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• NParks expands student-run park initiative to Clementi Woods Park with Ngee Ann Poly following successful implementation with ITE at Bedok Town Park

  12 Nov 2019

  The National Parks Board (NParks) today announced that it will be expanding the Student-Run Park initiative to Clementi Woods Park under a new collaboration with Ngee Ann Polytechnic (NP).

• NParks announces plans to nurture professionalism and stewardship among youth in Singapore

  01 Nov 2019

  Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance, Mr Heng Swee Keat announced plans to nurture the next generation of professionals and stewards in landscape, horticulture and ecology today at the opening of the third Community Garden Festival. To support youth from less privileged backgrounds participating in this initiative, DPM also announced that Mr Peter Lim will be setting up a S$10 million Peter Lim Horticulture and Animal Science Scholarship from which donations will be made to NParks’ Garden City Fund (GCF). Mr Lim’s donation is the single largest contribution from an individual in the history of GCF.

• NParks launches public consultation to seek input on review of the pet sector

  26 Oct 2019

  Following the announcement in August this year that the National Parks Board (NParks) will be working with the community to strengthen animal health and welfare standards, NParks launched the public consultation today during Pets’ Day Out at Parks Festival, to gather input for the review

• Mingxin Foundation Rambler’s Ridge and OCBC Arboretum at Singapore Botanic Gardens’ Gallop Extension open

  19 Oct 2019

  The National Parks Board (NParks) today opened the Mingxin Foundation Rambler’s Ridge and OCBC Arboretum at the Singapore Botanic Gardens’ Gallop Extension.

• NParks opens Thomson Nature Park, Singapore’s seventh nature park, rich in both natural and cultural heritage

  11 Oct 2019

  The National Parks Board (NParks) opened Thomson Nature Park, a 50-hectare Nature Park located to the east of the Central Catchment Nature Reserve and buffered by Old Upper Thomson Road, on 11 October 2019.

• Next stop in journey to enhance the Rail Corridor - New recreational spaces for the community to come

  31 Aug 2019

  The National Parks Board (NParks) and the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) announced today that enhancement works for the former Bukit Timah Railway Station and its surroundings as a community node will begin early next year.

• National Parks Board works with community and pet industry to review and strengthen standards in the pet sector

  17 Aug 2019

  Since taking over the animal-related functions in April 2019, the engagement of the community and stakeholders has been a key focus for the National Parks Board.

• Singapore announces ban on domestic trade in elephant ivory

  12 Aug 2019

  Singapore announced today a ban on the domestic trade in elephant ivory, which will come into effect on 1 September 2021.

• National Parks Board works with Singapore Customs and Immigration & Checkpoints Authority to seize 11.9 tonnes of pangolin scales and 8.8 tonnes of elephant ivory

  23 Jul 2019

  On 21 July 2019, the National Parks Board (NParks) worked with Singapore Customs and the Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) to inspect a shipment of three containers from the Democratic Republic of the Congo being transhipped through Singapore to Viet Nam.

• NParks partners OCBC Bank to Create First-of-its-Kind High-Tech Arboretum in Southeast Asia

  20 Jul 2019

  The National Parks Board (NParks) and OCBC Bank today unveiled plans for the OCBC Arboretum, a first-of-its-kind high-tech arboretum in Southeast Asia which houses more than 2,000 specimens of over 200 species of Dipterocarps.