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articles about our wild places and wild issues Media articles (Sep-Oct 05) past articles | latest articles | by topic Call for new wildlife trade rules By Helen Briggs BBC Online 31 Oct 05 Rainforest conservation worth the cost, University of Alberta shows Eurekalert 31 Oct 05 Rainforest conservation worth the cost, University of Alberta shows Eurekalert 31 Oct 05 Avian flu danger: Please don't feed the birds Letter from Margaret Tan (Miss) Straits Times Forum Online 31 Oct 05 No proof of link between cats and bird flu Letter from Dawn Kua Director of Operations Cat Welfare Society Today Online 31 Oct 05 World Animal Day event spreads message of care, responsibility By May Wong Channel NewsAsia 30 Oct 05 Shower a minute less and you save 10 litres By Radha Basu The Straits Times 29 Oct 05 Singapore remains free from bird flu, dead mynahs found poisoned: AVA By Pearl Forss Channel NewsAsia 29 Oct 05 Relax the rules. Don't deprive anglers the joys of fishing Letter from Teh Boon Hong Straits Times Forum Online 29 Oct 05 Bioneers Southeast Forum: Scientists and engineers apply nature's design to human problems By Jane Sanders Eurekalert 28 Oct 05 How to stop bird flu By Jacques Diouf, FAO Director-General UN FAO website 28 Oct 05 Riding the Tide - Experts Chart a Course for Marine Protected Areas IUCN website 28 Oct 05 Space designs from ants and squirrels BBC News 28 Oct 05 Make the difference for the environment Today Online 28 Oct 05 Singapore on track for Green Plan 2012: ENV Minister By Pearl Forss Channel NewsAsia 28 Oct 05 AVA ups checks on migratory birds to keep avian flu at bay By Valarie Tan Channel NewsAsia 27 Oct 05 New Science study: Mangroves shielded communities against tsunami Eureka Alert 27 Oct 05 Dubai's Man-Made Islands Anger Environmentalists Story by Andrew Hammond PlanetArk 27 Oct 05 Lift the ban on dogs in Bukit Timah Nature Reserve Letter from Goh Ee Kiat Straits Times Forum Online 27 Oct 05 Clean and Green Week campaign to engage at least 250,000 people By Rita Zahara Channel NewsAsia 26 Oct 05 New protected areas for Papua New Guinea WWF website 26 Oct 05 Protect nature to prevent disease, experts say Story by Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent PlanetArk 25 Oct 05 ASEAN countries pave way for world's largest wildlife law enforcement network TRAFFIC website 25 Oct 05 Half of all coral reefs in danger, experts warn Global warming cited; U.S. warns of major event in Caribbean The Associated Press MSNBC website 25 Oct 05 Marine protected areas make coral reefs more resilient to climate change IUCN website 25 Oct 05 Singaporeans support energy efficiency measures - survey Channel NewsAsia 25 Oct 05 Australia wins praise for Great Barrier Reef protection plan Channel NewsAsia 24 Oct 05 Plan to protect the Great Barrier Reef recognized as a Gift to the Earth WWF website 24 Oct 05 Nations urged to "Think as Big as the Oceans are Vast" IUCN website 24 Oct 05 EU launches plan to protect marine environment Written by AOIFE WHITE PlanetSave 24 Oct 05 Menu prices track fishing impact BBC Online 23 Oct 05 Earthquake Dramatizes Human Ecological Assault on the Himalayas By Denis D. Gray, Associated Press ENN website 24 Oct 05 Britain suspects bird flu infection originated from Taiwan Channel NewsAsia 24 Oct 05 Britain calls for EU ban on wild birds after parrot dies of bird flu Channel NewsAsia 23 Oct 05 Japanese inventor grows plants on porous lava stones Channel NewsAsia 23 Oct 05 Volunteers test Singapore's waterways in World Water Monitoring Day By Dominique Loh Channel NewsAsia 22 Oct 05 Culling wild birds to stop bird flu 'dangerous and wrong': BirdLife International People and Planet 22 Oct 05 Sick pigeons a worry Letter from Azman Abdullah Straits Times Forum Online 21 Oct 05 Bird flu puts pressure on vulnerable species Reuters MSNBC website 20 Oct 05 Is bird flu in Europe linked to migratory birds? Melanie Yip, Perspective Radio Singapore International 15 Oct 05 The dirty air in your car By Dawn Quek Today Online 20 Oct 05 Air quality website to help Singaporeans keep car cabins healthy By Rita Zahara Channel NewsAsia 19 Oct 05 Saving the Planet at Flick of Switch By Jeremy Lovell, Reuters ENN website 20 Oct 05 US says Fans, other Appliances must use Less Energy Story by Lisa Lambert PlanetArk 19 Oct 05 Red carpet for 'green' people Lee U-Wen Today Online 20 Oct 05 Singapore to host UN environmental award "Champions of the Earth" By Yvonne Cheong Channel NewsAsia 19 Oct 05 Global Warming Takes Toll on Africa's Coral Reefs PlanetArk 19 Oct 05 Alexandra Hospital garden has plants that heal, thrill or kill By Margaret Perry Channel NewsAsia 16 Oct 05 Care-for-Nature stamp series dedicated to the Tree Top Walk By Rita Zahara Channel NewsAsia 15 Oct 05 Buzzing over dengue Yvonne Lim Voices Editor Today Online 15 Oct 05 killing machines? Experts dread the day a human with flu meets a bird that is sick Tan Hui Leng Today Online 15 Oct 05 Ovitraps effective in destroying mosquito larvae By Hasnita A Majid Channel NewsAsia 14 Oct 05 Their eggs can survive 6 months without water Ansley Ng ansley@newstoday.com.sg Today Online 13 Oct 05 Dengue-carrying mosquito evolves super resistance: report Channel NewsAsia 12 Oct 05 Seaweed yields new compounds with pharmaceutical potential Jane M. Sanders Eurekalert 12 Oct 05 China Bear Bile Farmer Eaten by own Animals PlanetArk, 12 Oct 05 Environmental Decay may Prompt Refugee Surge - Study Story by Alister Doyle Planet Ark 12 Oct 05 S'pore's Captain Planet Greenie high-flyer to attend UN Forum By Teh Jen Lee The Electric New Paper 11 Oct 05 Biologist Discovers New Species of Lizard By Associated Press ENN website 11 Oct 05 Wetlands International Position Statement on Avian Influenza Wetlands International 10 Oct 05 from nature-singapore Go 'caesar' for more green cars P Raveentheran Today Online 10 Oct 05 Amazon Rainforest Suffers Worst Drought in Decades Story by Terry Wade Planet Ark 11 Oct 05 Global warming drying out source of China's mighty Yellow River Channel NewsAsia 10 Oct 05 Sandcastle Building Centre to be built at East Coast Park By Wong Siew Ying Channel NewsAsia 8 Oct 05 Global Warming to Hit Migratory and Static Species Story by Jeremy Lovell Planet Ark 6 Oct 05 "Bird Flu" Similar to Deadly 1918 Flu, Gene Study Finds by Brian Handwerk for National Geographic News National Geographic 5 Oct 05 Support for reef-building project in restricted waters Letter from John Hooi Yin Cheong Consultant Fishingkaki.com Straits Times Forum Online 6 Oct 05 Restore nature's balance to fix Aedes mosquito problem Letter from YiJin Woo Selangor, Malaysia The Straits Times Forum Online 5 Oct 05 Bats Passed SARS Virus to Civet Cats - China Expert PlanetArk 5 Oct 05 It's now twice as nice to go green Lee U-Wen Today Online 4 Oct 05 Feathers ruffled but Singapore’s eco-dump wins fans by Sonia Kolesnikov-Jessop The South China Morning Post 3 Oct 05 Set up marine parks offshore Letter from Dr Geh Min President Nature Society (Singapore) The Straits Times Forum Online 3 Oct 05 Shark extinction remains a real threat Letter from Wu Tzong Kwang Straits Times Forum Online 3 Oct 05 That's the spirit! (Volunteering in Singapore) Lee U-Wen Today Online 3 Oct 05 More research needed on SARS bat link: expert Channel NewsAsia 1 Oct 05 Laws can't keep up with surge in exotic pets--or irresponsible owners By The Asahi Shimbun Channel NewsAsia, 1 Oct 05 Protecting the turtles of the Turtle Islands WWF website 30 Sep 05 S'pore may soon have fuel cells that need no recharging By Loh Kim Chin Channel NewsAsia 30 Sep 05 More Evidence Links SARS to Bats Story by Maggie Fox PlanetArk 30 Sep 05 Chile Group Calls for Salmon Farm Moratorium PlanetArk 30 Sep 05 Bats a 'likely source' of Sars By Richard Black BBC Online, 29 Sep 05 Avian flu: blame factory farming, says report People and Planet website 29 Sep 05 Lack of animal model an obstacle in developing anti-dengue drugs By Hasnita A Majid Channel NewsAsia 28 Sep 05 Bukit Timah reserve to get new nature park By Goh Chin Lian The Straits Times 27 Sep 05 Rock pool sponge may fight cancer BBC Online 27 Sep 05 Trader fined $56,000 for smuggling clams, corals The Straits Times 26 Mar 05 Record fine for smuggling sea gems The New Paper 27 Sep 05 Re-opening of tiger trade in China spells disaster, says WWF and TRAFFIC WWF website 26 Sep 05 Smallest Creatures in Ocean Hold Valuable Secrets Story by Anna Mudeva PlanetArk 27 Sep 05 WWF hooks up with Norwegian fishing company to save marine turtles WWF website 26 Sep 05 ASEAN meetings on environment to be held in Manila By Rita Zahara Channel NewsAsia 26 Sep 05 Southeast Asian officials discuss ways to shield agriculture from bird flu, other threats Written by Jim Gomez PlanetSave 26 Sep 05 Caribbean Corals Hit by Warm, Storm-Spawning Seas Story by Alister Doyle Planet Ark 26 Mar 05 Millions of animals face death sentence in Australia Channel NewsAsia 25 Sep 05 Milky storks facing extinction in Malaysia New Sunday Times, Malaysia, 25 Sep 05 on the ecologyasia website Go greener, please Letter from Marilyn Khng Wan Gek Letter from Rachel Chan Today Online 26 Sep 05 Mean and green in S'pore Today Online 24 Sep 05 Back to Nature More Singaporeans are swapping the concrete jungle for the green one on weekends Today Online 24 Sep 05 US launches campaign against Asian wildlife trade amid bird flu threat Channel NewsAsia 24 Sep 05 AVA, private firm to develop tracking system for farmed fish By Johnson Choo Channel NewsAsia 23 Mar 05 Super Solar Homes Everyone Can Afford From Mother Earth News magazine by Amanda Griscom Little ENN website 22 Sep 05 Don't wait till you're rich. Make recycling a way of life now Letter from Lew Yin Choo (Mdm) Straits Times Online Forum 21 Sep 05 NParks steps up plant pruning to rid mosquito-breeding spots By Valarie Tan Channel NewsAsia 20 Sep 05 Unwise to cut trees just to tackle dengue problem Letter from Chong Chee Seng Straits Times Online Forum 20 Sep 05 Young Malaysian Trash Pickers Make Turtle Nesting Beaches Pristine as Part of Global Cleanup By Vijay Joshi, Associated Press ENN website 19 Sep 05 Many Islands "Gone," Wetlands Gutted After Katrina, Experts Say Adrianne Appel National Geographic website 19 Sep 05 Gulp! Indian State Fights Dengue with Fish PlanetArk 19 Sep 05 Shark Attacks Spark "Kill or Be Killed" Debate Story by Michael Perry PlanetArk 19 Sep 05 Pregnancy test link to frog fall By Richard Black BBC News 18 Sep 05 All HDB estates to have centralised recycling depositories by 2007 By Dominique Loh Channel NewsAsia 17 Sep 05 1,600 recycling stations in HDB estates by 2007 The Straits Times 18 Sep 05 Frogs and toads can help to fight mosquitoes Letter from Seah Leong Khai Straits Times Forum Online 17 Sep 95 Honduran dilemma Profitable prawn farms: is there an environmental cost? by James Menendez BBC website 16 Sep 05 The power of food (Recycling food waste) Lee U-Wen Today Online 16 Sep 05 Forget shark's fin soup Support the environmentalist Letter from Lee Seck Kay Straits Times Forum Online 16 Sep 05 Forget shark's fin soup Support the environmentalist Letter from Lee Seck Kay Straits Times Forum Online 16 Sep 05 Cutting waste is the key goal Incineration of waste by NEA is done safely Letter from Ong Seng Eng Head, Resource Conservation Department, National Environment Agency (NEA) Today Online 16 Sep 05 Mozzie 'hotels' not a good idea If neglected, they could turn into breeding grounds Letter from S Satish Appoo Head, Environmental Health Department National Environment Agency Today Online 16 Sep 05 Take a leaf from HK's book in dengue fight Letter from Winston Chew Choon Teck Straits Times Forum Online 16 Sep 05 NParks considers removing trees, plants which may breed mosquitoes By Pearl Forss Channel NewsAsia, 15 Sep 05 'Warming link' to big hurricanes By Helen Briggs BBC News science reporter BBC 15 Sep 05 Hurricanes Are Getting Stronger, Study John Roach National Geographic, 15 Sep 05 Investing in the Environment Gives “Big Bang for Your Buck” UNEP website, 14 Sep 05 Investing in the Environment Yield High Returns IUCN website, 15 Sep 05 Spending on Environment Yields Big Returns - Report Story by Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent PlanetArk website, 15 Sep 05 Enlist mosquito's natural enemies to fight dengue Letter from Loh Kwek Leong Straits Times Forum Online 15 Sep 05 Try new method to curb dengue outbreak Letter from Dr E. Nugroho Batam Straits Times Forum Online 15 Sep 05 Warning: Do not try this at home Desperate times demand offbeat solutions as world watches S'pore vs mosquito by Tan Hui Leng Today Online 15 Sep 05 Recycling can start from homes Letter from Leonard Leng Qi An Straits Times Forum Online 15 Sep 05 Time for LTA to review rules on diesel-powered cars Letter from Dr Benny Lim Jit Biaw Straits Times Forum Online 15 Sep 05 Some fuel for thought Use ethanol fuel in cars instead of non-renewable source-based propane Letter from Noel Mahesan Today online 15 Sep 05 Ban driving once a week Rotating enforced rest days can help reduce number of vehicles on road Letter by John Lucas Today Online 14 Sep 05 India to keep close watch on migratory birds for deadly flu Channel NewsAsia, 14 Sep 05 Not so green, this Garden City Interview with SEC's Executive Director Howard Shaw Today online 14 Sep 05 Two Decades of Protecting the Ozone Layer to be Marked UNEP website 13 Sep 05 Animals and pets set free in the wild create problems Letter from Vanessa Neranjani Muhundan Straits Times Forum Online 13 Sep 05 Cost savings from using fewer plastic grocery bags Letter from Goh Si Guim Straits Times Forum Online 13 Sep 05 Is the solution really that simple? (To the plastic bag problem) Letter from Preeti Athavle Today Online 13 Sep 05 Coral reefs need help to restore themselves Letter by Dr Chou Loke Ming Straits Times Forum Online 12 Sep 05 Bats found to carry SARS-like virus, Hong Kong researchers find AFP Channel NewsAsia, 11 Sep 05 When a little child decided to save plastic bags Letter from irene tan and from liu i-chun Today online 10 Sep 05 Boost for NTU's green research by Lee U-Wen Today online 9 Sep 05 Switch from diesel to CNG fails to click By Christopher Tan The Straits Times 9 Sep 05 'Geotubes’ fail to halt erosion in Johor R. Sittamparam New Straits Times 7 Sep 05 Fighting Aedes mosquitoes: Use breed-and-destroy method Letter from David Tio Pee Jin Straits Times Forum online and Today online 8 Sep 05 They can check in, but ... Letter from Dr Ng Swee Ching Today Online 9 Sep 05 It's time for govt to give more incentives for green vehicles Letter from S. Renganathan Straits Times Forum online 8 Sep 05 Fly fishing and saving the environment Letter by Tan Yik, with 53 signatories. Straits Times Forum online 8 Sep 05 Let passengers bring bicycles on MRT trains Letter from Jeanette Leong (Ms) Straits Times Forum online 8 Sep 05 SMRT not encouraging people to go green Letter from Mark Tee Teng Yong Straits Times Forum online 8 Sep 05 Stop using plastic bags for a month to promote green habit Letter from Damien Heng Teng Wei Straits Times Forum online 8 Sep 05 Water Crisis Looms as Himalayan Glaciers Melt By Sugita Katyal ENN 7 Sep 05 Better to leave natural coral reefs untouched Letter from Nature Society (Singapore) ST Forum online 7 Sep 05 Shark's fin soup: Can govt take lead to save sharks? Letter from Low Wai Mun ST Forum online 7 Sep 05 Five youths recognised for outstanding contributions to the environment NParks website 6 Sep 05 WHO repeats warning of rapid bird flu spread Channel NewsAsia, 6 Sep 05 Scientist scours globe for largest freshwater fish in bid to save Earth's giants Written by Miranda Leitsinger PlanetSave, 6 Sep 05 Hundreds of orang-utans captured or killed each year in Kalimantan, new report show WWF and TRAFFIC websites 6 Sep 05 What’s your marine ecosystem worth? IUCN website, 5 Sep 05 Cut trash – charge for plastic bags Letter from Liu I-Chun Today online 6 Sep 05 Charging for trash bags can only help recycling efforts Letter from Christina Lee Li Nan Today online, 7 Sep 05 Make that green swap: Start using durable bags instead of plastic ones Reply from ONG SENG ENG Head, Resource Conservation Department, National Environment Agency (NEA) Today online, 9 Sep 05 New UNEP Guidebook on Producing Effective Environmental Campaigns UNEP website 5 Sep 05 Too Many People in Nature's Way Experts Say; 'We Think We're Safe and We're Not' By Charles J. Hanley, Associated Press Environment News Network 5 Sep 05 Climate food crisis 'to deepen' By Jonathan Amos BBC News science reporter BBC 5 Sep 05 Bird flu risks spreading to Europe and beyond after ravaging Asia Channel NewsAsia, 5 Sep 05 Give native plants, local wildlife more space Straits Times Forum online 5 Sep 05 More can be done to go paperless and cut waste Straits Times Forum online 5 Sep 05 Impose tax on plastic grocery bags to save environment Straits Times Forum online 5 Sep 05 Work starts on new SAF camp in Tekong Site will double available training area, with less need to train overseas By David Boey The Straits Times 5 Sep 05 PUB hopes to get public participation in preservation of reservoirs By Johnson Choo Channel NewsAsia 4 Sep 05 Lessons from Boston's Charles River for PUB By Johnson Choo Channel NewsAsia 3 Sep 05 Asian peat fires add to warming By Paul Rincon BBC News science reporter BBC 3 Sep 05 'World must wake up to lessons of Katrina' People and Planet 3 Sep 05 New Orleans disaster serves up tough lesson on environment Channel NewsAsia 2 Sep 05 Rising fuel costs and the impact on Singaporean motorists Radio Singapore International 1 Sep 05 The Future of Golf: How Green are Your Greens? by Paul Spencer Sochaczewski WildAsia website 1 Sep 05 Apes 'extinct in a generation' By Richard Black BBC News website environment correspondent BBC News website, 1 Sep 05 Poverty Will Make the Great Apes History World’s First Atlas of Great Apes reveals human struggle behind apes’ plight UNEP website, 1 Sep 05 Atlas Highlights Plight of World's Great Apes Story by Jeremy Lovell PlanetArk, 1 Sep 05 New past articles | latest articles | by topic |
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