Urban planners are studying the cooling effects of native trees, designing buildings that work with nature to reduce heat. By blending traditional knowledge with cutting-edge science, Singapore is ...

SINGAPORE - The movement to plant one million more trees and restore nature in Singapore has crossed the halfway mark, with more than 540,000 trees introduced across the Republic since the launch ...

But these urban dipterocarps are usually of a species non-native to Singapore. Hopea odorata, a dipterocarp with a cone-shaped crown typical of younger trees grown in the open, is native to ...

The equatorial island nation is home to roughly 5.5 million people, and around 7 million trees — about 6 million of which are tracked by Singapore’s National Parks Board, so that they can be ...

One of its largest projects involves the care and management of around two million urban trees across the island. With Singapore boasting a total of around seven million trees, they offer a ...

SINGAPORE: Checks on the health of trees are being stepped up across Singapore ... vulnerable species and those prone to diseases, with native species better adapted to local weather conditions.

Some will sleep in the trees, others stay for a while before ... in 2011 to document the number of introduced and native parrots in Singapore's urban areas. The group's parrot count the ...

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): Almost 400,000 trees have been planted in Singapore under an initiative that aims to plant one million more trees islandwide by 2030. The trees ...