Best of our wild blogs: 26 Aug 19

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Prof Wong Poh Poh's comments on PM's speech on climate change and rising seas wild shores of singapore Love Our MacRitchie Fores...

Explainer: How much time does Singapore have to build up its response to climate change?

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NAVENE ELANGOVAN Today Online 24 Aug 19; SINGAPORE —  A “50- to 100-year problem” was how Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong described the “g...

Commentary: How effectively can Singapore adapt to sea level rise?

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Even as Singapore strives to adapt to rising sea levels, let’s not win that battle yet end up losing the larger war against climate change, ...

Rising sea levels: Not urgent or too close to home? Residents in the east give their views

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NAVENE ELANGOVAN Today Online 22 Aug 19; SINGAPORE — One was so assured that she would encourage her children to live near Singapore’s ea...

21% more mosquito breeding habitats destroyed in 2018 through use of Gravitrap system

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Channel NewsAsia 23 Aug 19; SINGAPORE: The National Environment Agency (NEA) on Friday (Aug 23) said that its Gravitrap system - which is...

Malaysia: Water treatment plants in Johor affected by hot weather, dry spell in state

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VENESA DEVI The Star 24 Aug 19; JOHOR BARU: Several water treatment plants have been affected by the dry spell in Johor, says State Inter...

Malaysia: Trench built to contain raging forest fire in Johor

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REMAR NORDIN The Star 23 Aug 19; ISKANDAR PUTERI: The state Fire and Rescue Department has built a trench to stop the forest fire at Jala...

Malaysia: Two schools in Kuala Baram shut due to worsening smog

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STEPHEN THEN The Star 22 Aug 19; MIRI: Two schools in Kuala Baram in northern Sarawak have been shut down until further notice, effective...

Merbau now Malaysia's national tree

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Veena Babulal New Straits Times 23 Aug 19; KUALA LUMPUR: Capable of towering up to 50m in height, the Merbau, one of the tallest trees in...

Indonesia: Sumatra Island ravaged by 584 hotspots representing forest fires

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Antara 24 Aug 19; Pekanbaru, Riau (ANTARA) - The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics (BMKG) Station in Pekanbaru, Riau Province, con...

Indonesia: Forest fires drive Sumatran tiger from their habitats

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Antara 25 Aug 19; Indonesia, home to the Sumatran tiger, joined celebrations on International Tiger Day, observed on July 25, to raise su...

Sharks and rays to be given new international protections

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BBC 25 Aug 19; Countries have agreed to strengthen protections for 18 threatened species of sharks and rays, including those hunted for t...