One blog from Sept 2013 listed various web sites and media reports relating to Kanthan, see the blog here. For 2014, I will now continue this list here...............
The Star, 8 Feb 2014
Cement plant staff spruces up octogenarian's home
The Star, 8 Feb 2014
New flora and fauna species found
AsiaOne 8 Feb 2014 (reprinted from The Star)
New flora and fauna species found in Malaysia
WildSingapore blog , 8 Feb 2014 (taken from The Star)
Malaysia: new flora and fauna species found
The Star, 8 Feb 2014
Perak hills open to destruction, say experts
The Star, 9 Feb 2014
Conserve rest of Gunung Kanthan
The GreenReporter blog , 11 Feb 2014
(reprint of The Star 8 Feb)
The Star, 2 March 2014
FRIM comes under threat
(Among the media recognised by FRIM were The Star journalists Tan Cheng Li and Isabelle Lai for their respective reports last year on Merapoh, Pahang, and Gunung Kanthan, Perak)
The Star, 5 May 2014
Illegal use of limestone caves must be stopped, says Dr Zambry
(This rather one sided article was the result of a meeting with Lafarge and the Perak MB on 30 Apr)
Oriental Daily, 27 May 2014
Half year of research, endangered species found in Gunung Kanthan
Oriental Daily , 7 July 2014
(400 million years old Gunung Kanthan rare species found)
Sinar Harian , 28 May 2014
Jumpa spesies flora, fauna Gunung Kanthan
New Straits Times , 29 May 2014
Rare finds at Gunung Kanthan
The Star , 29 May 2014
‘Preserve all of Gunung Kanthan’
MNS blog 6 Jan 2014
Save Gunung Kanthan
Mongabay , 24 Aug 2014
Scientists name new endangered species after the company that will decide its fate
The Guardian , UK , 25 Aug 2014
A tiny, rare snail in Malaysia has big consequences for global cement giant
The Epoch Times, 26 Aug,
"Tiny Endangered Snail Named for Company".
CemNet.com 27 Aug,
"New species of snail discovered in Lafarge Malaysia limestone quarry".
Global Cement on 28 Aug,
"Future of Charopa lafargei snail in hands of Lafarge Malaysia".
Espandar Cement News ,
"Future of Charopa lafargei snail in hands of Lafarge Malaysia".
Novataxa BlogSpot on 24 Aug,
"[Mollusca • 2014] ‘Charopa’ lafargei • A New, presumed narrowly Endemic Species (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Charopidae) from Peninsular Malaysia".
The Star , 30 Aug 2014
New snail species found
Ipoh Echo, No 197, 16-30 Sept
New Snail Species Discovered In Kinta Valley Phytotaxa 177 (3) 29 Aug 2014
Three new species from Gunung Kanthan, a limestone tower karst in Perak, Malaysia.
Global Trees (Sept 2014)
Vatica kanthanensis
Malay Mail, 2 Sept
In Ipoh, rare snail named after cement giant is safe, says French quarry company
The Star , 12 Sept 2014
Bloom is of a new species of plant discovered on Gunung Kanthan
Descent , Oct/Nov 2014 , No 240
Snail slows quarrying
The Guardian , 17 Nov 2014
IUCNred list of endangered species. Red List: the world's most threatened species –interactive.
More than 22,000 species feature in conservationists’ ‘under threat’ list.
My blog page
The Guardian , 17 Nov 2014
Cement company blows up limestone hill and renders snail extinct
The Star , 22 Nov 2014
A Malaysian snail goes extinct with 22,000+ other species on the brink
The Star , 22 Dec 2014
Going, going, gone: Malaysia's wildlife loses battle against extinction
The Star , 30 Dec 2014
TheYearThatWas: Distressing environmental issues in Malaysia in 2014
Mongabay , 20 Dec 2014
Pictures: the top new animal discoveries of 2014 [Kanthan snail]
Cave & Karst Science , (BCRA) Dec 2014
An uncertain future for the plants of Gunung Kanthan, Perak, Malaysia
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