Singapore

Low Carbon Urban Farming in Singapore

Tai Wei Lim
ABSTRACT For Singapore, low carbon urban farming connotes not only the availability of hard physical infrastructures set up for this purpose but also the software aspects of changing the mind-sets of growers, consumers and retailers. For the government, this means supporting the urban farming...
Country: Singapore Topic: Eco-friendly agriculture (satoyama and satoumi)
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Bonsai Nurseries in Singapore

Tai Wei Lim
ABSTRACT The bonsai movement in Singapore is influenced by both Japan and China and also by indigenous developments. Some of the first bonsai works in Singapore can be found in Buddhist temples. Today, some of Singapore's natural sceneries, public parks or secondary forests serve as inspirations...
Country: Singapore Topic: Overview
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Crab Condominium Farming in Singapore and Vietnam

Tai Wei Lim
ABSTRACT Some Singaporean crab breeders specialized in boxed drawer crab rearing were trained in a workshop founded by a boxed crab-rearing hobbyist/enthusiast. They turned their interests into individual food self-reliance ventures while keeping in touch with a growing community of restaurants...
Country: Singapore Topic: Fisheries
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Singapore Cooperation with Indonesia in Combating the Haze: Mitigating Forest Burning for Cultivation

Tai Wei Lim
ABSTRACT Transboundary haze pollution, which occurs annually, is Southeast Asia’s visible environmental challenge. The haze, which consists of pollutants is caused by several factors, including El Niño weather patterns that occur once a few years, its resulting dry season, the dense peatlands...
Country: Singapore Topic: ForestryEco-friendly agriculture (satoyama and satoumi)
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