Best of our wild blogs: 10-11 Dec 16

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Ubin Bioblitz 2016 Butterflies of Singapore

Save Singapore's freshwater streams

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Lim Han She For The Straits Times 10 Dec 16; Two at Teacher's Estate are slated to make way for housing. But creative solutions, such...

Cambodia: Singapore Silent Amid Sand Smuggling Claims

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BEN PAVIOUR The Cambodia Daily 10 Dec 16; Singapore is regularly lauded as a squeaky-clean island in a region awash with corruption. Th...

Causes Week 2016: They walk the talk to nurture a green future

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Audrey Tan, Straits Times AsiaOne 10 Dec 16; "In the end we will conserve only what we love, we will love only what we understand, ...

Plan to save wildlife at site marked for housing

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Audrey Tan, The Straits Times AsiaOne 9 Dec 16; The URA is clearing the 30ha plot in Lentor in stages. The aim is to guide wildlife towa...

Phase 1 of Tuas Terminal on track for Dec 2020 completion

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Dylan Loh Channel NewsAsia 9 Dec 16; SINGAPORE: Over half a year since work officially began, the first phase of Singapore’s mega-port t...

Read rare, old publications on biodiversity for free

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Singapore institutions join global online initiative by Smithsonian to give public access to titles Audrey Tan Straits Times 9 Dec 16; I...

NTU's cyborg beetles: Netizens upset over 'animal torture'

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Netizens are showing disapproval over NTU’s project involving remote-controlled ‘cyber-beetles’, with some calling it animal torture. Hariz...

Malaysia: Over 1,000 Kuala Terengganu residents traumatised by floods

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SHARANPAL SINGH RANDHAWA The Star 10 Dec 16; KUALA TERENGGANU: Some 1,100 residents in three housing estates here are having sleepless ...

Malaysia, Sarawak: Report sightings of crocs, don't take matters into your own hands

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ADIB POVERA New Straits Times 9 Dec 16; KUCHING: People in Sarawak have been advised to stop taking matters into their hands, especially ...

Indonesia: NGOs Call Out 26 Palm Oil Companies for Illegal Operations in Riau

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Ratri M. Siniwi Jakarta Globe 10 Dec 16; Jakarta. A number of palm oil plantations in Riau province have allegedly received under the tab...

Indonesia: Protection sought for Leuser ecosystem, Sumatran orangutans

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Hasyim Widhiarto The Jakarta Post 9 Dec 16; Coordinated efforts by stakeholders to protect Indonesia’s Leuser ecosystem are becoming more...