S1E1: Visit to Sungei Buloh: How Singapore can better host migratory birds

Why mudflats are vital for dwindling numbers of birds that stop
over seasonally.


Synopsis (headphones recommended): In this new 4-part environment
podcast series for 2024 - Green Trails - The Straits Times hits
the ground with experts in spaces that are critical to the
interlinked crises the planet faces: climate change, pollution,
and biodiversity loss. The next episode drops in June.


For this inaugural episode, our team heads to Sungei Buloh
Wetland Reserve, the local haven for birds that travel across the
world to refuel at.


Nature Society (Singapore) - one of the island's oldest
non-governmental organisations - convinced the government to
preserve Sungei Buloh as a wetland reserve by showing officials
the diversity of birds that depend on the spot.


ST journalist Ang Qing takes a walk with representatives from the
society - Veronica Foo and Tan Gim Cheong.


They talk about the lesser-known Mandai Mangrove and Mudflat,
which is key to supporting the thousands of migratory shorebirds
that stop over in Singapore between August and March, and why it
should also receive full protection from the law.


Highlights (click/tap above):


2:30 Why is Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve so special?


7:01 Have there been fewer shorebirds at the reserve?


11:15 What kind of man-made features threaten migratory birds?


18:00 Why a lesser known mudflat needs to get stronger legal
protection


Read an earlier article on migratory birds: https://str.sg/JtYUU


Discover the Nature Society (Singapore) Bird Group:
https://str.sg/wNzGa


Read also: Green Trails Podcast: Experience Singapore’s spaces
through sound - https://str.sg/qcCm


Listen to other Green Trails episodes: 


Ep 2: Visit to East Coast: How reclamation will shape up against
rising sea levels - https://str.sg/mRG8


Ep 3: Visit to Windsor Nature Park: Can insects in SG's backyard
be foraged
https://omny.fm/shows/green-pulse-1/visit-to-windsor-nature-park-how-big-of-a-role-can


Host: Ang Qing (aqing@sph.com.sg)


Trail producers: Lynda Hong, Hadyu Rahim, Teo Tong Kai, Amirul
Karim, Eden Soh


Edited by: Hadyu Rahim


Executive Producers: Ernest Luis (ernest@sph.com.sg) & Audrey
Tan (audreyt@sph.com.sg)


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