Best of our wild blogs: 23 Mar 16

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2nd NSS/NParks Kranji Marshes Bird Trip Singapore Bird Group

Water levels in Johor's Linggui Reservoir at 42%, just above historic low of 41%: Masagos

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Audrey Tan Straits Times 22 Mar 16; SINGAPORE - Water levels in the Linggiu Reservoir in Johor - which can supply up to 60 per cent of Si...

Singapore temperatures rising at double the global average

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KENNETH CHENG Today Online 22 Mar 16; SINGAPORE — Over the past six decades, temperatures here have risen at a rate more than double that...

Climate change, energy and water security for Singapore

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Asit K. Biswas, Augustin Boey, Cecilia Tortajada, The Straits Times AsiaOne 23 Mar 16; Today, March 22, is World Water Day and it is appr...

Malaysia: Consider replacing the Causeway, says Sultan

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The Star 23 Mar 16; JOHOR BARU: The Sultan of Johor has urged the various stakeholders to mull the idea of replacing the Johor Causeway w...

Malaysia's city of the future is an uncanny valley -- Forest City

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NICOLE KOBIE Wired 22 Mar 16; Forest City is quartet of islands born from reclaimed land in the Straits of Johor, the thin strip of water...

Malaysia: Government Will Consider Cloud Seeding To Counter Dry Spell

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Bernama 23 Mar 16; KANGAR, March 23 (Bernama) -- The government is considering cloud seeding to counter the current hot and dry spell. ...

Malaysia: Kedah’s burning problem

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The Star 23 Mar 16; ALOR SETAR: As the sun bakes the land to a crisp, scorched padi fields spanning the horizon throughout Kedah and Perl...

Malaysia: Orphaned sun bear cub rescued from Sabah forest reserve

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AWANG ALI OMAR New Straits Times 23 Mar 16; SANDAKAN: A young female sun bear was rescued from a forest reserve in Pinangah, Telupid here...

Indonesia: Floods force thousands to flee

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Syofiardi Bachyul Jb and Rizal Harahap, The Jakarta Post 23 Mar 16; Flooding caused by heavy downpours and overflowing rivers has inundat...

Indonesia: Sumatran rhino sighted in Indonesian Borneo for first time in 40 years

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Smallest of the Asian rhino species that number fewer than 100 in the world was captured in a wooden pit in Borneo, Indonesia, to protect an...

Indonesia: Tiger cubs spotted in oil palm plantation

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Syofiardi Bachyul Jb, The Jakarta Post 23 Mar 16; The Bengkulu Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) and the Tiger Protection and...