Vol
6 No 1 Jan-Mar 98
Male Crimson Sunbird
(Aethopyga siparaja)
on heliconia flowers
Photo by Ong Kiem Sian
NATUREWATCH is a
full-colour quarterly magazine featuring articles of interest to
nature lovers everywhere.
This page is a sampler of the
photos and articles in this issue
About this site
Male Crimson Sunbird
(Aethopyga siparaja)
on heliconia flowers
Photo by Ong Kiem Sian
NATUREWATCH is a
full-colour quarterly magazine featuring articles of interest to
nature lovers everywhere.
This page is a sampler of the
photos and articles in this issue
About this site
Official
Magazine of the Nature Society (Singapore)
Seeding
a Dream Plant a robust seed tree and one day you may have
a forest. Biologist Jean W H Yong is fulfilling
his dream of active replanting and saving Singapore's last coastal trees.
NSS's
Brave Heart President, Prof Khoo Hong Woo The man who leads the Society in these challenging times is much like the man at the head of a team of fire fighters. Yap Kian Wee talks to the NSS President and finds that his heart is in the right place to lead the fight for Nature.
Is
Our Oldest Forest Dying? For hundreds, maybe thousands, of
years Bukit Timah regenerated itself. But now, many of the fruit-eating
birds and mammals are gone. Ayesha Ercelawn
reports on a Tree Census of more than 13,000 trees to ascertain whether
the ancient forest is still capable of replicating itself.
The
Ede's 'Garden of Eden' There is tiny pocket in Singapore where
Nature and Man co-exist in peace and harmony. Bird enthusiast and nature
photographer Ong Kiem Sian shares her bird
sanctuary with our readers, with fabulous photos of the birds that can be
found there.
Gorillas,
how I miss them Goh Yue Yun pines for
the infant gorillas she adopted after a visit to Rwanda (Africa) and Dian
Fossey's threatened gorilla sanctuary
Expectant
Ioras Build their Nests ... in a park and heavy human
traffic! Raymond Poon was as anxious for their
safety as the fine feathered expectant parents.
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