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The National Biodiversity Centre (abbr.: NBC; Chinese: 国家生物多样性中心; Malay: Pusat Kepelbagaian Bio Nasional; Tamil: தேசிய பல்வகை உயிரியல் நிலையம்) is a branch of the National Parks Board and serves as Singapore's one-stop centre for biodiversity-related information and activities. [1]
In 2019, Lee Choon Ping, a NParks manager, was tasked to procure about 10,000 hats for an upcoming garden festival. He contacted Jota Tan Beng Khoon, who was the sole proprietor of SBM Easi Trade (a firm that supplies souvenirs, corporate gifts and events merchandise) and informed Tan that there was a "price war", thereby indicating to Tan that he should quote the lowest price possible to ...
Here, the society undertook habitat enhancement, conducted biodiversity surveys and guided nature walks. At the same time the group worked with the National Parks Board and the National University of Singapore to revise The Singapore Red Data Book: Threatened Plants & Animals of Singapore, [21] to bring out an updated edition. [22]
Singapore Totalisator Board, rebranded as Tote Board (TOTE BOARD) in 2008; Preservation of Monuments Board (PMB), merged as Preservation of Sites and Monuments under National Heritage Board (NHB) on 1 July 2009 [6] Singapore Sports Council (SSC), rebranded as Sport Singapore (SPORTSG) on 1 April 2014
Singapore has roughly 80 species of mammals (out of 11 different orders) including 45 species of bats and three species of non-human primates. [9] Currently the only introduced non-domestic mammal species in Singapore is the variable squirrel. [10] The abundance of bats however has been decreasing rapidly due to habitat loss of over 95%. [11]
The Singapore Botanic Gardens was put under the charge of the National Parks Board. The Gardens was revitalised with new and improved public amenities, research facilities and training facilities (1990–2005). Here, the focus is on Garden City Vision, Horticulture, Taxonomic + Biodiversity Research, Recreation and Education.
Government of Singapore: Headquarters: 40 Scotts Road #24-00, Environment Building, Singapore 228231: Motto: Sustainable Singapore: Employees: 4,493 (2018) [1] Annual budget: S$2.75 billion (2019) [1] Ministers responsible
In as early as 1883, the Bukit Timah Nature Reserve (as it is now known) was established, making it the inaugural nature reserve in Singapore. [2] The Singapore Nature Reserves Act officially came into action in 1971. In 1984, nature reserves took up some 2,000 hectares (4,900 acres) of the country's land. [2]