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Singapore - Nature Society (NSS)

BirdLife Partner

Founded in 1954
Members: 1380
Staff: 2
510 Geylang Road #02-05, The Sunflower, SG, 389466
contact@nss.org.sg
www.nss.org.sg
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Mission of the organisation

  • Advocate the conservation of the natural environment in Singapore
  • Inculcate nature awareness and nature appreciation
  • Participate in national, regional and international conservation efforts in preserving the Earth’s biodiversity

Key Activities

A very wide range of both scientific and recreation activities, for a broad cross-section of Singapore society, aimed at enhancing appreciation for the natural environment. Its activities have a high education content, including talks, field excursions, workshops and enrichment courses for members, public and schools. 

 

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Ural Owl (Strix uralensis), a juvenile (Photo: HIH Princess Takamado)

The Goddess of Wisdom

Fri, 01/04/2016
“Through the Lens”, Fujingahou Magazine,
April 2016
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Black-faced Spoonbill (Platalea minor) in flight (Photo: Yun-tak Chung/HKBWS)

Record Black-faced Spoonbill count, despite deteriorating habitat

Fri, 11/03/2016
The annual International Black-faced Spoonbill Census recorded 3,356 individuals in January 2016, an increase of 2.6% from the last year’s 3,272 individuals, and a record recent count for this Endangered Asian waterbird.
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Great Cormorant © HIH Princess Takamado

The Moment Birds Take Off

Mon, 01/08/2016
“Through the Lens”, Fujingahou Magazine,
August 2016
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Alton will now work in Taiwan to save seabirds from accidental death. © Ross Wanless

Training scientists to save seabirds

Mon, 06/06/2016
Meet Alton. He is tall, calm of character, and with a measured approach to work. He knows his fish and he knows his boats. And now he has become a seabird identification expert too – he works in Taiwan to teach...
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New agreement for the conservation of South Korea’s top coastal wetland

Tue, 10/11/2015
BirdLife International and the Government of Seocheon County have signed a new Memorand
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Reclamation of Yellow Sea causing serious declines in migratory shorebirds

Thu, 11/02/2016
In-depth studies have indicated that rapid declines
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Scaly Thrush (Zoothera dauma) Photo: HIH Princess Takamado

Thrushes in Winter

Mon, 01/02/2016
'Through the Lens', Fujingaho Magazine, February 2016
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At 1.5 metres long the Helmeted Hornbill is the largest of its kind in Asia © Michaela Koschova

Ivory poachers driving rare bird to extinction

Wed, 28/09/2016
It's not just elephants and rhinos that face the wrath of ivory poachers; the distinctive casque of the Helmeted Hornbill is also being targeted for its supposed medicinal benefits.
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One of the Rufous-backed Buntings at Miyun Reservoir, Jan 2016. (Image: Terry Townshend/Birding Beijing)

Beijing buntings beguile birders

Wed, 20/01/2016
Asia’s rarest bunting, the Rufous-backed Bunting (also known as Jankowski's Bunting), has been found wintering close to China’s capital – the first record of this globally threatened species in Beijing municipality for...
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Survey confirms Chinese Crested Terns in Indonesia

Tue, 09/02/2016
A survey team led by Burung Indonesia (BirdLife in Indonesia) and BirdLife’s Asia Division has confirmed a wintering site of the globally threatened Chinese Crested Tern in eastern Indonesia.
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