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Really fun and an eye opener.....hopefully there would be more of such programmes for youth to be engaged in and more platforms like these

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Johannes - Preventing Feeding In Botanic Gardens

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Johannes - Preventing Feeding In Botanic Gardens

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I formed a group of 8+ students and we worked together to survey Botanic Gardens and think of ways to help prevent feeding of the animals there.

My aspiration for the city of nature is an environment in which all citizens of Singapore can enjoy together. I hope to see a greener Singapore in the future.

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I love working with my 4 other group mates to learn how to plant a tree and become a facilitator to help others plant a tree and support this One Million Trees.
My aspiration for City In Nature is for humans to coexist with nature and appreciate the biodiversity. I believe that planting trees will be a part of my life and also I study Landscape Design and Horticulture, therefore I will be implementing my knowledge into the landscape and gardens.
I really appreciate the work NParks has done and the opportunity for this journey with the staff that mentored me.

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My aspiration for Our City in Nature is for everyone in Singapore to gain a deep and lasting appreciation for the flora and fauna all around us.

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Titus - Preventing Feeding in Botanic Gardens

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Titus - Preventing Feeding in Botanic Gardens

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I want to say how much I appreciate our team for working on this project for these long months. The amount of effort they have put in is over the top, and I am proud for us to be able to contribute meaningfully. It was not easy to meet up and discuss the work, because of the ever-changing Covid rules. As a bunch of teenagers working on this during exam time, it was hard to manage studies and the project work. However, we made it through, and I think it was a valuable experience.

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Throughout this journey, I felt that the goal of creating a City in Nature is something that really requires the understanding of the general public. It would be difficult if people do not know the reason behind planting all those trees and conducting all of those surveys.

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Juliana - Population of long tailed macaque 

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Juliana - Population of long tailed macaque 

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My YSN experience was overall a very insightful and fruitful one. It was a great opportunity to be exposed to what NParks is doing to mitigate human-wildlife conflict.

My aspiration for a City in Nature is a biophilic city where people can coexist and live in harmony with nature and wildlife.

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The experience has been really interesting, I loved trekking into Pulau Ubin to change camera traps and seeing the various animals that used the otter holts. I’m grateful to be given this opportunity and I hope to be able to participate in something like this again in the future.
My aspirations for the future of nature would be for Singapore to be able to coexist with nature without encroaching on it. There is still much to be done, with deforestation and urbanisation going on but I hope that it can be done to prevent us from losing more biodiversity.

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Fathanah. Punggol Central. YSN Nature Way. One Million Trees Movement.

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Fathanah. Punggol Central. YSN Nature Way. One Million Trees Movement.

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i enjoy being with nature and biodiversity. i learnt the different names of plants, small animals and insects living in urban green spaces. would like to thank my NParks mentors and peers for making this experience memorable especially with the landscaping and designing of tree planting to enhance the biodiversity which it is my first time learning it. best part when we get to choose our own trees and engage with the public of planting trees during the OMT event.

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Kim Mookwan - Preventing Feeding In Botanic Gardens

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Kim Mookwan - Preventing Feeding In Botanic Gardens

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I am part of a group to stop the feeding in Botanic Gardens where we surveyed the garden and gathered useful data and information to help us in our projects. We identified problems around the Botanic and came up with solutions to tackle them. It was a very enjoyable experience, however as a couple of teenagers working at this project during our examination session, I found it quite challenging to balance my work and the project and to manage my time.

My aspiration for the City In Nature is for an environment where Nature and Humans can coexist, while benefiting from each other and respecting each other, where there is very little pollution to create a clean Singapore.

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Lavanya - Conceptualising and planning of Nature Playgardens

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Lavanya - Conceptualising and planning of Nature Playgardens

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My group and I were involved in enhancing the existing Playgarden at Yishun Park as well as designing a Playgarden for the Yishun Pond Park.

My aspirations for City in Nature is for people to understand and appreciate the importance of nature and why coexistence is essential. I would also love to see more people, especially youths getting involved in programs like the youth stewardship for nature to work towards achieving a greener and more Sustainable Singapore for the current and future generation to cherish! :)

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Akila- Bin free Singapore Botanic Gardens

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Akila- Bin free Singapore Botanic Gardens

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The project I embarked on was the bin-free Singapore Botanic Gardens (SBG) . It was an innovative idea which I had not heard of before. It was a pleasant experience working together with my group members and mentor these few months. Through the project I was able to hone my soft skills and gain a better understanding of the environmental sustainability that a bin free SBG would bring about. Conducting field survey to investigate the vistors' feelings towards a bin free initiative was a new experience. Unfortunately, we could not carry out a bin removal trial but the results from the field survey was positive. It showed that the respondents were willing to carry their trash out of the park even though it is inconvenient for them once they understand the benefits and reason for a bin free botanic garden. The whole project was a delightful experience and hopefully it will be possible to have a bin free SBG in the future.

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Jason - Faunal Monitoring at Pekan Quarry

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Jason - Faunal Monitoring at Pekan Quarry

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My group's project focused on faunal monitoring at Pekan Quarry at Pulau Ubin. We set up a Google Form at the site to allow visitors to the quarry to contribute to the project. While the initial aim was to reduce NParks’ manpower required, it slowly evolved into a citizen science project, and that in my opinion goes a long way in achieving our goal of creating a City in Nature. It allows members of the public to understand more about nature, and helps them to develop a greater appreciation for it and for the efforts of NParks and other nature-related organisations

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This was a valuable experience to come up with different ideas to create spaces that inspire curiosity to learn about and evoke a desire to connect with nature.

My aspirations for the future would be to see more inclusive play areas for children of different needs while also creating opportunities for children to develop an interest and appreciation towards nature through play

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Jiahao - Assessing the urban Macaque troops in Singapore: A population census

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Jiahao - Assessing the urban Macaque troops in Singapore: A population census

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Mentoring this project was a very rewarding experience, having the opportunity to follow these urban troops with the youth stewards that were not as commonly spotted, and understanding the different interactions these macaques have with urban areas and people. It was rewarding to see the youth stewards take on the surveys with such enthusiasm and I hope they learnt a lot and apply these skills to their work in the future!

My aspirations for a City in Nature is for everyone to have a fundamental appreciation and respect for wildlife and nature in Singapore, to fundamentally agree on the importance of biodiversity and actively work to protect our environment.

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In our project, we came up with a google form and explored possible methods of encouraging citizen science participation in surveying the roosting behavior of Grey Herons at Pekan Quarry. Even though our expectations had to be tweaked due to Covid, It was heartening to know that our project has the potential to keep going and be improved upon by future groups.

To me, getting to see and know nature is the most important aspect of a City in Nature as you can't care for what you can't see. Raising awareness of the biodiversity that coexists with us, as well as engaging the public in such efforts, is the path that we should carry on to achieve this vision of a City in Nature.

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The whole process of understanding the concept of nature ways and ultimately implenting the plant species on site. Engaging with the youths and working with peers and the mentors despite the hectic university schedule was a memorable moment for me. Additionally, the rain did not let us down, we managed to perservere as a group along with the mentors to carry out the facilitation of the tree planting. All in all, i gained a better understanding and appreciation of all the works behind implementing specific plant species. To add on, i was really happy to be out and spotting bird species after being home for a long time it definitely made my day.

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Jacky - Designing a Pollinator friendly Edible Garden:

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Jacky - Designing a Pollinator friendly Edible Garden:

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Being a mentor for the YSN project is fun and positive experience for me overall, getting to know my youth stewards and teaching them gardening aspects or horticulture tips; and our youths are just so enthusiastic and willing to learn more especially when we started the horticulture practice segment. It was truly a blessing to share the joys of gardening with my youths and i hope that the project has empowered or nurtured their love for greenery and gardening. Shoutout to my awesome kiddos: Alyssa, Jingx2, Alicia, Christal, Natasha, Monica and Shin Loong.   Cheers!

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Francis Fermandez - Faunal Monitoring at Pekan Quarry Using Citizen Science

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Francis Fermandez - Faunal Monitoring at Pekan Quarry Using Citizen Science

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Through this YSN project, I realised the importance of engaging the community. Progress towards a City in Nature is more than just the weaving of greenery into our urban spaces, and also involves a mindshift shift towards one of appreciation and stewardship for the environment. Moving forward, I hope that more people feel inspired to take the first step to simply be out in nature. I think physically experiencing our green spaces can go a long way towards cultivating a society that is able to coexist with nature

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Rachel - Engaging community at PCNs through interactive programming

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Rachel - Engaging community at PCNs through interactive programming

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My aspiration for a city in nature is a city where everyone lives in peaceful coexistence with nature, and where caring for creation is commonplace.

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Lee Wei Qiang - One Million Trees (Thomson Nature Park)

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Lee Wei Qiang - One Million Trees (Thomson Nature Park)

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My team and I organised a tree planting event at Thomson Nature Park under the OMT movement. It was a great opportunity to understand more about the ecology and history of the park and engage members of the public regarding the importance of trees for our City in Nature vision.

I hope that Singapore will enhance its greenery in the future to combat climate change and improve biodiversity. I also hope that more citizens can get more in touch with nature and understand the importance of not only conserving it, but enhancing it.

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Is bin-free Singapore Botanic Garden possible?

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Is bin-free Singapore Botanic Garden possible?

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It was an engaging and definitely not as easy as expected especially when plans are ever changing due to the COVID restrictions. From this, I have learnt to adapt and improvise, making the best of out the situation.

I hope that more natural greenery can be protected for a more authentic city in nature experience for everyone.

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I had a memorable and insightful experience with my team members and mentors. As a landscape architecture student, this program was very relevant to what i am studying and it has helped to enhance my learning in planting and biodiversity. Nonetheless, it was fun working with people from majors.

My aspirations for our city in nature is that people can appreciate more of nature, have a stronger bond with nature. I hope that we can restore nature that was loss into Singapore urban landscape and play a part in saving Mother Earth.

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Hui Xuan - Designing & Enhancing a Wetland Insect Pollinator-Themed Garden

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Hui Xuan - Designing & Enhancing a Wetland Insect Pollinator-Themed Garden

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The Youths had been amazing, everyone made efforts to come together and work on the projects despite their busy schedules. There are definitely challenges along the way especially with the covid phase 2 heightened alert restrictions, however, they did their best & used every available time and window to complete the surveys, public engagements whenever they can. So it has been a fruitful session, and I hope that everyone enjoyed the journey regardless if u completed the full project or not, it's the journey and new friendships made that makes all the difference.

This is just the beginning, not the end!

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My team planted 56 trees at Thomson Nature Park and engaged with youth from Youth corps singapore, this helped to raise awareness of trees as a food source for animals, carbon sequestration and a habitat for animals. We also introduced the history of Thomson Nature Park and the Han Wai Toon's rambutan orchard/garden.

My aspiration for City in Nature is to reduce human wildlife conflict and live with wildlife harmoniously, more naturalised waterways and pathways for ecological connectivity, more tree planting events to strengthen our forests, more citizen science programmes and ecology research.

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Darnesh - preventing feeding in Botanic Gardens 

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Darnesh - preventing feeding in Botanic Gardens 

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The experience was eye opening and insightful as we managed to find out how to change mindsets of people feeding and how we can implement solutions to stop the feeding of animals through posters and etc.