Best of our wild blogs: 8 Oct 14

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Bats in my porch: 17. Folivory from Bird Ecology Study Group

Malaysia: Forest City ‘shows Sultans’ rising clout in Malaysia’

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Today Online 8 Oct 14; KUALA LUMPUR — At the murky shore of a fishing village on the Malaysian side of the Singapore Strait, Ghazali Mali...

Haze from Indonesia may be a problem for Singapore, Malaysia till at least mid-October

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Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja Straits Times 7 Oct 14; INDONESIA is expecting a delay in the start of the rainy season, which means the hazy weath...

Maritime security to be strengthened with more physical barriers

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Amanda Lee Today Online 8 Oct 14; SINGAPORE — Another 80km of physical barriers, such as fencing and floating sea barriers, will be erect...

Tougher penalties proposed for animal cruelty

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Siau Ming En Today Online 8 Oct 14; SINGAPORE — More than a year after the Animal Welfare Legislation Review Committee (AWLRC) submitted ...

Malaysia: 'Development reduces floods in Penang'

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BALVIN KAUR New Straits Times 7 Oct 14; GEORGE TOWN: BRUSHING off criticism that overdevelopment is the main cause of the floods in Penan...

Indonesia: Mangrove restoration to safeguard Sembilang National Park

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Ansyor Idrus, The Jakarta Post 7 Oct 14; Sembilang National Park in South Sumatra, home to diverse species, is under threat. Each year, i...

New UN report warns of ‘devastating’ effects from ongoing destruction of mangrove forests

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UN Press Release 29 Sep 14; The world is losing its mangroves at a faster rate than global deforestation, the United Nations revealed tod...

High rate of coral bleaching seen around Hawaiian island of Oahu

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Alex Dobuzinskis Reuters Yahoo News 8 Oct 14; (Reuters) - A survey of coral reefs off the Hawaiian island of Oahu has shown warm ocean wa...

Drought fears across southern Australia after months of below average rainfalls

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Bureau of Meteorology says the drought affecting Queensland and northern NSW is edging south into Victoria and SA Australian Associated Pre...

Best of our wild blogs: 7 Oct 14

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A morning in Ubin (October 6, 2014) from Rojak Librarian Butterflies Around Ulu Sembawang Park Connector from Beauty of Fauna and Flor...

PA dives into the blue to drive home green message

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Janice Heng The Straits Times AsiaOne 7 Oct 14; Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean helping to lift a discarded television set out of Su...