Best of our wild blogs: 6 Dec 15

›
Larval Host Plant for Butterflies: Turn-in-the-Wind Butterflies of Singapore Night Walk At Bukit Timah Nature Reserve (04 Dec 2015) Be...

Malaysian, Singapore law groups plan haze study

›
K. C. Vijayan, The Straits Times AsiaOne 5 Dec 15; National law groups from both sides of the Causeway have pledged to look into a cross-...

Immigration in Singapore: Govt will engage on key issues

›
Chong Zi Liang, Straits Times AsiaOne 5 Dec 15; Immigration remains an issue that the Government is keeping a close eye on and it will co...

Freshwater fish banned in ready-to-eat raw fish dishes

›
AVA and NEA tests found freshwater fish to contain higher bacterial contamination than saltwater fish. All retail food establishments that w...

Flash floods seen across several areas in Singapore

›
Heavy rain on Saturday afternoon saw flash floods at Lorong Buangkok, Hougang Avenue 8 and Ang Mo Kio. Channel NewsAsia 5 Dec 15; SINGAP...

Revamped Siglap Canal officially opens as a community space

›
The makeover is part of an initiative called the Active, Beautiful, Clean Waters Programme to take advantage of the potential of Singapore...

Malaysia: Elephant population growth needs to be addressed

›
OLIVIA MIWIL New Straits Times 5 Dec 15; LAHAD DATU: There is a need to have better management of the growing elephant population and its...

Indonesia a Top Player in SEA's Illegal Wildlife Trade: Bareskrimi

›
Jakarta Globe 5 Dec 15; Jakarta. Indonesia is Southeast Asia's largest market for the illegal trade of exotic animals, catering to bo...

Why is India's Chennai flooded?

›
Nityanand Jayaraman BBC 4 Dec 15; The severe flooding in Chennai again proves that India's cities are unprepared for extreme weather ...

India: State records 20% growth in mangrove cover in two years

›
Clara Lewis The Times of India 5 Dec 15; MUMBAI: Ten years after the Bombay high court directed the state government to declare mangroves...

Facing the reality of mass migrations in Asia-Pacific

›
ANDREW BRUCE Bangkok Post 5 Dec 15; The numbers don’t lie. Disasters are on the rise in Asia and the Pacific and they are affecting more ...

COP21: Climate delegates agree draft deal text

›
Matt McGrath BBC News 5 Dec 15; Delegates at a UN climate conference in Paris have approved a draft text they hope will form the basis of...