Best of our wild blogs: 15 Mar 13

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How many Oriental Pied Hornbills can Singapore support? from Bird Ecology Study Group Sunday March 17 tour from a.t.Bukit Brown. Herita...

'Less trash, pay less' scheme to be tested

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Project involving over 1,400 homes aims to cut waste, boost recycling Grace Chua Straits Times 15 Mar 13; THROW away less trash, and get...

Turtle shell smuggler jailed

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Tham Yuen-c Straits Times 15 Mar 13; A WOMAN from Seychelles was jailed for three months yesterday for trying to smuggle 60kg worth of sh...

Website to help neighbours share household items

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Founder hopes the lending and borrowing will help to rekindle kampung spirit Sue-ann Tan And Cheng Jingjie Straits Times 15 Mar 13; A CA...

CITES: ‘Gang of eight’ on ivory probation and landmark shark ban upheld

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Matt McGrath BBC News 14 Mar 13; The worst offending countries in the ivory trade have been given a strict deadline to reduce their invol...

Mediterranean and Black Sea sharks risk extinction

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FAO 14 Mar 13; 14 March 2013, Rome - Shark populations in the Mediterranean and Black Sea have dropped dramatically over the last two cen...

Florida rescuers struggle to save manatees hit by deadly algae

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Saundra Amrhein PlanetArk 15 Mar 13; Virginia Edmonds, standing in shallow water, used her legs to slowly nudge an ailing young manatee t...

Southern California coast sees deluge of sick sea lion pups

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Dana Feldman PlanetArk 15 Mar 13; Sick and malnourished sea lion pups are stranding themselves on Southern California beaches in some of ...

New Zealand suffering biggest drought in 30 years

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Nick Perry Associated Press Yahoo News 15 Mar 13; CARTERTON, New Zealand (AP) — Dairy farmer John Rose has sent more than 100 of his cows...

Environmental threats could push billions into extreme poverty, warns UN

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UN's 2013 human development report urges action on climate change, deforestation and pollution before it is too late Claire Provost gua...

Singapore on track to reducing carbon footprint below targeted 2020 levels: Iswaran

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Channel NewsAsia 13 Mar 13; SINGAPORE: Singapore is on track to meeting its unconditional pledge of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by ...

Deep sewerage tunnel to extend to west of Singapore

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Work on underground 18km 'super highway', costing $3b, to start in 2016 Tan Dawn Wei Straits Times 14 Mar 13; THE new extension ...