On the 11th of May, 1967, Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew introduced the ‘Garden City’ vision for Singapore. This vision aimed to transform Singapore into a clean city with an abundance of greenery to help improve the livelihood of its people.
Conservation Biogeography of Singapore and Beyond
Our Field Trip Experience exploring the Tropical Rainforest and Keppel Wetlands at the Singapore Botanic Gardens
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Figure 1: Sundaland. Source: Lotus Arise.
Nature in Singapore
Sundaland — a biogeographical landmass in Southeast Asia currently referring to islands Java, Borneo, Sumatra, and those in the Malay Peninsula — forms one of the world’s largest equatorial tropical forests, and is a known hotspot for biodiversity since the early Miocene. Continue reading
Most of you would know that Singapore’s national flower is an orchid, but are you aware that over 74% of Singapore’s native orchid species are considered to be extinct? Out of 228 native orchid species in Singapore, 170 are extinct and only 5 are common. Singapore’s national flower, the orchid hybrid Vanda “Miss Joaquim” (now in genus Papilionanthe) was proclaimed the national flower of Singapore in 1981. It was created by Singaporean horticulturalist Ashkhen Hovakimian and is part of the largest orchid exhibition in the world in the National Orchid Garden today.
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