Скачать или смотреть How do we avoid human-animal clashes in S’pore? | Green Pulse Podcast

Starting with Punggol, The Straits Times looks at how a city in nature can co-exist with wildlife.

SINGAPORE - 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.

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.

These solutions, however, are just a matter of playing “catch up” with a situation that could have been anticipated as the northern neighbourhood was once forested land, wildlife rescue veteran Kalaivanan Balakrishnan told The Straits Times during a podcast recording published on Sept 3.

The chief executive of the Animal Concerns Research and Education Society (Acres) said: “In the case of Punggol, we should have known at least a decade ago, when the developments were happening, that one day, this will happen because back then, there were already macaques there.”

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 and Ms Jasvic Lye, campaign manager of Our Wild Neighbours, an outreach initiative. 

Have a listen to this new episode of Green Pulse to find out more about how solutions to manage urban wildlife – and people’s acceptance of the animals – can be improved. 

This episode was recorded and filmed in front of a live audience at The Fashion Pulpit in Jalan Besar as part of the ST Podcast Live! Sessions celebrating 180 years of The Straits Times.

Highlights of conversation (click/tap above):
00:00 Introduction
01:17 Gaps in Singapore’s approach to human-wildlife conflict
10:21 Biggest challenges when managing conflict
14:30 Common myths about wildlife that Singaporeans buy into
18:15 How wildlife can guide city planning
22:50 What young people can do to better manage human-wildlife encounters

How we can beat the heat in Singapore: https://str.sg/952d

More on Our Wild Neighbours: https://str.sg/K8Jw
More on Animal Concerns Research & Education Society (Acres): https://str.sg/F6c6
Acres Wildlife Rescue Centre sanctuary expansion fundraiser: https://str.sg/v443

Follow Ang Qing on LinkedIn: https://str.sg/ichp
Read her articles: https://str.sg/i5gT

Follow Shabana Begum on LinkedIn: https://str.sg/83Ge
Read her articles: https://str.sg/5EGd

Hosts: Ang Qing ([email protected]) & Shabana Begum ([email protected])
Produced and edited by: Amirul Karim
Executive producers: Ernest Luis & Lynda Hong

Follow Green Pulse Podcast here and get notified for new episode drops:
Channel: https://str.sg/JWaf
Apple Podcasts: https://str.sg/JWaY
Spotify: https://str.sg/JWag

Feedback to: [email protected]
SPH Awedio app: https://www.awedio.sg

---

Follow more ST podcast channels:
All-in-one ST Podcasts channel: https://str.sg/wvz7
Get more updates: http://str.sg/stpodcasts
The Usual Place Podcast YouTube: https://str.sg/4Vwsa

---

Get The Straits Times app, which has a dedicated podcast player section:
The App Store: https://str.sg/icyB
Google Play: https://str.sg/icyX

#greenpulse

Follow The Straits Times on YouTube: https://str.sg/ytsub
Turn on notifications 🔔 to stay updated.
--------------------
WEBSITE ➤ https://www.straitstimes.com
WHATSAPP ➤ https://str.sg/whatsapp
TIKTOK ➤   / straitstimes  
INSTAGRAM ➤   / straits_times  
FACEBOOK ➤   / thestraitstimes  
TWITTER ➤   / straits_times  
TELEGRAM ➤ https://t.me/TheStraitsTimes
PODCASTS ➤ https://str.sg/stpodcasts

#straitstimes