1001 garden plants in singapore 3rd edition

Nature Reserve Parks, Gardens and Streetscapes: Today Singapore, Singapore Department of Statistics, Singapore. dissertation, National University of Singapore, Singapore. Conserving Our Biodiversity: SingaporeвЂ™s National Biodiversity Wetland Reserve -First of its kind in the region. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 273(2): 121-130. Antifungal properties of Singapore gorgonians: a preliminary study. Are any plants endemic to Singapore? The Gardens ' Bulletin, 55(2): 173-184. Some species, like the Singapore freshwater crab Johora singaporensis and aquatic aroid Cryptocoryne Г— timahensis (Kiew & Turner, 2003), are endemic to Singapore, as they can only be found in Singapore and no other countries (Tan et al., 2010).

This rich biodiversity that we possess should be conserved for long-term sustainability of all ecosystems. Plants of Singapore (2nd Edition), A Guide to the Threatened Plants of Singapore, A Guide to the Orchids of Singapore (Revised Edition), A Guide to the Carnivorous Plants of Singa-pore, Plant Magic: Auspicious and Inauspicious Plants from around the World, etc. Our natural heritage consists of many species which include more thanДў,000 native vascular plant species, about 57 mammalian species, 98 reptile species, 25 amphibian species, 355 bird species and many others (National Parks Board, 2009). In this paper, I will be elaborating on how these services can be provided by our natural heritage.ДЇirst of all, provisioning services supply the goods which include genetic resources and natural medicine. These include provisioning, regulating, cultural and supporting services. The services that natural heritage can provide are the benefits that we people gain from them. Hence, I disagree with the classmateвЂ™s comment I feel that it is worth spending money and effort to protect and maintain the remaining biodiversity that we have. Even though these goods and services can be easily enjoyed from nearby countries, our natural heritage is endowed with unique characteristics which provide us with a plethora of services that are irreplaceable by other countries. Due to the limited amount of land, our natural heritage is insufficient to provide us with much economical goods we are thus very dependent on imported food and material from other countries (Tan et al., 2007). Over the years, widespread urbanisation has led to about 90.2% of our land area being developed (Tan, 2006), exhausting much of our natural heritage in the process. Being a land-scarce country of 714.3 square kilometres and having a population density ofД§,257 per square kilometer (Singapore Department of Statistics, 2012), every hectare of land in Singapore is extremely important to us.

1001 garden plants in singapore 3rd edition