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Mother Earth gravely ill, so act now
by Radha Basu The Straits Times 30 Apr 06
Animal Release Initiative 2006 (You have
a choice)
email from Ashley Ng, 28 Apr 06
The forest is a pharmacy and more
Coffee with Dr Paul Cox Ethnobotanist
Today Online 28 Apr 06
China Seizes Hundreds of Bear Paws, Pangolins
PlanetArk 28 Apr 06
Insect eye inspires future vision
BBC 27 Apr 06
Crane opens up forest canopy
BBC 27 Apr 06
"Green" roof unveiled by U.S. architect
group showcases global trend Written by Paul Burkhardt PlanetSave
27 Apr 06
Save both the Bodhi tree and the temple
Letter from Ng Chin Guan Straits Times Forum Online 27 Apr 06
CNG: environment friendly, but is it wallet
friendly?
Letters from brian farrell: khoo lih-han Today Online 27 Apr 06
Oceans of Waste: Waves of junk are flowing into the food chain Paula
Bock The Seattle Times 27 Apr 06
Tiny polyps gorge themselves to survie coral
bleaching
Nature EurekAlert 26 Apr 06
Heart of Borneo: medical treasure trove
at risk
WWF 27 Apr 06
Be kind to animals to mark Vesak Day.
Remember what the Buddha teaches
Letter from Dr Tan Chek Wee
The Straits Times Forum Online 26 Apr 05
Alien Possums Gobbling New Zealand Forests,
Birds
Sean Markey National Geographic 25 Apr 06
Global Warming Behind Record 2005 Storms
- Experts
Story by Thom Akeman PlanetArk 26 Apr 06
Increase in disasters linked to environmental
damage
People and Planet 24 Apr 06
Green idealists-valuable innovators?
Economic & Social Research Council EurekAlert 24 Apr 06
Tekong's treasures
by Chang Ai-Lien The Straits Times Forum 25 Apr 05
SBS rolls out 10 more 'greenies'
by Christopher Tan The Straits Times 25 Apr 06
Upgrade Pasir Ris East, but please keep
its rustic charm
Letter from George Hitchins
The Straits Times Forum Online 25 Apr 05
Keep the earth green. Change habit and
eat less meat
Letter from Dr George Jacobs President, Vegetarian Society (Singapore)
The Straits Times Forum Online 25 Apr 06
TRAFFIC works with Chinese leaders to promote
the conservation of Traditional Chinese Medicine TRAFFIC 24 Apr 06
Scientists Say Rising Temperatures Threaten
Repeat of Caribbean Coral Death By Mat Probasco, Associated Press ENN
24 Apr 06
Venus? I'd rather explore Sungei Buloh
By Siva Choy The Electric New Paper 24 Apr 06
Massive South Korea Sea Wall Finished After
Long Battle
Story by Jack Kim PlanetArk 24 Apr 06
China Plans Sanctuary for Rare White Dolphins
Sean Markey National Geographic 21 Apr 06
Norway Slams Whaling Critics, Says Stocks
Robust
Story by Alister Doyle PlanetArk 24 Apr 06
No Need to Cull Wild Birds to Stop Birdflu:
Expert
Story by Maggie Fox PlanetArk 24 Apr 06
Boxing orangutans offer hope on animal trade
war
Channel NewsAsia 23 Apr 06
NParks starts register to track rising number
of heritage trees
by Jean Loo The Straits Times 23 Apr 06
Making changes in everyday habits help to
save environment
The Straits Times 22 Apr 06
Sowing seeds of hope for Earth Day
The Straits Times 22 Apr 06
Seven champions, seven causes
by Radha Basu The Straits Times 22 Apr 06
A future environmental nightmare in Singapore?
Rapid economic growth may use up too much space, strain resources. Letter
from Abdul Hamid G Jinnah Today Online 22 Apr 06
Deadly bird flu strain could be hard to
spot in migratory birds Written by Lauran Neergaard PlanetSave 21
Apr 06
Bird flu's 'risk to biodiversity'
By Helen Briggs BBC Online 19 Apr 06
Wildlife defies Chernobyl radiation
By Stephen Mulvey BBC Online 20 Apr 06
Laos – a lost world for frogs
Wildlife Conservation Society EurekAlert 20 Apr 06
Environmentalists urge Malaysia to save
130 million-year-old rainforest Written by AP PlanetSave 20 Apr 06
Dozen Nations Urge Norway to Stop Commercial
Whaling PlanetArk 21 Apr 06
Falcon Smugglers Swoop to Profits, Endanger
Birds
Story by Alister Doyle PlanetArk 21Apr 06
100-year-old tree may save temple
by Arti Mulchand The Straits Times 21 Apr 06
Singapore's last unique animals face extinction
PlanetArk 19 Apr 05
A load of hot air?
By Simon Cox and Richard Vadon BBC Online 19 Apr 06
Roads given the rub of the green
LTA projects planned to minimise felling of trees
Letter from LTA and NParks Today Online 20 Apr 06
Scientists Find Rivers Under Antarctic Ice
PlanetArtk 20 Apr 06
Invisible "Skeleton" Supports Shell-less
Crab, Study Finds
Brian Handwerk National Geographic 19 Apr 06
S'pore can do more to rein in illegal logging
Letter from Tan Choon Ming Straits Times Forum Online 19 Apr 06
Shorebirds Face Extinction Due to Crab Decline
John Roach National Geographic 18 Apr 06
Queue-jumping at ferry terminal takes away
fun of visiting Pulau Ubin The Straits Times Forum Online 18 Apr
06
Kallang River to be transformed into recreational
hub by 2007
By Rita Zahara, Channel NewsAsia 16 Apr 06
Giant water wheel on Kallang River may be used to collect litter by Stephanie
Yap and Radha Basu The Straits Times 17 Apr 06
Making a splash with $2.5m: Makeover planned for stretch of Kallang
River Today Online 17 Apr 06
Endangered Species in a Can? 'Lions and
Tigers of the Sea' Being Fed to Children Underwater Times 10 Apr
06
Singapore gears up to tackle climate change
by Radha Basu The Straits Times 15 Apr 06
S'pore joins global pact on greenhouse gases
The Straits Times 13 Apr 06
U.S. Biologist Battles Killer Pythons in
Florida Park
By Tom Brown, Reuters ENN 13 Apr 06
Developing nations may save the tropical
forest
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute EurekAlert 14 Apr 06
Climate Change Shattering Marine Food Chain
Stephen Leahy Inter Press Service News Agency 10 Apr 06
New species of stingray discovered in Thai
river
Written by AP PlanetSave 12 Apr 06
African fish leaps for land bugs
By Rebecca Morelle BBC 12 Apr 06
Restoring Wetlands Key to Curbing Bird Flu
- Report
Story by Marie-Louise Gumuchian PlanetArk 12 Apr 06
Scientists Breed Rice to Defy Climate Change
Story by Dolly Aglay PlanetArk 12 Apr 06
Semakau to showcase green energy sources
by Radha Basu The Straits Times 11 Apr 06
S'pore to host eco-fair
Lee U-Wen Today Online 11 Apr 06
Singapore to host eco-fair showcasing latest green technologies
By Rita Zahara Channel NewsAsia 10 April 06
Amur tiger cubs born in southeast Siberia
for first time over 100 years WWF 10 Apr 06
Global Warming Threatens Extinctions - Report
Story by Alister Doyle PlanetArk 11 Apr 06
Activists Flock to Kenya for Migratory Bird
Day
Story by Marie-Louise Gumuchian PlanetArk 10 Apr 06
China plans first reserve for endangered
white dolphin
Channel NewsAsia 9 Apr 06
The meaningless ritual of recycling
Viewpoint by Timothy Cooper BBC 7 Apr 06
Brittlestar provides new model for stem
cell research
Society for Experimental Biology EurekAlert 7 Apr 06
No site yet for wild animal shelter
by Radha Basu The Straits Times 7 Apr 06
Climate Change on the Flip Side
By Katherine Unger ScienceNOW Daily News 3 Apr 06
More birds surrendered 48 birds handed over
to the AVA between January and March Tan Hui Leng Today Online 7
Apr 06
Over 1,000 rabbits ditched
Rennie Whang Today Online 7 Apr 06
NEA ups anti-mozzie efforts
Cheow Xin Yi Today Online 7 Apr 06
New pictures of 'living fossil'
BBC 6 Apr 06
The future of tropical forests: New projections
hopeful
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute EurekAlert 6 Apr 06
End of an era for boatman
Chen Siya Today Online 6 Apr 06
NASA Helps Monitor Bleaching of Great Barrier
Reef
PlanetArk 5 Apr 06
Two new species discovered: Research bolsters
case for Philippine conservation Field Museum EurekAlert 5 Apr 06
Poor Data Hides Crisis Facing Species -
Scientists
PlanetArk 6 Apr 06
World's Forests Continue To Shrink
By Earth Policy Institute ENN 5 Apr 06
Greenpeace Sounds Alert Over Indian Turtle
Deaths
PlanetArk 5 Apr 06
WWF Hails Decision to Create Malaysia's
Largest Protected Area for Endangered Orangutans, Rhinos and Elephants
By World Wildlife Fund ENN 3 Apr 06
Research in Pacific shows ocean trouble
Acidity rises, oxygen drops, scientists find
By Lisa Stiffler Seattle Post-Intelligencer 3 Apr 06
Global warming unstoppable, but still chance
to stop major disasters, scientists say
What you can do to cut back on global warming
Written by Seth Borenstein, Associated Press
PlanetSave 3 Apr 06
Japanese Firms Quit Whaling
Stefan Lovgren National Geographic 3 Apr 06
To go green, we think green
Today Online 3 Apr 06
Your world. Your verdict: the small but beautiful ways that can help the
fight to save the planet The Independent 3 Apr 06
Caribbean Coral Suffers Record Bleaching,
Death
By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press ENN website 31 Mar 06
Value of services performed by insects tops
$57 billion in US
Cornell University News Service EurekAlert 31 Mar 06
Reverse Long Decline -- If Golf Course Ponds
Count
By John Heilprin, Associated Press ENN 31 Mar 06 Wetlands
World's first environmental broadband TV
channel 'green.tv' launches today UNEP 31 Mar 06
First step to create marine sanctuary on
Pulau Hantu
by Tania Tan The Straits Times 31 Mar 06
Time to Go green at the dining table
Goh Boon Choo Today Online 31 Mar 06
Watch environmental impact of lighting up
Tap solar or wind power for light-up
Straits Times Forum Online 31 Mar 06
Climate Change Big Threat to East Asia -
World Bank
PlanetArk 31 Mar 05
Cross-Border Parks Form Havens for Biodiversity
Story by Terence Wade PlanetArk 31 Mar 06
Slingshot attack: Baby flying lemur put
to sleep
by Radha Basu The Straits Times 30 Mar 06
Book anglers who break the rules at reservoir
park
Letter from Benjamin Zee Zheng Kang
Straits Times Forum Online 30 Mar 06
Borneo Rainforests a Treasure Trove of Rare
Species
Story by Diyan Jari and Reuben Carder PlanetArk 30 Mar 06
Island nations commit to protect their futures
WWF 29 Mar 06
Australia Says New Research Proves Scientific
Whaling is 'A Sham' By Associated Press ENN 29 Mar 06
Conserving Cameroon's mangroves
FAO website 29 Mar 06
Island Nation Creates Third Largest Marine
Park
Planet Ark 29 Mar 06
Heart of Borneo: Conservation vision gives hope to treasure island WWF
28 Mar 06
Cod taken off the shelves at Asda to preserve
stocks
By Martin Hickman, The Independent 28 Mar 06
Beetles at Alaska Museum are Unsung Soldiers
of Global Warming Research By Rachel D'Oro, Associated Press ENN
28 Mar 06
Cyclone Larry saves reef from bleaching
The Age 27 Mar 06
A 30m-tall 'eagle's nest' in Marina Bay?
by Daryl Loo The Straits Times, 28 Mar 06
Suit against Sentosa for stonefish sting dismissed
by K.C. Vijayan Straits Times 28 Mar 06
Seagrass Is In Decline Worldwide, Says University
of New Hampshire Researcher EurekAlert 27 Mar 06
Ultrasound and algae team up to clean mercury
from sediments
EurekAlert 27 Mar 06
Let bright ideas light up Singapore
Give subsidies for efforts to use reusable sources of energy for city light-up
Letter from Sonny Yuen Chee Choong Today Online 27 Mar 06
MEWR Perception Survey 2005 finds high
public satisfaction with Singapore's current state of the environment MEWR
website 20 Mar 06
World Must Tackle Wildlife Smuggling - UN
Official
Story by Alister Doyle PlanetArk 27 Mar 06
Venomous snails aid medical science
By Louise Yeoman BBC producer BBC 26 Mar 06
From the Serengeti to Austin Texas: Watching
Wildlife is Bringing in the Bucks UNEP 24 Mar 06
Shame on you, animal bullies Time to
mete out harsher penalties to those who abuse small, defenceless animals?
Neil Humphreys Today Online 25 Mar 06
Lighting up S'pore's skyline: URA rolls
out incentives for buildings to light up Tor Ching Li Today Online
25 Mar 06
Chill out, do what comes naturally
To beat the heat, plant trees that actually give shade
Letter from Murali Sharma Today Online 25 Mar 06
In praise of a hidden household hero
Viewpoint by Jane Bickerstaffe BBC 24 Mar 06
Prof Tommy Koh among seven worldwide winners
of UN environment awards
By Rita Zahara Channel NewsAsia 23 Mar 06
Global Warming Is Rapidly Raising Sea Levels,
Studies Warn John Roach National Geographic 23 Mar 05
China Major Conduit for Illegal Wood, Report
Says
Story by Reuben Carder PlanetArk 24 Mar 06
How to chill out the equatorial way
Replies to call for innovative airconditioning in Singapore
Today Online 23 Mar 06
1 minute less in the shower is 9 litres
of water saved
Today Online 23 Mar 06
China Slaps Tax on Chopsticks, Yachts to
Save Trees PlanetArk 23 Mar 06
Bird Flu Poses Fresh Threat to Endangered
Species
Story by Ed Stoddard PlanetArk 23 Mar 06
Worms, Beetles in Soil Part of Untapped
Trove - UN
Story by Alister Doyle PlanetArk 23 Mar 06
Greater Efforts Needed to Save Amazon Rainforests
PlanetArk 23 Mar 06
Flying lemur and baby shot down at MacRitchie
by Radha Basu The Straits Times 22 Mar 05
World Water Day: UN bid to celebrate vital
- but 'neglected' - water Channel NewsAsia 22 Mar 06
Roofs torn away, Barrier Reef bleeds
Today Online 21 Mar 06
Humans Spur Worst Extinctions Since Dinosaurs
Story by Alister Doyle, PlanetArk 21 Mar 05
Life's diversity 'being depleted'
By Tim Hirsch BBC 20 Mar 06
ACT NOW TO STOP WAVE OF EXTINCTIONS
IUCN Media Advisory undated
Tradition of snake-charming comes under
threat from Indian animal rights activists By Vaibhav Varma Channel
NewAsia 20 Mar 06
Decline in migrating bird numbers in the UK
BBC 20 Mar 06
Environmental issues raised by Dr Geh Min
during Parliament, 6 Mar 06 Blue Plan, Biodiversity Protection, Global
warming and rising sea levels Hansard 6 Mar 06
Sacred Sites Key to Protecting Species -
UN
Story by Marie-Louise Gumuchian PlanetArk 20 Mar 05
Protecting endangered species helps reduce
poverty
WWF 20 Mar 06
Minnows Lead Majors to Greener Future
Building energy-saving cities
Story by Jeremy Lovell PlanetArk 20 Mar 06
New WWF presence in Singapore
WWF 17 Mar 06
Only 13 Endangered Rhinos Found On Borneo
- WWF
PlanetArk 17 Mar 05
"Roving Bandits" Depleting Fisheries, Experts
Say
Anna Petherick National Geographic 16 Mar 06
UN urged to save glaciers and reefs
Emergency meeting debates protection of natural wonders
David Adam The Guardian 16 Mar 05
"Shark Parks"? Oceans Said in Need of Protection
Story by Alister Doyle PlanetArk 16 Mar 06
Indian Ocean Coral May Die in 50 Years -
Researcher
Story by George Thande PlanetArk 16 Mar 06
Brazil Grapples with Jungle Piracy Dilemma
Story by Terry Wade PlanetArk 16 Mar 05
How Many Species Inhabit the Planet?
Story by Ed Stoddard PlanetArk 16 Mar 05
Here's a cool way to make a million bucks
Edwin Yeo Tee Yeok Today Online 15 Mar 06
Ghostly Coral Bleachings Haunt the World's
Reefs
Story by Michael Perry PlanetArk 15 Mar 06
Vanishing Toads Could Portend Extinction
Crisis
PlanetArk 15 Mar 06
Plan in place to save the world’s rarest
mammal
Sebastien Blanc AFP Mail & Guardian online 14 Mar 06
Termite Power: Can Pests' Guts Create New
Fuel?
John Roach National Geographic 14 Mar 06
Most Tsunami-hit coral reefs will recover
if human impacts can be effectively managed, says new report IUCN
14 Mar 06
Malaysia may close all uncovered garbage
dumps near largest city over pollution issues PlanetSave 14 Mar 06
India Takes on Poachers in Key Tiger Reserve
Story by Bappa Majumdar PlanetArk 14 Mar 06
WWF opposes elephant capture on Sumatra
WWF 13 Mar 06
China must step up environmental protection
or face disaster Written by Audra Ang PlanetArk 13 Mar 06
The 'butter-side-down' school of science
BBC 13 Mar 06
Camping, hiking and fishing in the wild
as a child breeds respect for environment in adults, study finds By
Susan S. Lang EurekAlert 13 Mar 06
Clean up the Act, AVA: More clarifications
needed to address shark's captive space Today Online 13 Mar 06
Investigators keen to present Bigfoot's
footprint cast to Johor government Johnson Choo Malaysia Correspondent
Channel NewsAsia 13 Mar 06
Alaska's North Slope Sees its Biggest Oil
Spill
Story by Yereth Rosen PlanetArk 13 Mar 06
Inspired by Past, NY Town Seeks to Get Kids
into Nature
Story by Daniel Trotta PlanetArk 13 Mar 06
Rat-Squirrel Not Extinct After All
By Lauran Neergaard, Associated Press ENN 10 Mar 06
Women on patrol: Curbing illegal logging
on the Tibetan Plateau
By Alex Marston WWF 8 Mar 06
Scruffy is the new green
Viewpoint by Richard Black BBC 9 Mar 06
Feeding animals in the wild risky
by Meng Yew Choong The Straits Times 10 Mar 06
Power from the people
By Sean Coughlan BBC 9 Mar 06
Furry 'lobster' found in Pacific
BBC 8 Mar 06
Almond farmers seek healthy bees
By Mark Ward BBC 8 Mar 06
Global Warming Threatens New Guinea Paradise
- Report PlanetArk 9 Mar 05
Statoil, Shell Set World's Biggest CO2 Seabed
Plan
Story by John Acher and Ina Vedde-Fjaerestad
PlanetArk 9 Mar 05
"Urban Eco-Chic" Takes the Stand at London
Home Show
Story by Jeremy Lovell PlanetArk 9 Mar 06
Singapore to stem the flow: Agrees to join
climate treaty to cut emission of greenhouse gases
Lee U-Wen Today Online 8 Mar 06
Firms in pact to cut packaging waste
Lee U-Wen Today Online 8 Mar 06
Singapore developing new desalination technologies
to boost water supply By Hasnita A Majid Channel NewsAsia 7 Mar 06
Scientist warns of threat to last stronghold
of endangered turtle EurekAlert 7 Mar 06
Dalai Lama Offers Lifeline to Indian Tiger
Story by Simon Denyer PlanetArk 7 Mar 06
Mammal-Extinction Danger Zones Revealed
in New Map
Scott Norris National Geographic 6 Mar 06
Plan launched to reduce human-elephant conflict
in Sumatra
WWF 6 Mar 06
Sushi May be Bad for Health, California
Group Says
PlanetArk 7 Mar 06
Attenborough defends 'wildlife porn'
By Geoffrey Lean The Independent 5 Mar 06
Can our way of living really save the planet?
Lucy Siegle The Observer 5 Mar 06
Reclaimed land under threat
by Radha Basu The Straits Times 6 Mar 06
Bangladesh tags second Royal Bengal tiger with radio collar
Beth Duff-Brown Associated Press Channel NewsAsia 5 Mar 06
Rare "Barking" Bird Spurs Conservation Effort
in Ecuador
John Roach National Geographic 3 Mar 06
Laws in murky waters?
Odd to move smaller sharks but not bigger one
Prohibitions should apply to buyers, farms
Today Online 4 Mar 06
Overfishing in the Philippines threatens
whale sharks and local fisheries WWF 3 Mar 06
The Myths and Facts of Freshwater -- a Guest
Commentary
By Jamie Pittock, WWF International ENN 3 Mar 06
BBC's wildlife archives released
BBC 3 Mar 06
In thrall to the green god
Viewpoint By Martin Livermore BBC 3 Mar 06
Paul and Heather McCartney put spotlight
on Canada's annual seal hunt
Written by Beth Duff-Brown Associated Press
PlanetSave 3 Mar 06
Brazil Opens Chunks of Amazon Forest to
Logging
Story by Raymond Colitt PlanetArk 3 Mar 06
Mexican Biologist Discovers New Shark Species
PlanetArk 3 Mar 06
Shark species at risk of extinction, says
genetic survey
Ian Sample The Guardian 1 Mar 06
Parc Palais condo's sharks are not dangerous:
AVA
Reply from AVA Today Online 2 Mar 06
AVA says OK to sharks as pets but animal activists concerned Vinita Ramani
Today Online 2 Mar 06
Mangrove appeal
by Radha Basu The Straits Times 1 Mar 05
Getting kids fired up about global warming
By Keiichi Kaneko Asahi Shimbun 1 Mar 06
S'pore ruffled by threat of bird flu
Teo Xuanwei Today Online 1 Mar 06
Illegal Loggers Clearing PNG's Forests -
Report
PlanetArk 1 Mar 06
Year of the Turtle 2006
WWF 1 Mar 06
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