Best of our wild blogs: 2 Mar 17

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My Singapore Story No Roads Barred

Singapore considering ban on sale of ivory

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Channel NewsAsia 1 Mar 17; SINGAPORE: The Singapore Government is considering a ban on the sale of ivory, Minister of State for National...

Water must be priced in full to reflect its true scarcity, says Masagos

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Channel NewsAsia 1 Mar 17; SINGAPORE: Water must be priced "fully" because in Singapore, it is unlike any other ordinary commod...

Thailand: Can Bangkok turn back the rising tide and stop sinking?

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Pichayada Promchertchoo Channel NewsAsia 1 Mar 17; BANGKOK: The clock is ticking for Bangkok. Before it turns 250 years old in 2032, the...

Australia: Seals at tourism hotspot suffering slow and painful deaths caused by helium balloons

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Nicole Asher ABC 23 Feb 17; Helium balloons are killing wildlife at one of Victoria's most popular nature tourism destinations. An ...

Sand mining: the global environmental crisis you’ve probably never heard of

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From Cambodia to California, industrial-scale sand mining is causing wildlife to die, local trade to wither and bridges to collapse. And boo...

Animal culling a 'very small part' of AVA’s overall work: Desmond Lee

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Channel NewsAsia 28 Feb 17; SINGAPORE: The culling of animals is only a “very small part” of the overall work of the Agri-Food and Veteri...

Timing of water price hike more synchronised to political than economic cycle, says WP

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The opposition politicians also call for a more in-depth explanation from the Government on water pricing methods, while voicing concern ove...

Sembawang Hot Spring area to become a park

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Linette Lai, Straits Times AsiaOne 28 Feb 17; There were mixed reactions from visitors to Sembawang Hot Spring when told that the area wi...

Malaysia: Johor prince spearheads effort to recycle waste water to boost state's water reserves

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Ahmad Fairuz Othman New Straits Times 28 Feb 17; JOHOR BARU: Johor will become the first state in the country to recycle waste water for ...