Best of our wild blogs: 19 Jan 16

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2 Feb (Tue): World Wetlands Day wild shores of singapore White Saving MacRitchie

Nicoll Drive raised to counter flooding risk

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Christopher Tan, The Straits Times AsiaOne 19 Jan 16; NICOLL Drive, which hugs the eastern shoreline next to Changi Beach, is being raise...

Coastal fish farms in Singapore now better prepared for plankton blooms

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Plankton blooms have been occurring in Singapore since 2009 and is likely to happen every year. AVA has been working with coastal fish farme...

Malaysia to amend laws to target environmental pollutors

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Malaysia's Natural Resources and Environment Minister is planning on amending legislation to enforce strict liability for those behind e...

Malaysia: Authorities rescue 1,480 protected birds at R&R area

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RAHMAT KHAIRULRIJAL New Straits Times 18 Jan 16; GERIK: The Perak Border Security Agency seized 1,480 protected birds from two suspects n...

Malaysia: Say no to shark fin soup, at least one million urged

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The Star 19 Jan 16; GEORGE TOWN: WWF-Malaysia is targeting the support from at least one million Malaysians to back its call for “no s...

Malaysia: Move to fully protect pangolins in Sabah

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The Star 19 Jan 16; KOTA KINABALU: Sabah is likely to take steps to fully protect Sunda pangolins amid a high demand for its meat. T...

Indonesia discusses efforts to prevent forest fires

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Antara 18 Jan 16; Jakarta (ANTARA News) - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) and officers discussed efforts to prevent forest fires in Indone...

Indonesia: Marine pollution affects dugong habitat in Riau islands water

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Antara 18 Jan 16; Batam (ANTARA News) - The habitat of the dugong mammals in Riau Islands Province has been affected by pollution in the ...

Indonesia: Rescuing Borneo's threatened orangutans

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DITA ALANGKARA Associated Press 18 Jan 16; SUNGAI MANGKUTUB, Indonesia (AP) — In a dense strip of peat swamp jungle along the banks of Ma...

Indonesia: Elephant population continues to shrink in Aceh

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thejakartapost.com 11 Jan 16; The population of Sumatran elephants in Aceh has been decreasing amid the increasing conversion of forest a...

Indonesia: Floods isolate 3,000 families in Riau

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Rizal Harahap, The Jakarta Post 18 Jan 16; Thousands of residents in Kampar regency, Riau, have been struggling to survive over the past ...