Entries Categorized as 'Announcements'

Nature Conservancy Green Gift Guide

Date November 24, 2009

The Nature Conservancy has come up with a special list of things you can do during this gift-giving holiday season, that won’t cost the Earth! Celebrate the joy of the season with Mother Nature herself by giving something back to the planet while sharing it with a loved one. It’s also something that’s different, unexpected, [...]

Singapore nudibranch wins!

Date November 24, 2009

Our beautiful nudibranch won in last week’s EOL photo contest! The Encyclopedia of Life has a lively EOL flickr group with regular contests themed around various aspects of the Planet’s amazing biodiversity. So it was a great surprise that our humble but very handsome Chromodoris lineolata won the contest about ‘stripes’. Other entries included spectacular [...]

Nature is Changing: Copenhagen and beyond – what does it mean for Asia?

Date October 27, 2009

Event title: Nature is Changing: Copenhagen & Beyond – What does it mean for Asia? Date/Time: 11 Nov 2009, 5-7pm Venue: Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy Auditorium, Level 3 Blk B, Faculty of Law, NUS Bukit Timah Campus, 469G Bukit Timah Road Singapore 259772 RSVP: Admission is free, but registration is required. To [...]

Free Lecture: The Influence of Climate Change on Maritime Australia and Pacific Islands: Biology and Business

Date October 23, 2009

Presented by Professor Michael Kingsford, Head of the School of Marine and Tropical Biology, JCU Australia Synopsis: Global climate change is the biggest issue facing resource managers and poses a great challenge to businesses. Unless business adapts to changing resources, gives greater attention to sustainable behaviour and reduces the use of fossil fuel then there [...]

8 Oct (Thu): “Dugongs: Mysterious Mermaids or Meat?”

Date October 7, 2009

Prof Helene Marsh is giving a talk about dugongs later this week! And a prelude to Prof Marsh’s talk is Siti Maryam Yaakub of TeamSeagrass. Siti will share about seagrasses of Singapore and the efforts being made to better understand manage these valuable ecosystems.

21-23 Oct (Wed-Fri): ASEAN Conference on Biodiversity 2009

Date September 28, 2009

The theme of the ASEAN Conference on Biodiversity 2009 is “Biodiversity in Focus – 2010 and Beyond”. The sub-themes selected for the Conference reflect the current global and regional priorities: (a) Biodiversity and Climate Change; (b) Access to Genetic Resources and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising out of their Utilisation; and (c) Economics of Ecosystems [...]

29 Sep (Tue): Talk on “Climate Change and Marine Biodiversity – Lessons from a Small Red Dot”

Date September 28, 2009

A talk by Prof. Peter Ng, as part of the 60th anniversary celebrations of the Department of Biological Sciences, the National University of Singapore. The biodiversity implications of climate change events are very grave and a whole suite of catastrophes have been predicted; from massive changes in ecosystems, die-offs of whole communities and mass extinctions [...]

Free Talk! Walk on the Wild Side: Marine Conservation in Singapore

Date September 18, 2009

Date: 26 Sep, Saturday Time: 3pm – 4pm Venue: Tampines Regional Library, Auditorium (Level 3) Speaker: Mr Jeffrey Low Language: English Admission is free. No registration or reservation is needed. Singapore is well known as a “Garden City”, but there is  another “garden” that most people do not see that exists just off shore. Singapore’s [...]

First ASEAN-wide Photo Contest on Biodiversity

Date June 4, 2009

The Award Ceremony will be held in Singapore in conjunction with the ASEAN Conference on Biodiversity which will be held on 21-23 October 2009.

The Greenlifestyle Contest-A Step Towards Combating Climate Change

Date June 2, 2009

Lead The Action is initiating the green lifestyle campaign, A step towards combating climate change on the World Environment Day 5th June 2009. Individuals can deter the impact of the climate change by altering their ever growing and energy intensive consuming habits towards a much greener lifestyle which is more in tandem with nature. The [...]