Best of our wild blogs: 8 Dec 17

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Changi shore littered by failing shore protection system wild shores of singapore

Contractor behind 2016 Christmas Eve flood in Thomson among 14 fined for drainage offences by PUB

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Channel NewsAsia 7 Dec 17; SINGAPORE: Fourteen contractors - including the company responsible for contributing to the Christmas Eve floo...

Uni students push for use of green starch bags

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Made of tapioca flour, the bags are biodegradable and safe if eaten by animals Samantha Boh Straits Times 8 Dec 17; Tired of seeing Sing...

Malaysia: Six new insects found in Sabah

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ruben sario The Star 8 Dec 17; KOTA KINABALU: Sabah’s reputation as a biodiversity hotspot has been reinforced with the discovery of six ...

Indonesia: Researchers Should Also Consider Economic Value from Peat Restoration

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Netral News 8 Dec 17; JAKARTA, NNC - The Peat Restoration Agency (BRG) expects peat researchers to assess the economic value of peat rest...

Chinese ban on plastic waste imports could see UK pollution rise

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Chinese restrictions from January will hit UK recycling efforts and risk plastic waste being stockpiled or ending up in landfill, warn indus...

Study finds ways to avoid hidden dangers of accumulated stresses on seagrass

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Debra Nowland Phys.org 7 Dec 17; A new QUT-led study has found ways to detect hidden dangers of repeated stresses on seagrass using stati...

Best of our wild blogs: 7 Dec 17

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17 Dec (Sun): FREE Sea Angel R.U.M. Monthly Ubin Mangrove Walk Restore Ubin Mangroves (R.U.M.) Initiative 23rd Dec (Sat): Herp Walk @ B...

Incidents of fallen trees and branches at their lowest since 2001: NParks

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Samantha Boh Straits Times 6 Dec 17; SINGAPORE - Despite online chatter, which suggests the opposite, incidents of falling trees and bran...

Sand mafias and vanishing islands: How the world is dealing with the global sand shortage

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The growing scarcity of sand in parts of the world is a serious issue, and one that has been linked with everything from organised crime to ...

Malaysia: Perhilitan wants stiffer punishment in place for poachers

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Esther Landau New Straits Times 6 Dec 17; KUALA LUMPUR: The Wildlife and National Parks Department (Perhilitan) wants the government to p...

Malaysia: Setiu paddy farmers in dire straits after floods wipe out crops

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ADRIAN DAVID New Straits Times 7 Dec 17; SETIU: Recent monsoon floods destroyed the crops of 26 paddy farmers at two villages here, with ...