Join us in greening the Rail Corridor to help combat climate change and enhance habit for wildlife. Activity includes manual grass & weed clearance, site maintenance and tree planting.
Date - Saturday 24 February 2024
Time - 9am to 12pm
Meeting Point - To be advised.
Registration - By registration only, email Teresa at contactctep@gmail.com
Organised by Cicada Tree Eco-Place in support of the NSS Rewilding Project
About the Project The NSS Rewilding Project works in collaboration with NParks’ One Million Trees Movement along the Rail Corridor (North). Our main aim is to fulfill the goal of having the Rail Corridor as a conduit for plants and wildlife and also to provide a continuous canopy cover. This increases the opportunities to bring back rare species and contributes to carbon sequestration and storage along this stretch of potential green space. We are encouraging our NSS members and members of the public to be involved in the whole process of tree planting.
Event: Wildlife-friendly Food Gardening & Composting Workshop
Date: Saturday 27 January 2024
Time: 2.00pm to 4.00pm
Venue: Sprout Hub @ 102 Henderson Road
Cost: S$50 per person (Adult/Child age 7 & above)
To register, please email Andrew at: andrewtay.sg@gmail.com
Workshop brief:
Keen to start your own wildlife-friendly food garden from scratch? Have fun tending to your plant babies and watch them become delectable herbs, vegetables and fruits.
If done right, your food garden will also attract beneficial wildlife such as ladybugs, butterflies and birds, adding vibrancy to your garden ecosystem.
This holistic workshop will cover:
Tour of Sprout Hub’s Urban Farms to look at food plants and how to grow and use them
Start Your Food Garden from Scratch: Types of potting mix, pots, organic fertilisers and pesticides
Sunlight and Watering Needs
Methods to Multiply Your Plants via Cuttings, Seeds, Clump Division and Offset
How to Make Compost in a Pot
Participants pot up 2 food plants to take home. All materials provided
We’re back with our yearly tradition of a National Day walk! This year we’re hiking from Windsor Nature Park to Tree Top Walk. Along the way, we will look out for wildlife and share stories about the many plants and animals that also call our city home.
Participants can choose their own route out of MacRitchie after reaching the Tree Top Walk. The journey from Windsor Nature Park to the Tree Top Walk is approximately 2.5 km and will be a 1.5 hr walk. (Please note that the journey back will be at least another 2.5km). More details will be shared with confirmed participants. We will be sending you an email before the date of the walk.
It is not recommended for young children below the age of 7 to attend this event as the walk will be long and on uneven terrain.
Cicada Tree Eco-Place is deeply alarmed by the ongoing destruction of Singapore’s last remaining forest fragments. In the face of relentless development, secondary forests are largely invisible from both policy and empirical perspectives. However, they possess immense potential for natural regeneration, and provide us an array of ecosystem services.
Secondary forests play a crucial role as buffer zones for the mere 0.16 percent of primary forest that remains. [1] The gradual reduction and fragmentation of these wilderness areas can have detrimental effects, such as exacerbating the urban heat island phenomenon, escalating human-wildlife conflicts, and driving the extinction of native wildlife, particularly rainforest-dependent species.
Rather than bulldozing these sites, we advocate for enhancing their connectivity by integrating and linking them through Singapore’s extensive network of park connectors. It is more cost-effective and expedient to build on existing ecosystems — artificial nature, like estate parks and densely planted urban trees are an inferior substitute. The Windsor and Rifle Range Nature Parks serve as excellent examples of forest patches that sustain biodiversity while remaining accessible and providing recreational opportunities.
Fallen trees at Dover ForestDover Forest, or what’s left of it
Through our ongoing efforts, we are committed to raising awareness about the importance of preserving our forests, which represent a vital part of our natural heritage. As our world faces the existential crisis of climate change, Cicada Tree Eco-Place hopes that the powers that be in Singapore will ensure we do our part to preserve remaining ecosystems for future generations.
[1] Yee et al. (2011). The vegetation of Singapore ―an updated map. Source
