After 10 years it’s back:

“The IYOR is celebrated worldwide to raise awareness about the value and importance of coral reefs and threats to their sustainability, and to motivate people to take action to protect them.
Singapore will be celebrating along with 50 countries around the world to celebrate our reefs! In fact, all the reef-loving groups in Singapore have come together to dedicate 12 months of round the year events to celebrate the amazing coral reefs we have in Singapore!”

Details on what’s going on can be found here.

Hi Folks,

Thanks for waiting!

We think it’s been worthwile… so enjoy watching Part 1 of our transect through Singapore, March 01-02, 2008.

“Today was another marathon. We can’t seem to get more than about five kilometers [3.1 miles] per day. We walked over ten hours today and made barely six kliks [3.7 miles] on the map. It’s the hills. They kill us.

MJ Fay, Report 73: October 31, 2000″

In 1999, the conservationist J. Michael Fay started his 3200 kilometer hike (which would take him 15 months) across the Congo River basin in Africa. Aim of this MegaTransect (also called the CongoTrek) was to survey the land and wildlife which might become threatened due to human activities or, in the case of flora and fauna, even extinct. This transect (= path along which one records and counts occurrences of the phenomenon of study) is certainly not only unique in its intensity (for details such as maps and dispatches go to National Geographic) but also matches endeavors endured by the great naturalist Alexander von Humboldt during the early 19th century.

Remembering the inspiring reports on Fay’s MegaTransect while hiking about 20 km through Singapore’s Bukit Timah Nature Reserve and McRitchie Reservoir on January 01 this year we discussed how (i.e where and when) “our” first transect could look like. Well, we had to be reasonable considering our limited time resources and family obligations.

‘So, why not walk through Singapore – from East to West?’
Must have been done, you guess?

Maybe (especially in the pre-computer era). Still there are no clear indications on the web, so the idea of ‘our’ 1st Singapore Transect was born. The aim is to record (literally) as much as possible of Singapore’s diverse culture and nature within the 1 ½ day trek.

Some of which you will certainly read on this blog.

Image taken from: National Geographic

Enjoy watching!
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