Biodiversity of Singapore Symposium III
Sat 24 Sep 2011 @ NUS LT27, 8am-6pm
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NUS Cast & Youtube of talks
- Part 1 – Welcome address, GOH address, Symposium Awards
NUScast or YouTube - Part 2 – Impressions from the Community and Forests Session
NUScast or YouTube - Part 3 – Special Updates and Freshwater Session
NUScast or YouTube - Part 4 – Marine Session
NUScast or YouTube
Timings of the videos for specific talks indicated below. Some presentations represent a pair or group; the speaker is the first name listed.
- I – Community Impressions
- II – Forests Session
- III – Special Updates
- IV – Freshwater Session
- V – Marine Session
Welcome & Overview
8.30am – 9.15am
- Welcome address
Symposium Co-organiser, N. Sivasothi.
Part 1 (1:24 to 11:21) - Opening address
Guest of Honour, MOS BG (Res) Tan Chuan-Jin
Part 1 (11:40 to 20:40 impromptu; 20:40 to 32:40 formal) - Presentation of Symposium Awards
To ICCS Recipients & Ria Tan.
Part 1 (33:15 to 48:00)
I – Community Impressions
10.15am – 11.00am
Chairperson:
Zeehan Jaafar, NUS (Dept. Biological Sciences)
- Terrestrial issues in Singapore:
perspectives from the natural history community
N. Sivasothi, NUS (Dept. Biological Sciences)
Part 2 (0:50 to 11:00) - What’s going on with freshwater biodiversity in Singapore?
Darren Yeo, NUS (Dept. Biological Sciences)
Part 2 (11:50 to 23:58) - Making a difference for Singapore’s marine biodiversity
Ria Tan, WildSingapore
Part 2 (24:48 to 36:05) - Q & A
Part 2 (0:36:42 to 0:54:54)
II – Forests Session
11.00am – 12.30pm
Chairpersons:
Lim Cheng Puay, Raffles Girls School absent with apologies (ill) &
Yong Ding Li, South-east Asian Biodiversity Society, Nature Society (Singapore) &
National Junior College
- Who will cross the highway? Monitoring surveys for the Ecolink
Delfinn Sweimay Tan & Tan Yeng Kheng, NParks (Central Nature Reserve)
Part 2 (0:58:00 to 1:07:00) - Nature rocks, Let’s G.O. (go outside)!
Karen Teo, NParks (Central Nature Reserve)
Part 2 (1:07:53 to 1:19:10 - Why would anybody want to be a botanist in Singapore?
Chong Kwek Yan & the Plant Systematics Lab., NUS (Dept. Biological Sciences)
Part 2 (1:19:52 to 1:30:26) - The new, the warm and the furry:
undergraduate zoological explorations in Singapore
Marcus Chua, NUS (Dept. Biological Sciences)
Part 2 (1:31:18 to 1:44:45) - Kena rotan – a botanist gets whipped in the forest
Adrian Loo, Raffles Institution
Part 2 (1:59:00 to 2:20:10)
III – Special Updates
1.00pm – 1.30pm
Chairperson:
N. Sivasothi, NUS (Dept. Biological Sciences)
- Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum and
the fate of Apollo, Prince and Twinky
Tan Swee Hee, NUS (Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research)
Part 3 (01:30 to 15:43) - The National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP)
Linda Goh, NParks (National Biodiversity Centre)
Part 3 (16:28 to 24:27)
IV – Freshwater Session
1.30pm – 2.50pm
Chairpersons:
Maxine Mowe, NUS (Dept. Biological Sciences) &
Adam Quek, NUS (Dept. Biological Sciences)
- Minimising urbanisation impact on waterways –
the use of Water Sensitive Urban Design and freshwater ecological guidelines
Benjamin Loh, Tan Puay Yok & James Wang-Wei, NParks (CUGE Research)
Part 3 (0:26:42 to 0:37:55) - The Story of the Freshwater Phytoplankton Guidebook
Wong Yueat Tin, PUB (Technology & Water Quality Office)
Part 3 (0:38:24 to 0:49:50) - ‘Bugs in my soup’ –
freshwater macroinvertebrate biodiversity,
a powerful tool for environmental and conservation management
Chong Jun Hien & Esther Clews, NUS (Tropical Marine Science Institute)
Part 3 (0:50:15 to 1:02:17) - Alien aquatics in Singapore – friend or foe?
Tan Heok Hui, NUS (Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research, Dept. Biological Sciences)
Part 3 (1:03:10 to 1:14:15) - Q & A
Part 3 (1:15:20 to 1:38:52)
V – Marine Session
3.50pm – 5.30pm
Chairpersons:
Alison Wee, NUS (Dept. Biological Sciences) &
Nanthini Elamgovan, NParks
- Getting muddy for nature –
documenting Singapore’s marine biodiversity with community help
Jonathan Ngiam & Linda Goh, NParks (National Biodiversity Centre)
Part 4 (0:02:18 to 0:11:50) - PROJECT SEMAKAU—Connecting Conservation and the Community
Soo Wai Kit & Wang Luan Keng,
NUS (Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research, Dept. Biological Sciences)
Part 4 (0:12:47 to 0:24:10) - Singapore’s coral reef heritage –
ongoing efforts to document and understand a diverse ecosystem
Karenne Tun, NUS (Dept. Biological Sciences)
Part 4 (0:25:12 to 0:37:56) - Zoning out and zoning in –
the SBWR action plan to integrate needs and protect wildlife
Ang Hui Ping
Part 4 (0:38:48 to 0:50:13) - Battling extinction: the horseshoe crabs of Kranji mudflats
J. Vanitha & Hsu Chia Chi, Nature Society (Singapore)
Part 4 (0:51:00 to 1:02:28) - Mandai mangrove: a living laboratory, but for how long?
Dan Friess, Edward Webb, Wee Kim Shan & Lee Wei Kit, NUS (Dept. Biological Sciences)
Part 4 (1:03:16 to 1:13:35) - Q & A
Part 4 (1:14:15 to 1:34:40)