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The Star, Friday 15 January 2016
Amazon people give up their ancestral ways to save the forest
The indigenous peoples of the Amazon are far removed from the Paris conference rooms where late last year, politicians and technocrats in dark suits had hashed out a historic deal on curbing climate change. But they are taking bold action of a different kind to save the rich biodiversity of the p...
The Star, Friday 15 January 2016
Land reclamation: Raising land from the sea
Singapore has employed fleets of TSHD to suck up the seabed off Cambodia and Vietnam shores, and bring the material to the island republic’s coastline to reclaim land since 2003 after Malaysi...
The Star, Thursday 14 January 2016
Ministry braces for El Nino weather and return of haze
The El Nino phenomenon, which is expected to bring higher temperatures and decreased rainfall in the first quarter of 2016, could possibly bring back the haze, said the Natural Resources and Enviro...
The Star, Wednesday 13 January 2016
Hong Kong to ban ivory trade
Hong Kong will ban the import and export of ivory, the city’s leader announced Wednesday, in a “historic” move hailed by animal welfare activists....
The Star, Tuesday 12 January 2016
South-East Asia releases less CO2 than thought, says study
South-East Asia is not a hotspot for carbon dioxide release as its peatland rivers emit much less of the gas than previously assumed, a study has f...
The Star, Monday 11 January 2016
Recycle the way not ban plastic bags
Plastic bags and polystyrene (PS) containers should be recycled instead of being banned.
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The Star, Wednesday 6 January 2016
‘Our monkeys are at risk’
Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) Malaysia director Dr Melvin Gumal said many primates here were at risk from hunting and land clearing....
The Star, Wednesday 6 January 2016
Plantations main cause of mangrove loss
Plantations are the top cause of mangrove deforestation in Malaysia, a National University of Singapore study found. Covering Asean, the study found that Malaysia lost 18,836ha of mangrove forests from 2000 to 2012.
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