Green Trails
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<p>Synopsis (headphones recommended): In this new 4-part environment podcast series for 2024 - Green Trails - The Straits Times hits the ground with experts in spaces that are critical to the interlinked crises the planet faces: climate change, pollution, and biodiversity loss.</p> <p>Podcasters: Ang Qing & Shabana Begum</p> <p>Produced and edited by: Hadyu Rahim</p> <p>Executive producers: Ernest Luis & Lynda Hong</p> <p>A podcast by The Straits Times, SPH Media.</p>
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September 1, 2025
S2E23: How do we avoid human-animal clashes in S’pore?
<p>Starting with Punggol, The Straits Times looks at how a city in nature can co-exist with wildlife.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>In recent months, a globally endangered monkey has unsettled Singapore’s youngest housing estate Punggol, with dozens of reports made against long-tailed macaques for entering human homes.</p> <p>In turn, the authorities have responded to the wild monkeys, which are not considered threatened in the Republic, with an arsenal of measures that range from sterilisation to pelting them with water gel guns, a move that made headlines in August.</p> <p>Following ST’s award-winning Green Trails podcast, co-hosts Ang Qing and Shabana Begum return to discuss human-wildlife coexistence in Singapore with Mr Kalaivanan Balakrishnan, chief executive of the Animal Concerns Research and Education Society (Acres) and Ms Jasvic Lye, campaign manager of Our Wild Neighbours, an outreach initiative. </p> <p>Find out more about how solutions to manage urban wildlife – and people’s acceptance of the animals – can be improved. </p> <p>This episode was recorded and filmed last month in front of an intimate live audience of 95 people who packed The Fashion Pulpit in Jalan Besar. The evening was part of the ST Podcast Live! Sessions celebrating 180 years of The Straits Times.</p> <p>Highlights of conversation (click/tap above):</p> <p>1:12 Gaps in Singapore’s approach to human-wildlife conflict</p> <p>10:16 Biggest challenges when managing conflict</p> <p>14:25 Common myths about wildlife that Singaporeans buy into</p> <p>18:10 How wildlife can guide city planning</p> <p>22:45 What young people can do to better manage human-wildlife encounters</p> <p>How we can beat the heat in Singapore: <a href="https://str.sg/952d" data-stringify-link="https://str.sg/952d" data-sk="tooltip_parent">https://str.sg/952d</a></p> <p>More on Our Wild Neighbours: <a href="https://str.sg/K8Jw" data-stringify-link="https://str.sg/K8Jw" data-sk="tooltip_parent">https://str.sg/K8Jw</a></p> <p>More on Animal Concerns Research & Education Society (Acres): <a href="https://str.sg/F6c6" data-stringify-link="https://str.sg/F6c6" data-sk="tooltip_parent">https://str.sg/F6c6</a></p> <p>Acres Wildlife Rescue Centre sanctuary expansion fundraiser: <a href="https://str.sg/v443" data-stringify-link="https://str.sg/v443" data-sk="tooltip_parent">https://str.sg/v443</a></p> <p>Discover ST’s award-winning Green Trails series: <a href="https://str.sg/rL6r">https://str.sg/rL6r</a></p> <p>Follow Ang Qing on LinkedIn: <a href="https://str.sg/ichp">https://str.sg/ichp</a></p> <p>Read her articles: <a href="https://str.sg/i5gT">https://str.sg/i5gT</a></p> <p>Follow Shabana Begum on LinkedIn: <a href="https://str.sg/83Ge" data-stringify-link="https://str.sg/83Ge" data-sk="tooltip_parent">https://str.sg/83Ge</a></p> <p>Read her articles: <a href="https://str.sg/5EGd">https://str.sg/5EGd</a></p> <p>Hosts: Ang Qing (<a href="mailto:aqing@sph.com.sg">aqing@sph.com.sg</a>) & Shabana Begum (<a href="mailto:nshab@sph.com.sg">nshab@sph.com.sg</a><a href="mailto:dfogarty@sph.com.sg"></a><a href="mailto:dfogarty@sph.com.sg"></a>)</p> <p>Produced and edited by: Amirul Karim</p> <p>Executive producers: Ernest Luis & Lynda Hong</p> <p>Follow Green Pulse Podcast here and get notified for new episode drops:</p> <p>Channel: <a href="https://str.sg/JWaf">https://str.sg/JWaf</a></p> <p>Apple Podcasts: <a href="https://str.sg/JWaY">https://str.sg/JWaY</a></p> <p>Spotify: <a href="https://str.sg/JWag">https://str.sg/JWag</a></p> <p>Feedback to: <a href="mailto:podcast@sph.com.sg">podcast@sph.com.sg</a></p> <p>SPH Awedio app: <a href="https://www.awedio.sg">https://www.awedio.sg</a></p> <p>---</p> <p>Follow more ST podcast channels:</p> <p>All-in-one ST Podcasts channel: <a href="https://str.sg/wvz7" data-stringify-link="https://str.sg/wvz7" data-sk="tooltip_parent">https://str.sg/wvz7</a></p> <p>Get more updates: <a href="http://str.sg/stpodcasts" data-stringify-link="http://str.sg/stpodcasts" data-sk="tooltip_parent">http://str.sg/stpodcasts</a></p> <p>The Usual Place Podcast YouTube: <a href="https://str.sg/4Vwsa" data-stringify-link="https://str.sg/4Vwsa" data-sk="tooltip_parent">https://str.sg/4Vwsa</a></p> <p>---</p> <p>Get The Straits Times app, which has a dedicated podcast player section:</p> <p>The App Store: <a href="https://str.sg/icyB">https://str.sg/icyB</a></p> <p>Google Play: <a href="https://str.sg/icyX">https://str.sg/icyX</a></p> <p>#greenpulse</p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>
November 19, 2024
S1E4: Visit to Punggol: How human-wildlife conflict can be mitigated
<p>While Singapore is transforming into a City in Nature, natural habitats have been lost to development, leading to more human and animal clashes. How can wildlife and humans live in harmony? </p> <p dir="ltr">Synopsis (headphones recommended): Green Trails is a four-part environment podcast special for 2024 where The Straits Times hits the ground with experts.</p> <p dir="ltr">In this fourth episode, our trails won’t be entirely green. Instead of a nature park or a green space, we head over to an urban place surrounded by buildings and construction noise. </p> <p dir="ltr">The new neighbourhood of Punggol Northshore recently saw some monkey business, with troops of long-tailed macaques spotted at construction sites and even eating at a void deck of an HDB block. <strong> </strong></p> <p dir="ltr">To find out how residents can responsibly live in a macaque hotspot, ST journalist Shabana Begum speaks with co-chief executive of Animal Concerns Research and Education Society (Acres) Anbarasi Boopal, and president of the Jane Goodall Institute (Singapore) Andie Ang. </p> <p dir="ltr">Strolling along Punggol Settlement and the promenade opposite Coney Island, the conversation turns to other wildlife in our midst – from the common palm civets that tend to sneak into private houses, to the ever-present junglefowls. <br><br>Animals in urban areas being culled is never a clear-cut decision, as Ms Anbarasi says: “Removal (of animals) is always not a solution. And where do we draw the line, right? </p> <p dir="ltr">“We are okay with hornbills, but we're not okay with other birds.”</p> <p dir="ltr">At the end of the day, even urban areas in Singapore can be green trails. </p> <p dir="ltr">Highlights (click/tap above):</p> <p dir="ltr">2:10 Why is Punggol a monkey hotspot?</p> <p dir="ltr">4:45 Monkey see, monkey don’t do</p> <p dir="ltr">11:08 When otters and civets visit homes </p> <p dir="ltr">14:30 Is culling the best way to reduce bird numbers?</p> <p dir="ltr">17:08 What to do when you encounter a snake</p> <p dir="ltr">Read ST’s previous commentary about co-existing with wildlife: https://str.sg/tYpq</p> <p dir="ltr">Find out more about macaques in Punggol:<strong> </strong>https://str.sg/ephc</p> <p>Listen to other Green Trails episodes: </p> <p>Ep 1: Visit to Sungei Buloh: How Singapore can better host migratory birds - <a href="https://str.sg/BrqS">https://str.sg/BrqS</a></p> <p>Ep 2: Visit to East Coast: How reclamation will shape up against rising sea levels - <a href="https://str.sg/mRG8">https://str.sg/mRG8</a></p> <p dir="ltr">Ep 3: Visit to Windsor Park: Can insects in SG's backyard be foraged? - <a href="https://str.sg/4V6nQ">https://str.sg/4V6nQ</a></p> <p dir="ltr">Host: Shabana Begum (<a href="mailto:nshab@sph.com.sg">nshab@sph.com.sg</a>)</p> <p dir="ltr">Trail producers: Hadyu Rahim, Fa‘izah Sani, Amirul Karim & Elsa Goh </p> <p dir="ltr">Edited by: Hadyu Rahim</p> <p>Executive Producers: Lynda Hong (<a href="mailto:lyndahong@sph.com.sg">lyndahong@sph.com.sg</a>), Ernest Luis (<a href="mailto:ernest@sph.com.sg">ernest@sph.com.sg</a>) & Audrey Tan (<a href="mailto:audreyt@sph.com.sg">audreyt@sph.com.sg</a>)</p> <p>Follow Green Pulse Podcast here and get notified for new episode drops:</p> <p>Channel: <a href="https://str.sg/JWaf">https://str.sg/JWaf</a></p> <p>Apple Podcasts: <a href="https://str.sg/JWaY">https://str.sg/JWaY</a></p> <p>Spotify: <a href="https://str.sg/JWag">https://str.sg/JWag</a></p> <p>Feedback to: <a href="mailto:podcast@sph.com.sg">podcast@sph.com.sg</a></p> <p>---</p> <p>Follow more ST podcast channels:</p> <p>All-in-one ST Podcasts channel: <a href="https://str.sg/wvz7">https://str.sg/wvz7</a></p> <p>ST Podcast website: <a href="http://str.sg/stpodcasts">http://str.sg/stpodcasts</a></p> <p>ST Podcasts YouTube: <a href="https://str.sg/4Vwsa">https://str.sg/4Vwsa</a></p> <p>---</p> <p>Get The Straits Times' app, which has a dedicated podcast player section:</p> <p>The App Store: <a href="https://str.sg/icyB">https://str.sg/icyB</a></p> <p>Google Play: <a href="https://str.sg/icyX">https://str.sg/icyX</a></p> <p>---</p> <p>#greenpulse #greentrails</p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>
August 26, 2024
S1E3: Visit to Windsor Nature Park: Can insects in SG's backyard be foraged?
<p>Love or loathe them, could insects also become a food source in the wider context of the global population?</p> <p>Synopsis (headphones recommended): Green Trails is a 4-part environment podcast special for 2024 where The Straits Times hits the ground with experts.</p> <p>"Can this be eaten?” is an oft repeated question that every nature guide is familiar with.</p> <p>In July, Singapore approved 16 species of insects for human consumption, to the delight of sustainable food firms and disgust of some Singaporeans.</p> <p>But can bugs one day whet mainstream appetites like sambal stingray, a smokey South-east Asian dish crafted from the creature once considered as a “trash fish”?</p> <p>In this third episode of Green Trails, our team speaks to members of the Entomological Network of Singapore, a group of insect researchers and hobbyists, about the stories of insects in the city-state and whether these creatures can be foraged.</p> <p>At Windsor Nature Park, ST journalist Ang Qing meets Dr Sean Yap, a research fellow at Nanyang Technological University’s Tropical Ecology & Entomology Lab, Mr Foo Maosheng, a senior scientific officer at the National University of Singapore’s Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum, and entomological educator and consultant James Khoo.</p> <p>For almost two hours, they go on a trail while discussing everything related to insects - from Singapore's historical link to beetle science, to how pretty privilege shapes research in the insect kingdom.</p> <p>Highlights (click/tap above):</p> <p>5:41 Singapore's historical role in beetle science</p> <p>11:18 Debunking the myth about cockroaches</p> <p>15:38 How insect as food can gain popularity akin to seafood like sambal stingray</p> <p>17:53 The tastiest insects and can we forage for them</p> <p>22:10 Sharing our home with insects</p> <p>Read Ang Qing’s previous article about a cockroach discovery in Singapore: <a href="https://str.sg/ikhv">https://str.sg/ikhv</a></p> <p>Listen to other Green Trails episodes: </p> <p>Ep 1: Visit to Sungei Buloh: How Singapore can better host migratory birds - <a href="https://str.sg/BrqS">https://str.sg/BrqS</a></p> <p>Ep 2: Visit to East Coast: How reclamation will shape up against rising sea levels - <a href="https://str.sg/mRG8">https://str.sg/mRG8</a></p> <p>Follow Ang Qing on LinkedIn: <a href="https://str.sg/ichp">https://str.sg/ichp</a></p> <p>Read her articles: <a href="https://str.sg/i5gT">https://str.sg/i5gT</a></p> <p>Host: Ang Qing (<a href="mailto:aqing@sph.com.sg">aqing@sph.com.sg</a>)</p> <p>Trail producers: Hadyu Rahim, Fa’izah Sani, Amirul Karim & Hana Chen</p> <p>Edited by: Hadyu Rahim</p> <p>Executive Producers: Lynda Hong (<a href="mailto:lyndahong@sph.com.sg">lyndahong@sph.com.sg</a>), Ernest Luis (<a href="mailto:ernest@sph.com.sg">ernest@sph.com.sg</a>) & Audrey Tan (<a href="mailto:audreyt@sph.com.sg">audreyt@sph.com.sg</a>)</p> <p>Follow Green Pulse Podcast here and get notified for new episode drops:</p> <p>Channel: <a href="https://str.sg/JWaf">https://str.sg/JWaf</a></p> <p>Apple Podcasts: <a href="https://str.sg/JWaY">https://str.sg/JWaY</a></p> <p>Spotify: <a href="https://str.sg/JWag">https://str.sg/JWag</a></p> <p>Feedback to: <a href="mailto:podcast@sph.com.sg">podcast@sph.com.sg</a></p> <p>---</p> <p>Follow more ST podcast channels:</p> <p>All-in-one ST Podcasts channel: <a href="https://str.sg/wvz7">https://str.sg/wvz7</a></p> <p>ST Podcast website: <a href="http://str.sg/stpodcasts">http://str.sg/stpodcasts</a></p> <p>ST Podcasts YouTube: <a href="https://str.sg/4Vwsa">https://str.sg/4Vwsa</a></p> <p>---</p> <p>Get The Straits Times' app, which has a dedicated podcast player section:</p> <p>The App Store: <a href="https://str.sg/icyB">https://str.sg/icyB</a></p> <p>Google Play: <a href="https://str.sg/icyX">https://str.sg/icyX</a></p> <p>---</p> <p>#greenpulse #greentrails</p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>
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<p>Synopsis (headphones recommended): In this new 4-part environment podcast series for 2024 - Green Trails - The Straits Times hits the ground with experts in spaces that are critical to the interlinked crises the planet faces: climate change, pollution, and biodiversity loss.</p> <p>Podcasters: Ang Qing & Shabana Begum</p> <p>Produced and edited by: Hadyu Rahim</p> <p>Executive producers: Ernest Luis & Lynda Hong</p> <p>A podcast by The Straits Times, SPH Media.</p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
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