Best of our wild blogs: 14 Mar 18

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18 Mar (Sun): FREE screening of "Birth of a Marine Park" Sisters' Island Marine Park Nudibranchs – What on earth are they...

A Malaysian Insta-City Becomes a Flash Point for Chinese Colonialism — and Capital Flight

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BROOK LARMER New York Times Magazine 13 Mar 18; Off the southern coast of Malaysia, a futuristic city is rising from the sea. An artifici...

Malaysia: Forestry officials seize timber worth RM3mil

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The Star 14 Mar 18; BERA: The Pahang Forestry Department has confiscated 2,400 pieces of valuable wood worth more than RM3mil believed to...

Malaysia: Elephant found shot dead in Perak with tusks and trunk removed

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ivan loh The Star 13 Mar 18; GERIK: A 30-year-old male elephant was found shot to death at Hutan Piah here, with its trunk and tusks remo...

Talks focus on upscaling the use of mangroves eco-systems to reduce disaster risks

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Government of Tonga ReliefWeb 13 Mar 18; Mangrove eco-systems around the region were the focus of talks in Suva, Fiji last week as region...

World’s great forests could lose half of all wildlife as planet warms – report

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From the Amazon to Africa, WWF report predicts catastrophic losses of as much as 60% of plants and 50% of animals by the end of the century ...

Best of our wild blogs: 13 Mar 18

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17-18 Mar: 'The Fun Odyssea' - community launch for kids and the family Sisters' Island Marine Park

Unprecedented push by scientists from Commonwealth nations to take more action on climate change

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This is the first time Commonwealth nations have come together to urge their governments to take further action to push global emissions dow...

Scouts get funding to make Sarimbun Camp a hub for biodiversity

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Lucas Wong The New Paper 13 Mar 18; The Macaque Working Group (MWG) wants to promote peaceful coexistence between humans and long-tailed ...

Collagen from fish scales could heal wounds, Singapore study finds

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Channel NewsAsia 12 Mar 18; SINGAPORE: Collagen derived from fish scales could be used to heal wounds, according to a study conducted by ...

Philippines: From poacher to protector - Local communities embrace conservation of crucial marine treasure

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Jack Board Channel NewsAsia 13 Mar 18; LOBO, Philippines: Sonny Badal cared little about the environment as a young man. He plundered the...

Indonesia: NGO urges Jokowi to halt land permit issuance

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The Jakarta Post 12 Mar 18; Civil society group AURIGA Nusantara is calling on President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo through an online petition ...