Best of our wild blogs: 8 Mar 16

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Cyathea trichodesma: a new record found in MacRitchie wetland Flying Fish Friends Face to Face Saving MacRitchie

Cross Island Line: Getting to the root of the problem

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Shamir Osman, New Paper AsiaOne 7 Mar 16; After going through the recently-released Environment Impact Assessment on soil investigations ...

Forest City developer presses ahead amid reclamation issues

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This is despite question marks hanging over ambitious project amid reclamation issues Rennie Whang Straits Times 8 Mar 16; and AsiaOne ...

Kranji Farms recognised as tourist spot

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Melissa Lin, The Straits Times AsiaOne 8 Mar 16; A young visitor getting up close with goats at the first Singapore Farm Festival, in Ma...

Malaysia: Sepang fires spreading due to strong winds and dry spell

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JASTIN AHMAD TARMIZI The Star 7 Mar 16; SEPANG: Strong winds and the dry spell have been blamed for causing the fire near Km 27.4 of the ...

Malaysia: ‘Go ahead and build the bridge’

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The Star 8 Mar 16; KOTA KINABALU: Some 500 villagers staged a peaceful protest against some conservationists’ campaign to stop the constr...

Malaysia: Three vessels transporting logs seized by authorities

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The Star 8 Mar 16; MIRI: The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) has confiscated some 9,000 metric tonnes of timber logs and sei...

Indonesia: Stormy weather predicted in West Kalimantan

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The Jakarta Post 8 Mar 16; The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has forecasted that West Kalimantan will likely see ...

Indonesia: NTT Police nab protected turtle shells supplier

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The Jakarta Post 8 Mar 16; East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) Police officers nabbed on Monday a supplier of endangered Hawksbill sea turtle shells...

Indonesia: Four Arrested in Jambi for Possession of Sumatran Tiger Skin

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Radesman Saragih Jakarta Globe 7 Mar 16; Jambi. Four people in Jambi province have been arrested for their alleged involvement in the ill...

Philippines: Red tide alert still up in Visayas coastal areas

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JAMES KONSTANTIN GALVEZ Manila Times 7 Mar 16; The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) warned the public anew against eating...

Thailand drafting plan to end annual smoke haze in SE Asia

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Bangkok Post 7 Mar 16; CHIANG MAI – Thailand is taking the lead in drafting a plan to set Asean on the road to becoming haze-free, hopefu...