Best of our wild blogs: 1 Jun 17

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Punggol after the oil spill wild shores of singapore

Nordic Investment in Indonesia, Singapore Linked to Deforestation: Report

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Jakarta Globe 31 May 17; Jakarta. While Nordic countries are on the forefront of global environmental initiatives, their asset managers h...

Woman fined S$6,900 for keeping exotic wildlife

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Channel NewsAsia 31 May 17; SINGAPORE: A 32-year-old woman was fined S$6,900 on Wednesday (May 31) for keeping exotic wildlife, including...

Indonesia: Lombok villagers beat poverty with tortilla chips and mangroves

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Thin Lei Win Reuters 31 May 17; LOMBOK, Indonesia, May 31 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - J ust over three years ago, Herniati had never h...

Survival of coral reefs requires radical rethink of what conservation means, say scientists

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Reef conservation must not be an attempt to restore reefs of the past, but to identify the parts essential to their continued existence, and...

Best of our wild blogs: 31 May 17

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Signs of dugong at Changi wild shores of singapore Hello from the otterside! BES Drongos Singapore Raptor Report – March 2017 Singa...

Finding oil palm alternative could be key to haze issue

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JOSE MONTESCLAROS Today Online 31 May 17; The majority of forest fires in South-east Asia occurs in states that produce oil palm, accordi...

Malaysia: Sabah leads the way with two more forest reserves

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The Star 31 May 17; KOTA KINABALU: With two additional reserves meeting international standards for well-managed forests, Sabah now lea...

Indonesia: Illegal snake-skin trade thwarted in North Sumatra

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Apriadi Gunawan The Jakarta Post 31 May 17; The North Sumatra office of the Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) thwarted an ill...

Indonesia: Locals Committed to Protecting Dugong in Raja Ampat

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Tempo 30 May 17; Sorong - Indigenous people in Aduwei village in Raja Ampat, West Papua are committed to protecting dugongs. Adewei vil...

Vietnam: Explosion rocks Formosa steel plant that caused toxic spill

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Faith Hung and My Pham Reuters 30 May 17; An explosion rocked Taiwanese conglomerate Formosa Plastics Group's new steel plant in Viet...

How the popularity of sea cucumbers is threatening coastal communities

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University of British Columbia Science Daily 30 May 17; Coastal communities are struggling with the complex social and ecological impacts...