15-21 Sep: Highlights of the week ahead

Just updated: 19 Sep (Fri): Talk about "Counting (on) snails and tigers for conservation"

The main event this coming weekend is International Coastal Cleanup! It's not just about picking up trash, but collecting data on trash, understanding the causes and thus how we can do our part to stop the problem.

Other nature activities include

• On Pulau Ubin, a guided walk at the Sensory Trail.
• In the mangroves, guided walks at Pasir Ris Park and at Sungei Buloh on Saturday and Sunday.
• In the gardens, a guided walk at the National Orchid Garden,

Other special events

• Screening of Diminishing Memories of Lim Chu Kang on Friday and Saturday
• A talk on "Climate Change and sea-level rise: Coastal management implications for the Asia-Pacific region"
• until 4 Oct: Wild shores of singapore posters are exhibited at Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve
• until 19 Sep: Mad about Slippers an orchid exhibition at the Singapore Botanic Gardens

Now open for bookings

• 24 Sep (Wed) and 28 Sep (Sun): MAD lessons on jungle friends
• 27 Sep (Sat): TeamSeagrass Orientation
• 28 Sep (Sun): Dive Pulau Hantu with the Hantu Bloggers
• 1 Oct (Wed): Intertidal walk at Pulau Semakau
• 3 Oct (Fri) and 4 Oct (Sat): Screening of Diminishing Memories of Lim Chu Kang

Visit the wildsingapore happenings blog for a full listing of upcoming events for the next three weeks and to search for events by your area of interest.

This beautiful native frog is our Photo of the Week. Taken by the intrepid Kwok Wai. These precious jewels of our forest are threatened by habitat loss and other human activities.

Spotted Tree Frog on a fern leaf, originally uploaded by kwok_wai.