Pulau Hantu Intertidal walk
Sengkang Babies
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Wildlife rescue group ACRES to send 50 smuggled star tortoises home to India
Junn Loh Channel NewsAsia 28 Oct 18;
SINGAPORE: In about a month, 50 Indian star tortoises that were rescued from the illegal wildlife trade in Singapore will embark on their journey back home to India.
It is Singapore's biggest mass repatriation of rescued animals to date.
The tortoises are being cared for at a wildlife rescue centre run by animal welfare group Animal Concerns Research and Education Society (ACRES), which is closely monitoring them for any health abnormalities ahead of the long trip.
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First section of Lornie Highway, formerly Bukit Brown Road, opens to traffic
Janice Tai Straits Times 28 Oct 18;
SINGAPORE - After repeated delays stretching more than two years, the first section of the Lornie Highway - previously known as the Bukit Brown Road - was finally opened to traffic on Sunday (Oct 28) at 3am.
The southbound section of the road, which runs parallel to Lornie Road, facilitates traffic flow from Thomson towards the Pan-Island Expressway as well as Adam and Farrer roads.
An underpass near the entrance of the highway allows motorists to access the residential area in Lornie Road, while a temporary road connection near Sime Road has been built to connect traffic from the existing southbound Lornie Road to southbound Lornie Highway.
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Best of our wild blogs: 28 Oct 18
Pulau Semakau (South) quickly
wild shores of singapore
Night Walk At Windsor Nature Park (26 Oct 2018)
Beetles@SG BLOG
Butterfly Anatomy
Butterflies of Singapore
1-4 Nov: Singapore Eco Film Festival, The Conscious Festival and Clean & Green Singapore Carnival!
Green Drinks Singapore
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Singapore lowers 2030 water consumption target to 130 litres
Channel NewsAsia 27 Oct 18;
SINGAPORE: Singapore is planning to further reduce water usage among households, Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean announced on Saturday (Oct 27).
Singapore will get households to cut daily consumption of water to 130 litres per person by 2030, down from the previous target of 140 litres, Mr Teo said at a celebration to mark the 10th anniversary of the Marina Barrage.
"Generations of Singaporeans understand our neverending search to assure our own future and are prepared to pay the price, so that we can have water security and no one can ever threaten our survival through water," he said.
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Best of our wild blogs: 27 Oct 18
10 Nov (Sat): R.U.M. mangroves and coastal cleanup
Restore Ubin Mangroves (R.U.M.) Initiative
Rainy romp around Chek Jawa!
Adventures with the Naked Hermit Crabs
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Bishan otters defeat Marina rivals again in Kallang Basin clash
Toh Ting Wei Straits Times 24 Oct 18;
SINGAPORE - The two most well-known otter families here have clashed again, more than a year after a fight that resulted in the death of at least one otter pup.
The Marina otter family clashed with its Bishan rival at the Kallang Basin on Wednesday (Oct 24), in an hour-long confrontation documented by otter watchers.
In a video uploaded on the Ottercity Facebook page, the two groups of otters are seen charging towards each other, baring their teeth and squeaking loudly.
But just as the two sides seemed set for a physical fight, the Marina otters retreated at the last minute. The Marina family was eventually split up and pursued by the Bishan family.
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Energy inefficient light bulbs to be phased out as part of NEA measures to go green
Ng Huiwen Straits Times 26 Oct 18;
SINGAPORE - From 2023, all light bulbs sold in Singapore are likely to be as energy efficient as a light emitting diode (LED) bulb.
The move is part of the Republic's efforts to go green.
The National Environment Agency (NEA) said it is making the first step towards this target by raising the Minimum Energy Performance Standards (MEPS) of lamps from Nov 1 next year in order to phase out those with low energy efficiency, such as halogen lamps.
The move will save households about $3.5 million in energy costs annually, the NEA said in a statement on Friday (Oct 26).
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Malaysia issues permanent ban on import of plastic waste
joseph kaos jr The Star 26 Oct 18;
PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia has issued a permanent ban on the import of plastic waste effective Friday (Oct 26), says Zuraida Kamaruddin.
The Housing and Local Government Minister said the country would also be phasing out the import of other types of plastic within three years.
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Indonesia: BMKG monitoring four hot spots in Aceh
Antara 27 Oct 18;
Banda Aceh, Oct 26 (ANTARA News) - The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) is monitoring four hot spots detected by sensors using satellites in Aceh.
"This afternoon, there are four hotspots in Aceh," said BMKG Head of Data and Information Section of the Blang Bintang Meteorology Station, Aceh, Zakaria Ahmad, in Aceh Besar on Friday.
He noted that these four hotspots were spread across three districts in the West and South in Aceh, namely West Aceh, Aceh Jaya, and Aceh Singkil.
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Great Barrier Reef forecast warns entire system at risk of bleaching and coral death this summer
US oceanographic agency forecasts 60% chance of extreme heat stress and bleaching
Lisa Cox The Guardian 26 Oct 18;
Mass bleaching and coral death could be likely along the entire Great Barrier Reef this summer, according to a long-range forecast that coral experts say is “a wake-up call” for the Australian government.
The US National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa) has forecast a 60% chance that the entire Great Barrier Reef will reach alert level one, which signals extreme heat stress and bleaching are likely.
The forecast period covers November 2018 to February 2019 and the risk extends to the southern Great Barrier Reef, which escaped the mass mortality seen in the middle and northern parts of the reef in 2016 and 2017.
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Swamped with plastic waste - Malaysia struggles as global scrap piles up
A. Ananthalakshmi, Emily Chow Reuters 25 Oct 18;
PULAU INDAH, Malaysia (Reuters) - Hundreds of sacks filled with plastic waste from the United States, Britain, South Korea and Spain spill onto the streets of an industrial zone in Pulau Indah, an island town just an hour’s drive from Kuala Lumpur and home to Malaysia’s biggest port.
The stench of burning plastic and fumes from nearly a dozen recycling factories wafts through the neighbourhood, even as more container-loads of plastic waste are unloaded.
Pulau Indah - ironically, the name means “beautiful island” in Malay - is one of many towns in Malaysia where illegal plastic recycling factories have popped up in recent months as the Southeast Asian nation became the top choice for plastic waste exporters from around the world.
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