Best of our wild blogs: 12 Feb 17

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Cyrene: seagrasses back, but no knobblies? wild shores of singapore

1 dead, 4 injured after Tembusu tree falls at Singapore Botanic Gardens

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Channel NewAsia 11 Feb 17; SINGAPORE: One person died on Saturday (Feb 11) after a massive Tembusu tree toppled at the Singapore Botanic ...

Malaysia: Receding waters leave vector-borne diseases in their wake

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JO TIMBUONG The Star 12 Feb 17; PETALING JAYA: As floodwaters recede for the season, the danger may not be over yet for those affected....

Malaysia: Penang reclamation - Fishermen upset as last patch of mangroves cleared for development

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New Straits Times 12 Feb 17; GEORGE TOWN: The last remaining mangroves along the northern coast of Penang island look set to be wiped out...

Malaysia: Protect Rafflesia by educating tourists

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SHARIFAH MAHSINAH ABDULLAH New Straits Times 11 Feb 17; KOTA BARU: MALAYSIA is host to several species of the Rafflesia, known in Bahasa ...

Best of our wild blogs: 11 Feb 17

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Changi Creek one month after oil spill, with otter! wild shores of singapore Changi Creek mangroves one month after the oil spill wild...

Don't give rocky shores a wide berth

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Audrey Tan Straits Times 10 Feb 17; Singapore may wear a concrete crown but it has a necklace of greens and blues along its coast. Some...

Malaysia: Elephants lost 70pc of territory to human encroachment – study

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A. Azim Idris Asian Correspondent 10 Feb 17; ELEPHANTS in Malaysia have lost nearly 70 percent of their roaming territory in human-domina...

Indonesia: Sumbawa declares state of emergency, as floods affect 20,000

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Panca Nugraha The Jakarta Post 11 Feb 17; Floods and strong winds in several districts in Sumbawa regency, West Nusa Tenggara, have affec...

Australia battles 50 fires in heat wave, sparking warning, blackout fears

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Channel NewsAsia 11 Feb 17; SYDNEY: Australian emergency services were bracing against "potentially catastrophic" fire conditio...

Malaysia: Uncertain weather leads to unusually heavy rainfall

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AHMAD FAIRUZ OTHMAN New Straits Times 9 Feb 17; When most villagers in Segamat district were busy cleaning their flood-devastated homes, ...

Indonesia: Rare Javan leopard spotted in West Java

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Hans Nicholas Jong The Jakarta Post 9 Feb 17; A Javan leopard has been captured on camera at a conservation park in West Java. (JP/File)...