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Of cutting trees and spying eagles: How to know nature better
Young Singaporeans should be able to name 10 native species of plants, birds and marine creatures by age 12.
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Nature conservation education begins when a person has some basic knowledge of nature, and is aware of the threats to conservation.
ST ILLUSTRATION: MANNY FRANCISCO
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The first time I saw people cut “my” trees, my heart seized up in agony.
It was 2000, and I was living in Bishan, in a five-room Housing Board flat with a direct view of the park. I loved the row of rain trees in front of my study window. I would sit for hours, watching the brahminy kite circle at noon, the white-bellied sea-eagle catch the thermal lift at dusk, and spy the cerulean blue of the white-collared kingfisher’s wing as it flitted near the canal.
