Best of our wild blogs: 18 Feb 17

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World pangolin day 2017 sundapangolin It’s World Pangolin Day! Mongabay.com Conservation news Singapore to implement carbon pricing ...

As animal encounters hit the headlines, a divide opens up

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SIAU MING EN Today Online 18 Feb 17; SINGAPORE — A few months ago, Bukit Panjang resident Madam Sherry Yeo watched, stunned, as a monkey ...

Singapore evaluating when, how best to impose carbon pricing

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Move is part of govt plan to cut emissions intensity to 36% below 2005 levels by 2030. Andrea Soh, Business Times AsiaOne 17 Feb 17; Sin...

Indonesia: Task force of forest fire prevention extinguishes land fires

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Antara 17 Feb 17; Pekanbaru, Riau (ANTARA News) - A task force of forest fire prevention workers in Riau province has managed to extingui...

Indonesia to declare battle against marine plastic debris

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Hans Nicholas Jong The Jakarta Post 18 Feb 17; Indonesia will declare its commitment to combat plastic debris in marines on Feb. 23. Stud...

Indonesia: Three named suspects for feasting on orangutan in Kapuas

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Jakarta Post 18 Feb 17; The police have named three suspects for allegedly slaughtering, cooking and eating an orangutan after the endang...

Indonesia: Sumatra elephants' habitat continues to shrink: NGO

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Antara 17 Feb 17; Bengkulu (ANTARA News) - The habitat of Sumatra elephants (Elephas Maximus Sumatranus), which continues to shrink, has ...

Indonesian flooding spreads to more areas

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Fardah Antara 18 Feb 17; Jakarta (ANTARA News) - As forecast by the National Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysic Agency (BMKG), the ra...

Harsh Measures to Protect the Pangolin in Africa

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Liz Komen AllAfrica.com 16 Feb 17; SATURDAY is World Pangolin Day, a day dedicated to the pangolin, the scaly mammal that has been recogn...

Rooting out sick trees

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Samantha Boh, The Straits Times AsiaOne 16 Feb 17; Trees in Singapore are inspected in accordance with global standards and at times, the...

Monsoon surge in South China Sea expected to weaken in next 2 days: MSS

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Channel NewsAsia 16 Feb 17; SINGAPORE: A monsoon surge that has strengthened winds over the South China Sea and brought extensive rainclo...

Malaysia: Johor on high alert for leptospirosis cases at flood hit areas

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ZAZALI MUSA The Star 16 Feb 17; JOHOR BARU: The state Health Department is closely monitoring the situation in flood-hit districts in Joh...