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Nature Society Gold Medal presentation for conservation/environment thesis
& talk on seagrass by Sasi Nayar
Mon 09 Jul 2007: 7pm, Singapore Botanic Gardens
http://habitatnews.nus.edu.sg/index.php
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Tan Teck Guan Medal Presentation to Sasi Nayar
& Talk on Seagrass Death in Adelaide
Mon 9 July 2007: 7.00pm to 8.30pm
Gardens Briefing Room @ the Singapore Botanic Gardens Visitor Centre
All are welcome!
The Nature Society (Singapore) Tan Teck Guan Gold Medal was awarded to Sasi
Nayar for the best Masters and Doctoral Thesis from National Tertiary
Institutions of Singapore for the period 2003-2006 on a subject related to
Nature Conservation or Environmental Protection/Improvement. Sasi's name
will be inscribed on the 20-gram 24 carat gold medal with the society's logo
on the reverse.
At this event, Sasi Nayar will speak on his current research in Adelaide
with the South Australian Research and Development Institute: "What killed
the seagrasses off the Adelaide coast in Southern Australia?"
For more details see the Habitatnews blog:
http://tinyurl.com/2v83b3
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Chek Jawa visitor facilities are open: welcome back everyone!
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No more restrictions to visiting Chek Jawa,
and no need to trample on the marine life, hooray!
"Chek Jawa Wetlands" was officially declared open by Mr Mah Bow Tan on the
morning of Saturday, 7th July 2007, and the public can now visit the Chek
Jawa boardwalk (Mangrove and Coastal Loops), the Jejawi tower, House No. 1
and a viewing jetty without a booking between 8.30am - 6.00pm any day!
Visitors at the launch got a beautiful view of the rare Banded Krait as
well! This snake is triangular in cross section and has greatly contrasting
colours. It cooperated by hanging around the mangrove boardwalk for all the
groups of visitors to take photos. We feature a couple of nice ones that
were posted up very quickly.
See the Habitatnews blog:
http://habitatnews.nus.edu.sg//index.php?phrase=cj070707
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News from the Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research
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Mr Yeo Keng Loo who served the museum for 27 years, passed away suddenly on
23 June 2007. He had a heart attack while playing badminton with his
buddies. Museum staff found on on Monday and informed department staff and
volunteers and posted news of his passing online at:
http://snipurl.com/yeokl_rip
We are very saddened by his passing for he was a kind and gentle man. Some
former students, colleagues and researchers emailed their condolences which was
shared with the family.
Raffles Museum News has shifted to this new URL: http://news.rafflesmuseum.net/
Chua Keng Soon has taken over and the blog now uses the free Wordpress blog engine.
The museum was acknowledged for its contributions to the Chek Jawa Wetlands
during Saturday’s launch. It was one of the members of the Chek Jawa Working
Group that had met infrequently with NParks over the development at Chek Jawa
since 2002.
I am leaving the museum for teaching duties at the department. I came over
From the department in 1999 and am going back to the Systematics & Ecology
Lab. I will be co-teaching four modules in biodiversity, ecology and marine
biology in the term which begins in August. Wish me luck!
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Habitatnews http://habitatnews.nus.edu.sg/index.php
By N. Sivasothi (sivasothi@...)
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