Marine conservation

Glamping with the fishes at the Singapore Oceanarium

Its signature Ocean Dreams overnight programme returns as a luxurious glamping experience with an educational twist

Developing nations such as Timor Leste receive significantly lesser ocean funding despite hosting rich marine biodiversity.

Only 1% of philanthropic funding goes to ocean conservation projects: panellist

NUS senior lecturer says this is despite about 70% of the world’s surface being covered by ocean

Despite clean-up efforts, debris still litters the seabed of the Unesco-listed tidal wetland, which spans the coasts of the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark.

Dutch divers still haul up debris six years after container spill

They are trying to clear the shallow Wadden Sea where the MSC Zoe lost hundreds of containers of car parts, televisions, light bulbs, furniture and toys in a 2019 storm

Previously known as the SEA Aquarium, Singapore Oceanarium will be three times larger and mark the transition into an aquarium-based conservation institution.

RWS to unveil ocean conservation hub, as part of S$6.8 billion expansion

Singapore Oceanarium opens to the public on Jul 24 and aims to be Asia’s leading aquarium-based conservation institution

One in three people relies on the oceans for their livelihood, yet the oceans are in danger. They remain little-known, with neither global governance nor the financing needed for their preservation.
THE BROAD VIEW

‘We are the ocean’

In the run-up to the upcoming UN Ocean Conference in Nice, the French ambassador to Singapore highlights the critical need for high seas governance, financing a sustainable blue economy, and science a...

For its anniversary, SEA Aquarium has introduced specially curated zones that celebrate its impact on marine education, conservation and appreciation.
TAKING HEART

RWS, Art:Dis make a splash for SEA Aquarium’s 12th anniversary with art exhibit, workshops

The collaboration is an extension of the broader RWS Cares programme

From left: Dr Shawn Lum, senior lecturer at Nanyang Technological University’s Asian School of the Environment; Dr Jane Goodall, founder of the Jane Goodall Institute; Dr Sylvia Earle, founder of Deep Hope and Mission Blue; and Esther An, chief sustainability officer of CDL.
TAKING HEART

CDL dialogue features Jane Goodall and Sylvia Earle to raise awareness of climate action

Besides being a fundraising event, it also aimed to engage and educate attendees

From left: Hwang Yu-Ning, chief executive, NParks; Tan Kiat How, senior minister of state for National Development and Digital Development and Information; Helen Wong, group chief executive, OCBC; and Dr Theresa Su, lecturer, NUS.
TAKING HEART

OCBC commits about S$1 million to seagrass restoration project

The bank collaborates with National Parks to enhance marine biodiversity conservation efforts

Japan hunts Bryde’s, minke and sei whales, and wants to expand its list to include fin whales as well.

Whaling: why the practice will not go away

THE detention in Greenland of anti-whaling campaigner Paul Watson pending possible extradition to Japan has turned the spotlight on the widely condemned practice of hunting whales.

Without the algae, the coral becomes pale and vulnerable to starvation, disease or death.

Coral bleachings devastate Bali reefs as sea temperatures rise

INDONESIAN conservationist Nyoman Sugiarto has been working for 16 years to preserve coral on the reefs of Bali, but the frequency of mass coral bleachings he said is now devastating.