Best of our wild blogs: 2 Mar 16

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Wild fun for kids during the March school holidays! wild shores of singapore Temasekia: 50 Plants and Animals Native to Singapore avail...

Cross Island Line: Key step needed in environment assessment process

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Straits Times Forum 1 Mar 16; I applaud the Land Transport Authority (LTA) for engaging various stakeholders regarding the Cross Island M...

Publish environmental impact studies as a matter of course

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KWAN JIN YAO Today Online 2 Mar 15; I refer to the report “Govt agencies may post environmental impact studies online in future” (Feb 27)...

Dry and warm conditions expected in first half of March: MSS

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The Meteorological Service Singapore says temperatures may reach as high as 34°C during this period. Channel NewsAsia 1 Mar 16; SINGAPO...

Approval required for sale of GM fish for human consumption: MND

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The Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority will consult a national committee in assessing the food safety of the fish, with reference to guideli...

Explore new industries such as urban farming, solar power: Leon Perera

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In his adjournment motion speech in Parliament, the NCMP suggested the authorities be more proactive in grooming local SMEs to develop new t...

New dengue cases fell to 513 last week

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The number of dengue cases reported in Singapore fell to 513 last week, after a spike in the previous week which saw 593 dengue cases report...

Volunteers to get anti-littering enforcement powers

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Changes to the National Environment Agency (NEA) Bill were passed in Parliament on Tuesday (Mar 1), including granting greater enforcement p...

12,000 motorists booked for leaving engine on while vehicle was stationary

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The Environment Minister says the 1,000-fold spike derived over the past three years is largely due to greater enforcement and more complain...

Malaysia: Ambitious Chinese Developers Plan Cities Abroad From Ground Up

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Country Garden, Shanghai Zendai invest in big projects globally as growth at home stalls JAKE MAXWELL WATTS and ESTHER FUNG The Wall Stree...

Malaysia: Road project will split jumbos, say experts

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The Star 2 Mar 16; KOTA KINABALU: Isolated Bornean elephant populations in the east coast Lower Kinabatangan will be further fragmented s...

Malaysia: Concern raised over protection of Malaysia’s wild Tigers

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TRAFFIC 1 Mar 16; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 1st March 2016—MYCAT, an alliance of four wildlife conservation groups has sounded the alarm ov...