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• Biodiversity Friends Forum to launch Challenge on human-wildlife co-existence

  11 Jan 2018

  The Biodiversity Friends Forum (BFF), the youth branch of the Biodiversity Roundtable, will be launching the Biodiversity Challenge on Saturday, 13 January, at the Singapore Botanic Gardens. More than 80 participants, youth aged between 16 and 30 years old, have signed up for the Challenge, which will focus on human-wildlife co-existence. The Biodiversity Roundtable includes more than 20 non-governmental organisations involved in local biodiversity issues, and the National Parks Board.

• NParks launches series of activities to kick-start celebrations for International Year of the Reef 2018

  11 Jan 2018

  The National Parks Board (NParks), in collaboration with the Friends of Marine Park community and other partners, is launching a series of activities and programmes that will be held throughout the year to celebrate the International Year of the Reef (IYOR) 2018.

• In-depth Archaeological Survey Begins on Pulau Ubin at World War II Site

  22 Dec 2017

  The National Parks Board and ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute (ISEAS) today marked the start of the first in-depth archaeological surveys on Pulau Ubin beginning with World War II historical artefacts. Spanning a period of 18 months from December 2017, the surveys will document and study in detail the archaeological and historical remains at selected sites on Pulau Ubin.

• NParks launches public exhibition for Sembawang Hot Spring Park in preparation for start of works

  24 Nov 2017

  The National Parks Board (NParks) announced today that development of Sembawang Hot Spring Park will begin in early 2018 and complete by 2019.

• Jacob Ballas Childrens Garden doubles in size to become largest childrens garden in Asia

  09 Nov 2017

  The National Parks Board (NParks) today opened the Jacob Ballas Children’s Garden extension at the Singapore Botanic Gardens.

• Asia's only hybrid greenery and landscape design event back for 3rd edition, reaches out to expanded community groups and consumer hobbyists

  08 Nov 2017

  GreenUrbanScape Asia (GUSA), the region’s only platform unifying both greenery and landscape design communities, returns for its third edition today at the Singapore EXPO and MAX Atria. Themed “Symbiosis: INTENSE Nature Within Cities”, this year’s event was officiated by Minister for Social and Family Development and Second Minister for National Development, Mr Desmond Lee.

• Record number of 177 submissions received for Skyrise Greenery Awards 2017

  07 Nov 2017

  The National Parks Board (NParks) received a record number of 177 submissions for the Skyrise Greenery Awards (SGA) in 2017, 40% more than the 123 submissions received in 2015.

• Embracing environmentally-friendly habits is essential for building an active and gracious community

  03 Nov 2017

  Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam launched the Clean & Green Singapore (CGS) Carnival at the Central Singapore District today. The Carnival is located at the open field next to Boon Keng MRT station Exit C and will last the entire weekend.

• New National Masterplan to Encourage More to Garden

  02 Nov 2017

  The National Parks Board (NParks) today announced a new national gardening masterplan for Singapore which centres on promoting edible gardening. The masterplan will be implemented through both ongoing and new initiatives such as training, the expansion of the allotment gardening scheme, as well as outreach efforts like the Community Garden Festival.

• Larger Community Garden Festival returns to HortPark

  01 Nov 2017

  The Community Garden Festival returns to HortPark tomorrow in its largest edition with a wider variety of activities and gardening displays. Organised by the National Parks Board (NParks), the Festival is centred on the theme of edibles for the first time, and will feature a stunning showcase from 3 to 5 November 2017 in a display area double that of 2015.