Reducing plastic: H&M to charge 10 cents each for shopping bags in all Singapore stores

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NABILAH AWANG Today Online 15 Jul 19; SINGAPORE — Fashion retailer H&M is joining the environmental battle to reduce single-use plast...

Weekly dengue cases in Singapore hit highest level since January 2016

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Channel NewsAsia 16 Jul 19; SINGAPORE: Dengue cases last week rose to 666, the highest recorded in a week since 2016, the National Enviro...

Malaysia: Making tiger protection a national priority

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Nirooshini Madaven New Straits Times 15 Jul 19; KUALA LUMPUR: WWF-Malaysia will launch a year-long Malayan Tigers Pledge during the Globa...

Malaysia: Stiffer penalties to curb poaching in Terengganu

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Rosli Zakaria New Straits Times 15 Jul 19; KUALA TERENGGANU: The State Legislative Assembly today unanimously approved amendments to the ...

Malaysia is overflowing with waste and we’re running out of options

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SIM LEOI LEOI The Star 16 Jul 19; Since the Sg Kim Kim crisis broke and sickened almost 4,000 people with noxious fumes in Pasir Gudang, ...

Indonesia: 127,977 Gunung Kidul inhabitants affected by drought

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Antara 15 Jul 19; Gunung Kidul, Yogyakarta (ANTARA) - Drought has affected a total of 127,977 inhabitants of Gunung Kidul District, Yogya...

Indonesia: Bali wins plastic-ban battle in Court, steps closer to being plastic-free island

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Ni Komang Erviani The Jakarta Post 15 Jul 19; Bali is on track to reduce plastic waste on the resort island after the Supreme Court rejec...

Thailand: Mounting dugong deaths cause alarm

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APINYA WIPATAYOTIN Bangkok Post 15 Jul 19; Two more dugongs were found dead on Sunday, one off the coast of Krabi and the other in Trang,...

Recycled electronics are turning Thailand into a 'dumping ground for hazardous waste'

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Kathryn Diss ABC News 16 Jul 19; Electronic waste from Western countries, including Australia, is flooding the shores of South-East Asian...

When did Southeast Asia become a dumping ground for waste?

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If Southeast Asian countries no longer accept waste from high-income countries, where will the waste go? City University of Hong Kong Dr Dan...

Best of our wild blogs: 15 Jul 19

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20 Jul (Sat): Volunteer training for NParks Biodiversity Beach Patrol Celebrating Singapore Shores! Ubin's Prickly Affair Wan'...

Singapore opens first seed bank to protect regional plant diversity against climate change

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Junn Loh Channel NewsAsia 13 Jul 19; SINGAPORE: Singapore’s first seed bank was officially launched on Saturday (Jul 13), as part of effo...