now an international research collaboration with The ...

Harder to breathe easy in Asia?

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Nicholas Fang and Henrick Tsjeng Today Online 8 Feb 12; Even as the smoke clears after this year's Lunar New Year festivities, govern...