Best of our wild blogs: 13 Sep 16

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"Let's fly sky lanterns" all across Singapore wild shores of singapore Recommendation Paper on the Implementation of a Pl...

Conservation group, RWS end tie-up earlier than planned

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Audrey Tan Straits Times 13 Sep 16; What was meant to be a five-year partnership between a global conservation group and Singapore's ...

Singapore flagged as major transit point for illegal ivory trade

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SIAU MING EN Today Online 13 Sep 16; SINGAPORE — Although the domestic market for ivory is small, Singapore has, for the first time, been...

Likelihood of haze low as rain is expected over Sumatra: NEA

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Today Online 12 Sep 16; SINGAPORE — A day after cautioning that prevailing winds could bring haze from Indonesia to Singapore, the Nation...

Zika cases in Singapore reach 333

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Today Online 13 Sep 16; SINGAPORE — Another four cases of Zika were confirmed as of 12pm on Monday (Sept 12), bringing the total number o...

Malaysia: Come up with a plan on ivory trafficking, CITES says

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SIM LEOI LEOI The Star 13 Sep 16; PETALING JAYA: The Convention on Inter­national Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CI...

Indonesia: Govt deploys 3,500 personnel to fight forest fires in W. Kalimantan

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The Jakarta Post 13 Sep 16; The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) has deployed 3,500 personnel to fight forest and plantation fi...

Indonesia: RAPP to Stop Development in Pulau Padang After Objections by Locals

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Muhamad Al Azhari Jakarta Globe 12 Sep 16; Jakarta. Riau Andalan Pulp and Paper, or RAPP, the Indonesia-based producer of fiber, pulp and...

Thai authorities downplay Zika risk, worried by tourism impact

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Channel NewsAsia 12 Sep 16; BANGKOK: Health and city officials in Thailand downplayed risks from rising infections from the mosquito-born...

Vietnam: Red tide blamed for Thanh Hoa fish deaths

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VietNamNet Bridge 12 Sep 16; The blooming of algae, resulting in the red tide phenomenon, is the main cause behind mass fish deaths repor...

Scientists warn of widespread coral bleaching in south Japan

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TAKASHI SUGIMOTO Asahi Shimbun 13 Sep 16; Coral bleaching is observed off Ishigakijima island in Okinawa Prefecture in August. (From the ...

Ban on domestic ivory trade passes at international summit

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Not legally binding but may stem trade and poaching Nearly one third of Africa’s savanna elephants killed between 2007 and 2014 Oliver Mil...