Wednesday, August 20, 2008

CONSERVATION EFFORTS IN SINGAPORE

Pulau Semakau

Pulau Semakau is another good example of the marine conservation efforts in Singapore. The ashes produced by Singapore's incineration plants were shipped in a covered barge and deposited to the Semakau Landfill every night. Semakau Landfill was ensured to be clean, free of smell and scenic, unlike the other landfills.

Coral nursery

Singapore's first coral nursery launched in Singapore in 30 July 2007 and was built in Pulau Semakau. With careful management, Singapore allowed such marine-rich ecological system to develop side-by-side with a landfill. Now Singapore can boast of having a coral nursery near a landfill, which is certainly an achievement that we can proud of.

Reduce consumption of shark fins

Resorts World at Sentosa (RWS) has put down shark fin menus to reduce sharkfin consumption. The Resort announced that shark fin will not be offered on the menus of banquets and restaurant throughout the Result. However, it will be available for wedding dinners as shark fins' soup was a traditional Asian delicacy. RWS is taking this step as they believed that the consumption of shark fin is currently not to be supported due to the drop of shark population and growing demand of shark fin.

Reduce consumption of coral fishes
(Taken from Shin Min Daily Newspaper)

Singapore World Wide Fund for nature (WWF) appeals to Singaporean to reduce consumption of reef fish such as Grouper (石斑鱼) and Humpheads (苏眉鱼)

WWF plans to cooperate with local restaurant and hotel, encourage them to provide lesser fish such as Humpheads and Grouper. Some fishermen uses destructive means to catch these fish, which will affect the growth coral reefs. WWF has cooperated with some local hotels and restaurants to provide those fish that supplied by those suppliers who got the fish without causing any harm to the oceans.

WWF plans to have 2 yr enrichment programme cooperating with restaurants and hotels, to provide lesser Humpheads and Groupers. WWF also encourages the government to take control fisheries, and warn those fishermen who uses destructive techniques to fish. This would cause negative impact on the marine lives and the reefs. These fish are encouraged to reduce consumption, in order to reduce the harm done to the ocean and marine lives.

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