Conservation Documents and Publication produced by The
Malayan Nature Society (Singapore Branch) and The Nature Society (Singapore)
from 1985 to 2003
Some of these documents listed below are available in
NSS Library or in the Special Collection of the NUS Central Library.
1.
Kranji
Marshes: An Outline Proposal for a New
Nature Reserve
(1985)
The “new nature reserve” refers
to the Kranji Dam Mangrove at the Sg. Kranji Estuary, stretching from the Dam to
Sg. Buloh. It contributed to the
designation of this stretch of mangrove as a Nature Area in the SGP (1993). The area is now being managed by Nparks and
incorporated as a Nature Area into the URA Master Plan 2003. Unpublished report.
2.
A
Proposal for a Nature Conservation Area at Sungei Buloh (undated, c. 1988)
Submitted to
MND/URA/ENV/HDB/Nparks. Contributed to
the preservation of Sg. Buloh Nature Park.
Declared a Wetland Nature Reserve in 2001, it is now incorporated into
the URA Master Plan 2003. Published
report.
3.
Master
Plan for the Conservation of Nature in Singapore (1990)
Submitted to
MND/URA/EVNV/HDB/Nparks. Contributed to
the formulation of the Green and Blue Plan of URA’s Master Plan: Living the
Next Lap (1991) and the nature conservation chapter of The Singapore Green
Published report.
4.
Conservation Proposal for Sungei Khatib Bongsu
Heronry (undated, c.
1990)
Submitted to
MND/URA/ENV/Nparks. The heronry belong
to the Black-crowned Night Heron. It was
destroy due to fogging against mosquito.
The mangrove and ponds are still intact, but the herons have never come
back to nest to date. Unpublished
report.
5.
Conservation Proposal for
Senoko
(1990)
Submitted to
MND/URA/Nparks. The area has already
been completely developed into the Sembawang HDB housing estate. Unpublished
report.
6.
Conservation Proposal for Kranji Heronry and
Marshes
(1990)
Submitted to
MND/URA/ENV/PUB. Contributed to the
designation of the marshes at kranji Bund as a Nature Area in the SGP and the
establishment of the marsh south of the BBC Station as the Krani Marshland Park, which is now also designated as a
Nature Area in the URA Master Plan 2003.
80% of the marsh north of the BBC Station has already been destroyed by
the NSRCC golf course project.
Unpublished report.
7.
Kent
Ridge Enviorns: A Proposal for
Conserving Nature at the National University of Singapore
Campus
(1991)
Submitted to NUS/URA. Contributed to the preservation of most of
the Kent Ridge adinandra belukar, which is now designated a Nature Area in the
URA Master Plan 2003. Unpublished
report.
8.
Conservation Proposal for Pulau
Ubin
(1992)
Submitted to
MND/URA/ENV/Nparks. Contributed to the
designation of Pulau Ubin as a Nature Area in the SGP (1993), which eventually
leads to some parts of Ubin being managed by Nparks as a nature-cum-public
park. It is now incorporated as a Nature
Area in the Master Plan 2003, minus Chek Jawa.
It is not clear at this stage whether the territory of the OBS is
included. Unpublished
report.
9.
Conservation Proposal for Marina
South (undated, c.
1992)
Submitted to
MND/URA/ENV/Nparks. The area is
completely filled up in 1992, the rationale given was that it was a mosquito
breeding ground. No development has
occurred so far. It is now a veritable
secondary forest. Unpublished
report.
10.
Vanishing
Birds of Singapore
An indispensable document for
the conservation of birdlife in Singapore.
Published report.
11.
Conservation Proposal for
Sentosa
Submitted to
MND/URA/SDC/Nparks. Contributed to the
designation of both Mount Embiah & Mount Serapong as parts of the Sentosa
Nature Area in the SGP. It is now
incorporated as a Nature Area into the URA Master Plan 2003. Unpublished report.
12.
Proposed
Golf Course at Lower Peirce: An
Environmental Impact Assessment (1992)
Submitted to
MND/URA/ENV/PUB/Nparks. Contributed to
the shelving of the 120 hectares golf course project at Lower Pierce, which is
part of the Central Catchment Forest Reserve.
Published report.
13.
Feedback
on the Singapore Green Plan (Nature Conservation) (1993)
Submitted to
MND/URA/ENV/Nparks. Helped to put Sg.
Khatib Bongsu into the SGP as one of 19 nature areas. Khatib was not listed in the original draft
of the SGP (1993). Unpublished
report.
14.
Conservation Proposal for South
Simpang
(1993)
Submitted to
MND/URA/ENV/Nparks. “South Simpang”
covers the Sg. Khatib Bongsu area. Also
contributed and reinforced the designation of Khatib Bongsu as a Nature Area in
the SGP (1993) as well as its incorporation into the Simpang Development Guide
Plan (1993). Currently, Khatib is once
again under threat, as there is a plan to develop the area into a
reservoir. It has been left out of the
URA Master Plan 2003. Unpublished
report.
15.
The
Singapore Red Data Book: Threatened
Plants and Animals of Singapore (1994)
Circulated widely. Invaluable as reference for conservation of
the various taxonomic groups in Singapore.
Published report.
16.
State of
the Natural Environment in Singapore (1999)
Based on the NSS Conference on
State of our Natural Environment (1998).
Circulated widely to government and non-government organisations. Useful reference for overviews of the state
of the key habitats and taxonomic groups in Singapore. Published report.
17.
The
Nature Society’s Feedback on the Impact of Reclamation on Chek
Jawa
(2001)
Submitted to MND. Contributed to the shelving of the government
land reclamation project for the Chek Jawa sand-and-mudflats. However, Chek Jawa has not been included as
part of the Ubin Nature Area nor has it been incorporated into the URA Master
Plan 2003 for any form of designated protection. Unpublished report.
18.
Feedback
to The Singapore Green Plan 2012 (2002)
Submitted to
ENV/URA/Nparks. Contributed to the
upholding of the Nature Areas that were identified in the SGP (1993) as well as
the implementation of the Action Programmes for the Green Plan currently
underway. On NSS ConservationSingapore
Website. Unpublished report. Download report –
(MSWord file)
19.
SAFRA’s
Golf Course Project at the Kranji Bund Marsh:
Nature Society’s Feedback on impacts & Proposals for Conservation
& Mitigation
(2002)
Submitted to
NSRCC/URA/Nparks. Contributed to the
extension of the so-called marshland buffer along Kranji Bund beyond what was
originally given by NSRCC and NSS being called for so-called ‘consultation’ on
mitigation measures for the construction of the golf course. Unpublished report.
20.
Nature
Society’s Proposals for impact Containment & Mitigation at the Kranji
Golf-Course Project
(2002)
Submitted to
NSRCC/URA/Nparks. This includes the
document No. 19 (above) in the Appendix.
Provides more detailed recommendations for mitigation measures than the
above. The major mitigation measures
recommended are however not being incorporated into the latest golf course
design as far as we know. Unpublished
report.
21.
Feedback
to the URA Parks & Waterbodies Plan (2002)
Submitted to URA/Nparks/URA
Subject Focus Group. Some of the
proposals are accepted (e.g. scrapping of the motor-car scenic trail), some
rejected (e.g. incorporating the cat-tail marsh into the new Tampines Quarry
Park) and some undetermined at this stage (e.g. scrapping the east-west
board-walk trail trhought the heart of the Central
Catchment Nature Reserve). Summary on
NSS ConservationSingapore Website.
Unpublished report.
22.
Feedback
to the Police Coast Guard Fence at Pulau Ubin (2003)
Submitted to Singapore Police
Force recently. On NSS
ConservationSingapore Website.
Unpublished report