A new report by Jeremy B. C. Jackson* This year has been full of bad news regarding marine ecosystems: one-third of coral species threatened with extinction, dead-zones spread to 415 sites, half of U.S. reefs in fair or bad condition, increase in ocean acidification, tuna and shark populations collapsing, and only four percent of ocean […]

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Ria provides a comprehensive write up of the IYOR Launch at the Botanical Gardens over this weekend on the IYOR Blog. She’s got lots of pictures and a run down of all the events and side shows that took places over the past two days. Meet the people who worked hard to get the event […]

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Join us for a fun filled celebration of the International Year of the Reef (IYOR) 2008 on Friday 8 August 2008, from 4-7pm at Function Hall, Botany Centre of the Singapore Botanic Gardens!IYOR 2008 is celebrated worldwide to raise awareness about the importance of coral reefs and threats to their sustainability, and to motivate people […]

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While most people are waiting for April 22, Earth Day to do their bit for the environment, nature enthusiast, educator, poet, and naturalist in his own right, Joseph Lai, has already swung into action to help save local reefs a tangle at a time. Whilst I was at ADEX on Saturday, Joseph was leading a […]

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DATE & TIME : Tuesday 22 April 11am – 12pm VENUE : Function Hall Botany Centre Join Mr Jeffrey Low as he shares with us the splendor of our local coral reefs. Synopsis: To start off the Biodiversity Talk series is our very own Mr Jeffrey Low from the National Biodiversity Centre Branch. He will […]

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Pulau Hantu’s iconic sea critter, the Tigertail seahorse, makes its North American debut at Nature Online, the Web site of the popular American public television series Nature. The series is produced by channel Thirteen/WNET New York, the highest-rated public TV station in the US, offering a wealth of programming from the Public Broadcasting Service. The […]

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The Hantu Blog yesterday received an email from ERM, an environmental consulting agency, requesting the following information: average number of divers that go to the island week which of the areas are the most popular for diving average number of boats that visit the island weekly (plus number of people per boat) Apart from explaining […]

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31 Mar-1 Apr: Code Blue at NUS Time: 10am-6pm Venue: Central Forum, the National University of Singapore Contact: Belmont Lay Code Blue is a communications campaign aimed at advocating local marine conservation efforts among NUS students. Timed to coincide with the International Year of the Reef 2008, Code Blue will join the worldwide marine conservation […]

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UNEP Fisheries Expert, Christopher Paterson, visited the Hantu Blog and sent the following email: “I was interested to read the aricle “Only 4% of untouched ocean left” on your blog “Pulau Hantu”, particularly your comments regarding the South China Sea. I thought you may be interested in our South China Sea Project website. This site […]

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