Best of our wild blogs: 23 Feb 18

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Mangroves = Chilli Crab! Celebrating Singapore Shores!

Ultraviolet radiation in Singapore hit highest 'extreme' level of 15 twice in a week

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Ng Huiwen Straits Times 22 Feb 18; SINGAPORE - Slather on some sunscreen or seek shade in the afternoon, as the ultraviolet radiation lev...

S$5 per tonne tax rate ‘fair amount’ to pay for greenhouse gas emissions: Masagos

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SIAU MING EN Today Online 23 Feb 18; SINGAPORE – The initial carbon tax of S$5 per tonne of greenhouse gas emissions imposed on large emi...

Indonesian official warns of forest and plantation fires threat to Asian Games

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Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja Straits Times 23 Feb 18; JAKARTA - The Asian Games could be threatened if forest and plantation fires are not addre...

Indonesia: Polluted air from fires starts to affect Riau residents

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Rizal Harahap The Jakarta Post 22 Feb 18; Air quality in Dumai regency, Riau has worsened, with the latest air quality index showing a mo...

Malaysia: Sabah Wildlife Dept captures aggressive female elephant in Telupid

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OLIVIA MIWIL New Straits Times 22 Feb 18; TELUPID: Sabah Wildlife Department has captured an aggressive female elephant Wednesday followi...

Thai junta under pressure to tackle pollution 'crisis'

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AFP 22 Feb 18; Around a dozen activists delivered the large hourglass to a representative of Thai junta chief Prayut Chan-O-Cha Environm...

Debt for dolphins: Seychelles creates huge marine parks in world-first finance scheme

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An innovative exchange of sovereign debt for marine conservation, backed by the likes of Leonardo DiCaprio, could pave the way to saving lar...

Half of world's oceans now fished industrially, maps reveal

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Data gathered from more than 70,000 vessels shows commercial fishing now covers a greater surface area than agriculture Juliette Jowit The ...

Best of our wild blogs: 22 Feb 18

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11 Mar (Sun): Dive Pulau Hantu with the Hantu Bloggers Celebrating Singapore Shores!

Students' petition to use sustainable oil draws 8,000 signatures

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Wang Yanhua The New Paper 22 Feb 18; When Gauri Shuklavisited Sumatra, Indonesia, in 2016, she saw first-hand how forests were being slas...

Four Indonesian provinces, including Riau, declare disaster alerts for forest fires

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Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja Straits Times 21 Feb 18; JAKARTA - Four Indonesian provinces - including one that sits at Singapore's doorstep ...