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The National Biodiversity Centre, in partnership with Wildlife Reserves Singapore, Nanyang Technological University, and researchers Marc Cremades and Ng Soon Chye, implemented the Hornbill Conservation Project to aid in the breeding and recovery of the Oriental pied hornbill (Anthracoceros albirostris) which had previously become extinct in ...
The Singapore Zoo has also introduced various initiatives to engage the public in its development and upkeep. These initiatives include the Friends of the Zoo programme, the Animal Adoption Scheme, and various educational and volunteer programmes. These programmes aim to educate and engage visitors on wildlife conservation through the zoo's ...
Wildlife management is the management process influencing interactions among and between wildlife, its habitats and people to achieve predefined impacts. [1] [2] [3] Wildlife management can include wildlife conservation, population control, gamekeeping, wildlife contraceptive and pest control.
There is a movement in conservation biology suggesting a new form of leadership is needed to mobilize conservation biology into a more effective discipline that is able to communicate the full scope of the problem to society at large. [82] The movement proposes an adaptive leadership approach that parallels an adaptive management approach. The ...
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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
The Nature Society (Singapore) (NSS) is a non-government, non-profit organisation centered towards the preservation and appreciation of Singapore's natural heritage, as well as that of the surrounding region. Run by volunteers, the NSS depends financially on its members' contributions as well as companies, institutions and individuals.
Since the founding of Singapore in 1819, more than 95% of its estimated 590 square km of vegetation has been cleared. At first for short-term cash crops and later because of urbanization and industrialization. 61 of its original 91 bird species has been lost leading to many native forest plants not being able to reproduce because of loss of seed dispersal and pollination.