Best of our wild blogs: 3 Oct 17

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YES! Singapore got dolphins, sea turtles and dugongs! wild shores of singapore Talks at GIC Singapore Hantu Blog

New deep sea sponge discovered

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NUS News 2 Oct 17; Dr Tan and Mr Lim discovered a new species of marine sponges with their international collaborators A new marine spon...

Redevelopment of Lor Buangkok kampong likely ‘several decades later’

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TOH EE MING Today Online 3 Oct 17; SINGAPORE — The last remaining kampong on mainland Singapore, Kampong Lorong Buangkok, is likely to be...

Algae turn Singapore River greener than usual

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Samantha Boh Straits Times 3 oct 17; Patches of the Singapore River turned a startling shade of green yesterday morning because of an alg...

Accidents in Singapore’s waters: Ships detected but not monitored

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KENNETH CHENG Today Online 2 Oct 17; SINGAPORE — The vessels involved in two recent maritime accidents in Singapore’s waters were detecte...

Malaysia: Water consumption in Johor to rise by 80% by 2028

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yee xiang yun The Star 2 Oct 17; JOHOR BARU: Water consumption in Johor is expected to increase by 80% over the next 11 years, said Mentr...

Malaysia: Johor calls for coordinated set of laws to govern all water supply-related agencies to address river pollution

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Ahmad Fairuz Othman New Straits Times 2 Oct 17; JOHOR BARU: The Johor government will propose to the federal government to put in place a...

Malaysia: Petronas installs among world's largest ethylene oxide reactors at Pengerang

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The Star 2 Oct 17; KUALA LUMPUR: Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) recently installed the biggest ethylene oxide reactors -- amongst the ...

Malaysia: Melaka turtle conservation centre releases 102 Hawksbill baby turtles

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JANE RAJ The Star 3 Oct 17; MELAKA: A total of 102 Hawksbill baby turtles were released in Padang Kemunting in Masjid Tanah today, after ...

Malaysia: Man arrested over mutilation of green sea turtles in Sabah

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OLIVIA MIWIL New Straits Times 2 Oct 17; KOTA KINABALU: A man from Semporna was arrested today over suspected turtle-poaching activities....

EU to commit some $1 billion to better protect marine life

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RAF CASERT, Associated Press Yahoo News 2 Oct 17; BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union and its private sector will commit about 1 billion e...

Sand supply to struggle to keep up with global demand

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Jonathan Rowland World Cement 2 Oct 17; The use of sand in construction will drive demand, putting pressure on supply, according to recen...