Best of our wild blogs: 10 Jul 12

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Mentorship Programme – The 7 Habits of Green Conscious Singaporeans from Green Future Solutions Secretive squirrel, orchids rediscovered...

Pro-wild boar group seeks answers

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Straits Times Forum 10 Jul 12; AT A meeting a month ago, the National Parks Board (NParks) informed three non-governmental organisations ...

Coral Triangle reefs 'face wipe-out'

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Report says over 85% at risk; Singapore's entire reef zone under severe threat Jonathan Pearlman, For The Straits Times 10 Jul 12; S...

Private lives in public

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Flora and fauna including rare finds in Singapore's rainforests are the subject of a new book Chang Ai-Lien Straits Times 10 Jul 12; ...

Malaysia: Latex timber clone plantations threaten tiger habitats in Johor

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Shrinking refuge Natalie Heng The Star 10 Jul 12; Latex timber clone plantations are threatening important tiger habitats in Johor. MA...

Malaysia: More Green Turtle Landings In Pahang This Year

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Bernama 9 Jul 12; CHERATING, July 9 (Bernama) -- More Green Turtle landings have been reported along the Cherating coast in Pahang so far...

Malaysia: State urged to ban sale of turtle eggs for conservation

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Farik Zolpekpli The Star 28 Jun 12; KUALA TERENGGANU: In the spirit of saving sea turtles from extinction, more than 1,000 people converg...

Indonesia: Population of Sumatra elephants in critical condition

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Antara 9 Jul 12; Pekanbaru (ANTARA News) - The population of Sumatra elephants (Elephas maximus sumatranus) living in Riau, Indonesia, is...

Indonesia: Fires in Protected Peat Forest Have Companies Feeling the Heat

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Fidelis E. Satriastanti Jakarta Globe 9 Jul 12; The Environment Ministry has found indications of arson in recent fires at the protected ...

Indonesia: Kalimantan River Polluted by Contaminants from Mining

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Tunggadewa Mattangkilang Jakarta Globe 9 Jul 12; Kutai Kartanegara, East Kalimantan. Authorities in Kutai Kertanegara have issued a ban o...

Laos denies pushing ahead with controversial dam

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Amy Sawitta Lefevre PlanetArk 8 Jul 12; Laos is not pushing ahead with the construction of a controversial $3.5 billion hydropower dam on...

30% of fish stocks overexploited: UN agency

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AFP Yahoo News 10 Jul 12; Almost 30 percent of fish stocks monitored by the UN's food agency are overexploited, undermining the cruci...