Conservation work still the focus of former president of Singapore’s Nature Society

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Conservation work still the focus of former president of Singapore’s Nature Society
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Dr Shawn Lum hopes to work with international partners and younger conservation leaders. Read more at straitstimes.com.

SINGAPORE – Amid the hustle and bustle of urban Ang Mo Kio are remnants of secondary forests and rubber plantations nestled in Ang Mo Kio Town Garden West opposite the library.

Outside of work, he spends most of his time in the Bukit Timah Nature Reserve, or is involved in discussions with the authorities about conservation issues in developments. In addition, less than 0.5 per cent of the Republic’s original forests remain and they are mostly found in the Central Catchment Nature Reserve.was particularly interesting compared with past cases where the green groups worked closely with agencies on issues from behind the scenes.

Thanks to higher awareness, nature conservation has grown over the past two decades to become more mainstream – and that has helped create a middle ground in land-scarce Singapore. But he was quick to add: ”There’s a much much bigger component of our wild, native wildlife and plant life that really requires undisturbed forests, habitats, like mangroves, coral reefs. They would never just come into the urban areas.”

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