Updated, Thursday, 30th August 2001

International Coastal Cleanup Singapore (Mangroves) 2001
This is the 10th anniversary of the event in Singapore, and the 5th year of the Mangrove Cleanup. The Mangrove cleanup is coordinated this year by the NUS Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research, with kind assistance from Sungei Buloh Nature Park and Kate Thome.

Contact: Sivasothi

Sat 1st Sept 2001
9am - 11am-
Fri 7th Sept 2001
9am - 11am
Sat 8th Sept 2001
8.30am - 1pm
Sat 8th Sept 2001
1pm - 4pm
Briefing for participants about international and local objectives, the sites, procedures and safety.
Introduction to the mangroves of Singapore by guides from NUS, SBNP & NSS.
Cleanup and data submission at Buloh and Kranji mangrove systems during the low tide.
Trash bag transfer from Kranji mangrove the reservoir park by Sea Scouts during the high tide.
NUS Science Auditorium (LT31)
Sungei Buloh Nature Park
Sungei Buloh Nature Park
Sungei Buloh Nature Park
Meetings & Recces | Map | Event dates | Working Group | Participants
Latest News | Mailing List | Nature Society (Singapore) | ICCS Webpage

Meetings & Recces
Kranji --> Buloh (high tide) and later Buloh --> Kranji (low tide) Recce 1 - 4th August 2001

Buloh --> Kranji (low tide): Points along route named. Recce 3 - 15th August 2001

Details of the 11 recces at low and high tides, on foot and by boat!

 

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Participants

Sungei Buloh (Total: 30)
Commonwealth Secondary School (Sec 2, 3)

Site Coordinator:Linda Goh
No.
30

Kranji - KR2 (Total: 160)
Catholic High (Sec 2, 3)
Woodllands Ring Secondary School (Sec 2, 3)
Saint Andrew's Junior College
Temasek Junior College (Green Instinx)
Victoria Junior College

Site Coordinator N. Sivasothi
No.
30
30
66
14
20

Kranji - KR1 (Total: 90)
Singapore American School's SAVE Club
Singapore American School's Middle School

Site Coordinators: Kate Thome & Martha Began
No.
60
30

High Tide ops: KR2 --> Kranji Reservoir Outflow
Sea Scouts
Keech & crew
YMCA crew

Site Coordinators:
David Teo (Kranji Reservoir) & N. Sivasothi (KR2)
No.

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Working Group

Coordinator
N. Sivasothi, NUS Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research

Facilitators
Buloh & environs
Linda Goh, Sungei Buloh Nature Park
Annie Lim, Commonwealth Secondary School

Kranji - KR2
Onn Hsiu Leng, Victoria Junior College
Asaph Jack Chong Sheng, Woodllands Ring Secondary School
Chew Kim Nah, St. Andrew's Junior College
Victor Lim, Temasek Junior College Green Instinx
See Boon Tiam, Catholic High Secondary School
Terence, Catholic High Secondary School

Kranji - KR3
Kate Thome, NSS/Singapore American School's Middle School
Martha Began, Singapore American School's SAVE Club

SIte Leaders
Cat 1 - Familiar with site & procedure
Fiona Hong, NSS/The Habitat Group
Ng Hua Qin, The Habitat Group
Angeline Tay, The Habitat Group

Cat 2A - Familiar with site
Kok Oi Yee, The Habitat Group
Munira Begum, OSB alumni
Pauline Tan, The Habitat Group
Ng Ngan Kee, The Habitat Group
Yusfiandi, The Habitat Group
Debbie Fordyce, The Habitat Group
Zeehan Jaafar, The Habitat Group

Cat 2B - Familiar with procedure
Evelyn Seah, The Habitat Group
Grace Leng, The Habitat Group
Nick Baker, NSS/SBNPVolunteers
Timothy Pwee, NSS

Cat 3 - New
Jagdish Ramakrishnan, NSS
Tan Boon Ann, VJC
David Teo, YMCA

Sea Transfer
Helen Abidin, Tao Nan Marlin Sea Scouts
Edwin, Tao Nan Marlin Sea Scouts
Keech & crew (Raffles Marina)

Photography & Video
John Larkin, The Habitat Group
Kelvin Lim, NSS/Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research, NUS
Charith Pelpola, Moving Visuals

Communications
Sasi Nayar, Singapore Amateur Radio Transmitting Society
Members of the Singapore Amateur Radio Transmitting Society
including David, Jaya, Leow & Adrian

Safety Officer
Sasi Nayar, The Habitat Group

Safety Drivers, Kranji Reservoir Park
Tay Hui Cheng, The Habitat Group
Ria Tan, NSS/SBNPVolunteers

Data Manager (ICCS)
Airani Ramli, NSS/The Habitat Group

Observer for 2002
Peter Lee, OSB alumni

Guides for the "Introduction to mangroves" walk
N. Sivasothi, RMBR/The Habitat Group
Ng Ngan Kee, NUS/The Habitat Group
Zeehan Jaafar, NUS/The Habitat Group
Sasi Nayar, NUS/The Habitat Group
Grace Leng, The Habitat Group
Keith Hillier, NSS/SBNPVolunteers
Nick Baker, NSS/SBNPVolunteers
David Teo, NSS/SBNPVolunteers
Edie Lim, SBNPVolunteers
Linda Goh, SBNP
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Map of site

 

Latest News
17th July - LT31 booking in NUS confirmed
6th July - Kelvin Lim (RMBR) will be second digital camera.
5th July - Charith Pelpola (Moving Visuals) will videotape the event.
5th July - Sungei Buloh Nature Park officially on-board as co-organiser.
4th July - Airani agress to be Data Manager for ICC-Singapore
3rd July - Singapore Amateur Radio Transmitting Society agrees to provide communications support.
2nd July - Camie De Souza, Channel News Asia expresses interest in the event.
25th June - NUS Office of Corporate Communications officially informed of event, will handle media.
24th June - NUS Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research confirmed as official organiser.
23rd May - Kwek and Helen of Sea Scouts come on-board.

 

Event dates
Saturday, 1st September 2001: 9am - 12pm
Venue: The National University of Singapore .
Briefing about the history, objectives and methods of the Coastal Cleanup.

Friday, 7th September 2001: 9am - 12pm
Venue: Sungei Buloh Nature Park.
SBNP Slide Show, followed by an introduction to the mangroves ecosystem in Singapore:
history, geography, flora & fauna (theatrette).
Guided tour of Visitor Centre, Mangrove Boardwalk, Bridge over Sg. Buloh Besar and the Main Hide.

Saturday, 8th September 2001: 9am - 12pm
Venue: Buloh - Kranji mangroves.
10th ICCS begins!

Week of 10th - 15th September 2001
Venue: Inidividual schools.
Review cleanup and analyse data from webpages

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