Rooting Singapore in nature

Deputy chief executive Leong Chee Chiew says NParks hopes to turn Singapore into a biophilic city over the next 10 years.
Deputy chief executive Leong Chee Chiew says NParks hopes to turn Singapore into a biophilic city over the next 10 years.ST PHOTO: NG SOR LUAN

NParks is reintroducing native species, sowing the seeds for a natural-forest look and gathering citizen scientists to turn Singapore into a biophilic city

Published: 
Mar 24, 2019, 5:00 am SGT
Senior Culture Correspondent
sorfern@sph.com.sg

How do you green a garden city?

The National Parks Board (NParks) has been working on the answer to that question, planting the seeds for the next phase of Singapore's natural development.

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Returning to its roots
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