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Habitatnews 2004-14: Wednesday 24th November 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
- Sun 5th Dec 2004: 2.00pm – Mangrove discovery walk
- Launch of Focus Ubin webpag
- Getting weekly updates about nature activities
- Pulau Hantu blog and Coastal Cleanup Singapore
- Webpage news highlights
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[1] Mangrove discovery walk, 5th December 2004
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The Buloh Anniversary Guides are conducting an excellent introduction to the
mangroves on Sunday 5th December 2004: 2.00pm - 5.00pm at Sungei Buloh
Wetlands Reserve.
A cheerful team of station and group guides will regale you with stories
about mangrove denizens through stories and jokes. Learn about barnacles,
charcoal tree, mudskippers, tree-climbing crabs, archer fish, migratory
waders, mysterious mud lobsters and much more. The conversations will be
supplemented by quizzes and drawings.
This walk is suitable for children and is conducted in the environs of the
Visitor Centre - the boardwalk, bridge and main hide.
Register by sending an email by 29th November 2004 to:
buloh@...
Include:
- Your name,
- The number of people in your group.
You will receive a reply.
For more details, see the event webpage at:
http://habitatnews.nus.edu.sg/activities/bulohanniversarywalk/
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[2] Focus Ubin webpage, http://www.focusubin.org/
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Pulau Ubin is special place in Singapore. It appeals to anyone with an
interest in history, art, nature, the outdoors or simply the leisurely pace
it extends to each visitor who sets foot there.
Focus Ubin is a project to provide a common avenue to provide and share a
range of activities on the island, for the community. The people behind the
project are individuals associated by their interest in Pulau Ubin and a
desire to share its riches with the community.
See: http://www.focusubin.org/
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[3] Keeping up with activities and updates
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Many activities have been conducted recently – Plant Appreciation Day, Reef
Walk 2004, Pedal Ubin, Circle of Life etc. There is an easy way to keep update4d -
receive weekly updates by signing up with Wild Singapore.
All you have to do is send a blank email to:
wildsingapore-weekly-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
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[4] The Pulau Hantu Blog and Coastal Cleanup Singapore
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Pulau Hantu continues to astound the group of bloggers and divers who are
celebrating the marine life there. Recent entries have provided wonderful photos of
Slugs, cuttlefish and a patiently taken seahorse!
http://habitatnews.nus.edu.sg/news/pulauhantu/
Coastal Cleanup Singapore continues beyond the data submission period of the
international exercise. Some 50 volunteers collected more than 400kg of trash at
Kranji mangroves on Sunday, 21 Nov 2004. To join in the next session, sign up at
The webpage at: http://coastalcleanup.nus.edu.sg/
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[5] Webpage highlights
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Nature education & conservation
The Nature Society (Singapore) successfully conducted its historic Circle of Life
programme on 6th November 2004 at Millenia Walk. 500 students held placards in
concentric circles to commemorate Singapore's biodiversity and the Nature Society’s
50th anniversary.
http://habitatnews.nus.edu.sg/index.php?entry=/events/circleoflife-report.txt
The Nature Society (Singapore) questioned claims that the new Kranji Golf
Course is "a real nature sanctuary," in a letter published in The Straits
Times on 13 Nov 2004. They said “Our survey records show that there has been
a substantial decline where the variety of wetland and grassland species is
concerned. What is critical, and what the Kranji Golf Course management can
do is to try to prevent further loss of wetland and grassland species (for
example, Lesser Whistling Duck, Lesser Coucal and Cinnamon Bittern).
http://habitatnews.nus.edu.sg//index.php?entry=/news/kranji-response.txt
Blue Water Volunteers have been busy as well, unveiling their Southern
Islands guidesheet at the Clean & Green Week celebrations and here you see them
presenting Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong with a copy of their new brochure.
http://habitatnews.nus.edu.sg/index.php?entry=/marine/bwv-sosbrochure.txt
They are now in the midst of the Reef Walk 2004 programnme which has been
very well received – they need more guides for the future so sign up with them.
http://habitatnews.nus.edu.sg/index.php?entry=/marine/reefwalk2004.txt
Heritage
The Hopea sangal tree that was tragically cut down two years ago (20 Nov
2002) lives on. A sapling was planted by Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew in
Henderson on 7th Nov 2002:
http://habitatnews.nus.edu.sg/index.php?entry=/news/lky-hopeasangal.txt
And Nanyang Girls High School successfully conducted the Hopea sangal Education
Programme for primary school children.
http://habitatnews.nus.edu.sg//index.php?entry=/nature/hopeasangal-nygh.txt
A few days earlier we had learnt that “Axing trees may lead to higher fines.”
http://habitatnews.nus.edu.sg/index.php?entry=/news/axingtrees-higherfines.txt
Many also celebrated with news that the Sembawang mosque may be spared.
http://habitatnews.nus.edu.sg/index.php?entry=/heritage/sembawangmosque.txt
Animal trade
40,000 python and monitor lizard skins were seized from an Indonesian barge, a
feather in the cap for ICA and AVA.
http://habitatnews.nus.edu.sg/index.php?entry=/trade/ica-pythonlizardskins.txt
ACRES has provided a number for blowing the whistle on wildlife traders and
buyers at 9783-7782
http://habitatnews.nus.edu.sg//index.php?entry=/trade/acres-wildnotfree.txt
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