The Straits Times
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First Published on Dec 01, 2014
Protection for marine life in urban waters
S'pore joins global project to promote viable ways to develop ports, harbours
By Audrey Tan
SINGAPORE has joined hands with 13 other cities known for their busy
harbours, such as New York and Shanghai, to better protect the marine
environment. Two institutions from Singapore are taking part in the World Harbour
Project, launched earlier last month to promote sustainable ways to
develop ports and harbours. Urbanisation usually heralds the loss of biodiversity, but
researchers from cities involved in the project hope to change this
through the use of green engineering techniques. These techniques would enable urban development and conservation to
co-exist, said Dr Serena Teo of the National University of Singapore's
Tropical Marine Science Institute (TMSI), one of the Singapore
participants.
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