Biodiversity

Why is landmark UN biodiversity fund nearly empty?

The UN biodiversity conference in Armenia will run until Oct 30.

World faces nature reality check at UN biodiversity conference

Countries are currently not on track to meet 22 of the 23 goals set out in the Kunming-Montreal framework.

Exotic species appear off California thanks to an unusually strong El Nino

The unusually strong El Nino has brought in larger catches for fishing businesses.

Corals in East Asian Seas holding out as world’s coral reefs shrink due to more frequent marine heatwaves

Corals in Pulau Satumu, Singapore in 2019. Corals support about one-quarter of marine life, including thousands of fish species.

World’s soils deteriorating while solutions go unused: UN

The report found that in 52.5 per cent of regions and subregions soil management was poor or very poor.

Government will do studies on rich marine biodiversity before western island reclamation

Prime Minister Lawrence Wong had announced that an island for industry, energy and defence needs would be reclaimed in coming decades by combining several southern islands.

Dung beetles bring poo-sitive news about animals in Central Catchment Nature Reserve

NTU research fellow Ong Xin Rui (left) and associate professor Eleanor Slade with specimens of local dung beetles. There are more than 25 known local dung beetle species in Singapore.

Malayan tigers actively breeding at new reserve in Pahang

Covering 134,183ha and bordering Taman Negara Pahang, the reserve expands one of Malaysia’s largest and most important tiger landscapes.

Sentosa’s Tanjong Rimau to be shored up with nails, concrete blocks to prevent erosion, slope damage

Tanjong Rimau has been experiencing slope damage, rockfalls and erosion over the years.

Forum: Not too late to study if Long Island can be formed without land reclamation

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