Best of our wild blogs: 14 Sep 18

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Pulau Tekukor is alive! wild shores of singapore

Singapore Govt needs to take gentler, more progressive approach to land acquisition: Puthucheary

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KENNETH CHENG Today Online 12 Sep 18; HANOI — While Singapore has historically adopted “very aggressive” approaches towards land acquisit...

Malaysia: Orangutan found shot to death in Kinabatangan River

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The Star 13 Sep 18; SANDAKAN (Bernama): An orangutan with gunshot wounds was found dead in the Kinabatangan River on Tuesday. Three gun...

Indonesia: Satellites detect 154 hotspots on Sumatra island

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Antara 13 Sep 18; Pekanbaru, Riau (ANTARA News) - A total of 154 hotspots indicating forest and plantation fires were detected across Sum...

Indonesia: Fires force closure of hiking trails leading to three Central Java mountains

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The Jakarta Post 13 Sep 18; Authorities have closed all hiking trails leading up to the peaks of Mount Lawu, Mount Sindoro and Mount Sumb...

'A single piece of plastic' can kill sea turtles, says study

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Matt McGrath BBC 14 Sep 18; A new study suggests that ingesting even a single piece of plastic can be deadly for sea turtles. Researche...

Malaysia: ‘Love Tioman’ campaign is paying off with healthy coral reefs on Malaysian diver’s paradise

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NATASHA JOIBI The Star 12 Sep 18; Brought together by their shared passion for marine science, conservationist couple Alvin Chelliah and ...

Indonesia: BMKG detects 150 hotspots in Sumatra

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Antara 12 Sep 18; Peat land fires in Dumai Motor, Tanjung Palas, Dumai, Riau, recently. (ANTARA PHOTO/Aswaddy Hamid) Pekanbaru, Riau, (...

Indonesia: Where are the anoas? Central Sulawesi’s midget buffaloes no longer in sight

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Ruslan Sangadji The Jakarta Post 12 Sep 18; An animal researcher of Lore Lindu National Park (TNLL) in Central Sulawesi has claimed that ...

Taiwan: Massive Shark Fin Seizures Totaling 12 Tons Ring Alarm Bells

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WildAid, Agencies Taiwan News 12 Sep 18; (WILDAID) - Shipments totaling eight tons of shark fin en route to mainland China and Hong Kong ...

New 4.8-hectare Bukit Gombak Park to open by end-2019

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Toh Ting Wei Straits Times 11 Sep 18; SINGAPORE - Residents in Bukit Gombak can look forward to a new park in the area by end-2019, in ad...

Indonesia: Four people named suspects in C Kalimantan`s land fires

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Antara 11 Sep 18; Sampit, C Kalimantan (ANTARA News) - Police in East Kotawaringin district, Central Kalimantan, have named four suspects...