Best of our wild blogs: 5 Oct 16

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Two container ships collide while anchored off East Coast Park wild shores of singapore 139 scientists shoot down ‘misleading’ reports ...

A floating nuclear power plant - off Singapore?

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Lim Soon Heng For The Straits Times 4 Oct 16; The Republic could be a world leader in building small reactors deployed at sea, including ...

Two anchored cargo ships collide in Singapore waters

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Two cargo vessels crash in rare accident off Singapore CYNTHIA CHOO The New Paper 5 Oct 16; In a rare accident, two anchored cargo ships...

Can peatland turn into oil palm fields and not cause haze?

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Global group of scientists disputes Malaysian institute's claims of method that can do that Audrey Tan Straits Times 4 Oct 16; A dis...

Remove Pokestops from off-limit areas of Singapore's nature reserves: NParks

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Appeal made to Pokemon Go developer; aim is to stop players from damaging environment Audrey Tan, The Straits Times AsiaOne 5 Oct 16; Pl...

Majority of fish consumed in Singapore not responsibly caught: WWF

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Channel NewsAsia 4 Oct 16; SINGAPORE: Singaporeans need to make better consumption choices as three out of four common fish species cons...

Dengue vaccine Dengvaxia approved for use in Singapore

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Lianne Chia Channel NewsAsia 4 Oct 16; SINGAPORE: A vaccine for the dengue virus has been approved for use in Singapore and is expected ...

Four Zika clusters closed; no new cases in Singapore for third day running

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Channel NewsAsia 4 Oct 16; SINGAPORE: Four Zika clusters were closed on Tuesday (Oct 4), according to data on the National Environment A...

Malaysia: Contamination forces Semenyih plant to be closed again

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JOASH EE DE SILVA and CLARISSA CHUNG The Star 5 Oct 16; PETALING JAYA: The Sungai Semenyih Water Treatment Plant has been forced to shut ...

Malaysia: Villagers get to witness jumbo relocation

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CHAN LI LEEN The Star 5 Oct 16; SUNGAI SIPUT: Kampung Ulu Chemor villagers got first class tickets to watch the relocation process of ele...

Indonesia: Fate of mangroves lies in shrimp aquaculture

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Muhammad Ilman, Senior advisor of Wetlands International Indonesia in Bogor Jakarta Post 4 Oct 16; Mangroves are extremely important for...

Indonesia: Confiscated Napoleon fish to be released into natural habitat

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N.Adri N.Adri The Jakarta Post 4 Oct 16; Dozens of Humphead wrasse, also known as Napoleon fish, confiscated during an operation in Balik...