Best of our wild blogs: 20 Oct 17

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Intertidal Watch BES Drongos Road building threatens forests, water supplies in Kuala Lumpur area mongabay.com

Man injured after boar attack at Hillview Road; AVA monitoring situation

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Channel NewsAsia 19 Oct 17; SINGAPORE: A man in his forties was injured and taken to hospital after being attacked by a wild boar near a ...

Trade associations sign agreement to further 'zero-waste nation' goal

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Cheryl Goh Channel NewsAsia 19 Oct 17; SINGAPORE: Nine Trade Associations and Chambers (TACs) on Thursday (Oct 19) signed a Memorandum of...

Ex-actress aims to get public to clean up their act

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Public Hygiene Council's new chief Wong Li Lin brimming with ideas on how to keep S'pore clean Jose Hong Straits Times 20 Oct 17; ...

Malaysia: Sabah endures battering by tropical storm Lan; damage, flooding worsens

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KRISTY INUS New Straits Times 19 Oct 17; KOTA KINABALU: The Sabah government is closely monitoring worsening weather conditions, and dama...

Indonesia: Jambi gets Rp 4 billion for land and forest fire prevention

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Jon Afrizal The Jakarta Post 19 Oct 17; The central government, through the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB), has given Rp 4 bi...

Indonesia: Personnel deployed as thousands still affected by flooding in Malang

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Aman Rochman The Jakarta Post 19 Oct 17; Personnel from the regional disaster mitigation agency (BPBD), the Indonesian Red Cross (PMI), a...

Global pollution kills millions and threatens 'survival of human societies'

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Landmark study finds toxic air, water, soils and workplaces kill at least 9m people and cost trillions of dollars every year Damian Carring...

Best of our wild blogs: 19 Oct 17

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October Facebook Jam People's Movement to Stop Haze An explosion of ideas and inspiration at the first IYOR 2018 Workshop Singapor...

Soil tests for MRT line in nature reserve mostly complete

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Works done to determine if Cross Island Line can run under it Audrey Tan Straits Times 19 Oct 17; A major part of works to determine whe...

Straw-free Tuesdays get youths started on plastic-lite journey

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KELLY NG Today Online 18 Oct 17; SINGAPORE — In a bid to get youngsters to use less plastic, an environmental activist has teamed up with...

Malaysia: Federal govt to spend RM17.5 million to restore Kelantan beaches ravaged by erosions

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Sharifah Mahsinah Abdullah New Straits Times 18 Oct 17; KOTA BARU: The government will carry out recovery projects of two beaches in Kela...