Speaker Series (11 June 2026): Towards long-term forest ecological monitoring in Singapore

SPEAKER SERIES
Speaker Series (11 June 2026): Towards long-term forest ecological monitoring in Singapore 

We are pleased to have with us Dr Chong Kwek Yan, who will share about the Gardens' Tropical Forest Ecology Research programme, revealing Singapore's forests in a state of continual change.

Join us on Thursday, 11 June 2026, 4pm at Function Hall of Singapore Botanic Gardens (Level 1 of Botany Centre), to find out more!

Session is free-seating thus no advance registration is required.

Session synopsis
The Singapore Botanic Gardens had an early role in forest research and conservation in Singapore. Today, the Gardens hosts a Tropical Forest Ecology Research programme, anchored by a network of permanent plots — standardised areas within which surveys and measurements are conducted. Findings from this plot-based monitoring reveal Singapore’s forests in a state of continual change, shaped both by their ongoing recovery from past land use and by the increasing frequency of extreme weather events.

About the Speaker
Dr Chong Kwek Yan is a forest ecologist with the Forest & Tree Research branch of the Singapore Botanic Gardens. He is also an adjunct faculty member of the Department of Biological Sciences, and a research affiliate of the Centre for Nature-based Climate Solutions and the Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum at the National University of Singapore.