Audrey Tan
Assistant News Editor at The Straits Times
always watching the climate, our oceans & nature
Articles
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2 weeks ago |
straitstimes.com | Audrey Tan
SINGAPORE – They have scuba-dived in many parts of Asia, from the reefs of Manado, Indonesia, to the mysterious depths of Yonaguni, Japan. While on the Indonesian isle of Bali last September, the Chua family – Amanda, 37, her brother Irwin, 33, and their cousins Gabriel, 28, and Zachary, 20 – embarked on a new underwater adventure: planting corals with Livingseas, a dive centre in Padangbai town.
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2 weeks ago |
straitstimes.com | Audrey Tan
SINGAPORE – Climate change first shot to the top of the national agenda in 2019 under then Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, when he said in his National Day Rally speech that Singapore’s climate change defences were of as much existential importance for the country as its armed forces.
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2 weeks ago |
straitstimes.com | Audrey Tan
Synopsis: Every first and third Tuesday of the month, The Straits Times analyses the beat of the changing environment, from biodiversity conservation to climate change. A healthy ocean is one of humanity’s greatest defences against climate change, and businesses are now starting to recognise the importance – and potential – of the emerging blue economy.
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2 weeks ago |
straitstimes.com | Audrey Tan
BALI, Indonesia – The year he learnt to cast poison into the sea, Gombal found himself at its mercy. It was 1988, and the cyanide fisherman was en route to catch ornamental fish at a reef near Les, his village in north-eastern Bali, when a storm caused his vessel to capsize.
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4 weeks ago |
straitstimes.com | Audrey Tan
SINGAPORE – An ocean of business opportunities lies in the biodiversity-rich waters of the Asia-Pacific, and a regional coalition was launched in Singapore on May 8 to help start-ups in the region scale up their ideas. These start-ups have ideas or business models that are profitable or have the potential to generate profit, while also contributing to ocean health. Examples include seaweed farming to reduce nutrient pollution, offshore wind power generation and coral restoration initiatives.
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