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Habitatnews 2004-16: Thursday 30th December 2004
The Habitat Group's Nature Information List
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Nature-related news for the busy Singaporean.
http://habitatnews.nus.edu.sg/index.php
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Contents
- Indian Ocean Earthquake/Tsunami disaster – how to help
- Raptors over St John’s, otters at Sungei Buloh, Devilfish on Pulau Hantu
- How to get to the Tree Top Walk
- RSS feeds for natural history blogs
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[1] Indian Ocean Earthquake/Tssunami Disaster – How to help
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Habitatnews is maintaining a page on how to help:
“2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami Disaster Relief
How we can help from Singapore”
http://habitatnews.nus.edu.sg/news/tsunamirelief/
An index help point you to locations around Singapore.
New information or updates can be sent to: tsunami@...
Most groups are now appealing urgently for items other than clothes,
especially medicine (even panadol), santitary/hygiene products, shelter
(even canvas sheets) and food.
Cash is very helpful (e.g. a lot of medicine cannot be bought over the counter)
and the Mercy Relief numbers are very useful: Simply dial
1900 - 911 1150 for $50 donation
1900 - 911 1110 for $10 donation
There is little information about Aceh but FCAP has a group of pilots
familiar with humanitarian work in Indonesia, and they are sending the first
plane load off off tomorrow evening and another the following weekend.
There are now also appeals for help with packing: at the Sri Lankan embassy
and Singapore Sinhala Association. Just see:
http://habitatnews.nus.edu.sg/news/tsunamirelief/
This immediate rush of supplies is desperately urgent and the webpage
services this. Eventually long-term initiatives will replace this.
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[2] Raptors, otters and devilfish
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There are breathatking photos of an otter crunching fish at Sungei Buloh by
WK Cheah, some close ups of Brahminy Kites and White Bellied Sea Eagles by
Lim Swee Cheng when more then 30 were seen around St. John’s, and a well
disguised devil fish taken by Stanley aka Photosmart on the Hantu Blog.
Hop over for a look:
http://habitatnews.nus.edu.sg/index.php
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[3] Getting to the Tree Top Walk
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A map, direction and links are provided here:
http://habitatnews.nus.edu.sg/index.php?entry=/nature/treetop-directions.txt
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[4] RSS feeds for natural history blogs
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RSS feeds are available for many natural history blogs are now collected into one spot here:
http://www.bloglines.com/public/otterman
It provides the feeds to: Habitatnews, Raffles Museum news, Pulau Hantu -
A celebration of marine life, The Biology Refugia, The Blue Tempeh, Labrador
Park, Pulau Ubin Stories, Cycling in Singapore, and Meetings of the NUS
Biodiversity and Ecology Journal Club
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