Details of a new report I worked on that explored the negative impact that the region’s rapidly growing urban spaces are currently having on habitat loss and species decline, while also highlighting real life projects that hint at a more positive future relationship between our cities and the natural world.
Protecting the oceans, saving tigers and the sounds of the jungle
The many challenges of re-wilding the oceans and the importance of conserving our blue spaces, how the sounds of the Congolese jungle are helping crack down on poaching. Plus a week of events to raise awareness of the plight of the Malayan Tiger and a round up of stories from Singapore in this latest instalment of conservation-related stories.
A return, rewilding and restoring ecosystems
New trails, new images and a fresh perspective on nature
My latest post covers the potential power of satellite imagery to help combat deforestation, finds out how a recently published report supports the growing call to put nature at the center of any new global economic plan and celebrates the opening of two significant new additions to Singapore’s green spaces.
Fighting Batman and exploring natural solutions
A conversation with Lian Pin Koh, head of Singapore's Centre for Nature-based Climate Solutions, who argues that the region's threatened forests might be an important tool in the fight against climate change. Plus a tangle with Batman in Singapore’s forests, celebrating World Wildlife day, the surprise return of a rare bird and an elephant rescue.
The birds and the trees (and some fishing cats)
An insight into Asia's annual bird migration and what conservation groups like Birdlife International are doing to protect the wetlands that make it possible, news of a month-long celebration of a very unique species of wild cat, some thoughts on accidental forest-felling in Singapore and a shout out to the power of flowers.