Showing posts with label friends of the marine park. Show all posts
Showing posts with label friends of the marine park. Show all posts

Wednesday, 5 August 2020

6 Aug (Thu): "Stories of Shared Heritage"

Stakeholders of the Friends of the Marine Park at the Sisters Islands Marine Park come together to discuss "Stories of Shared Heritage"


Date: Thursday, 6 Aug
Time: 8pm Singapore time (GMT +8)
Duration: 1-hour session


If you missed the talk live, here is the video.

Wednesday, 29 July 2020

30 Jul (Thu): 8pm "The resilience of Singapore's marine biodiversity"

Stakeholders of the Friends of the Marine Park at the Sisters Islands Marine Park come together to discuss "Against All Odds: The resilience of Singapore's coastal and marine biodiversity"


Wednesday, 22 July 2020

23 Jul (Thu): 8pm "Sisters' Islands Marine Park: Our Living Classroom"

Stakeholders of the Friends of the Marine Park at the Sisters Islands Marine Park come together to discuss "Sisters' Islands Marine Park: Our Living Classroom"


Thursday, 16 July 2020

16 Jul (Thu): 8pm "Striking a Balance – Responsible Recreation for Healthy Reefs"

Stakeholders of the Friends of the Marine Park at the Sisters Islands Marine Park come together to discuss "Striking a Balance – Responsible Recreation for Healthy Reefs".

Thursday, 3 January 2019

Happy New Year from the Marine Park!

Great news for the New Year! Now open again: Marine Park Outreach and Education Centre at the St John's Island National Marine Laboratory. It was closed due to asbestos being found on St John's Island. More about how to get there, and what you can see and do at the Centre here.
Marine Park Visitor Centre at St John's Island National Marine Laboratory
As the year ended, volunteers conducted more awesome intertidal walks, divers explored the reefs, a massive artificial reef structure was deployed at the Marine Park and the Friends of the Marine Park met on the islands.


Sunday, 4 November 2018

Sea turtle overload and other Marine Park happenings

The sea turtle hatchery was launched at the Marine Park in September! Intertidal walks resumed in October, and lots of other interesting sightings and happenings too!
Photos by Lisa Lim, Richard Kuah and Victor Toh.
Here's a glimpse of some of the recent happenings at the Marine Park.

Friday, 2 February 2018

Busy January at the Marine Park!

A big start to the year as the Marine Park joins the community in Celebrating Singapore Shores for International Year of the Reef 2018. With a Marine Bioblitz, and workshop on plastics.
Visitors on Day 2 of the first public intertidal walks of 2018
Photo by Collin Tong.
A rescued baby sea turtle was released at the Marine Park. Volunteer guided walks at the Marine Park remains a big highlight. Meanwhile, the Friends of the Marine Park met up and the Kayaking Working Group made a working visit to the Marine Park.


Wednesday, 20 December 2017

Awesome year end 2017 at the Marine Park

As the year ends, an announcement from NParks: The Public Gallery on St John’s Island will be closed on 21 Dec 2017 (Thu) for maintenance. The Public Gallery will open on 24, 25, 31 Dec 2017 and 1 Jan 2018 but from 10 am to 11.45am only.
Visitors during the November public walk.
Photo by Belinda Tan.
Here is a look back at happenings in November and December! Sea turtles hatching, more intertidal walks, a dive at the marine park and more!


Monday, 30 October 2017

Awesome October at the Marine Park

The first St John's Island public walk was held, while rainbows brightened up the intertidal walks at the Marine Park! Dive surveys give us a glimpse of life underwater.
Photo by Kar Mun.
The Friends of the Marine Park met again, while more information about the sea turtle hatchery being set up at Small Sisters Island.

Sunday, 1 October 2017

Spectacular September at the Sisters Islands Marine Park

On 2 Sep, Minister Desmond Lee launched the free volunteer guided walk at St. John's Island, which is part of the Sisters' Island Marine Park and hosts the Marine Park Public Gallery.
Marine Park Visitor Centre at St John's Island National Marine Laboratory
The Public Gallery now has many additional features, including a mangrove display and a huge touch pool. Volunteers also continued to bring the public on intertidal guided walks at Big Sisters Islands. And more happenings...


Wednesday, 2 August 2017

Jam-packed June and July at the Sisters' Islands Marine Park

It has been a very busy June and July at the Marine Park! Our first dive cleanup, an important meeting of the Friends of the Sisters Islands Marine Park, lots of public walks, surveys of the marine park for impact of mass coral bleaching and more.
Photo by Stephen Beng.
Stephen Beng, Chair of the grouping saind "Friends of the Sisters' Islands Marine Park met to Strengthen ties within our ocean-loving community, to Share in our efforts to protect our Marine Park, and to Support the good work each of us is doing for our reefs."