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Vol 10 No 4 The Nature Cove Reforestation and Reach Out Bird Ringing in Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve in 2004 The Amazing Chase: a creative environmental statement Practical Work Attachment Kubah National Park		The Amazing Chase A Creative Environmental Statement Linda Goh senior outreach officer currently on study leave to pursue her Master in Environment Studies in Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, Canada As part of the tradition for the Master programme in the School of Resource and Environmental Studies at Dalhousie University, each first year student is expected to come up with a creative environmental statement to be delivered in class at the end of the term. When our professor first communicated this assignment to us, my immediate thought was this presents the perfect opportunity to showcase and share about Singapore’s shorebird conservation efforts and our wetland reserve to my Canadian counterparts. To illustrate the importance of wetlands as an important component of shorebird conservation, my game plan was to help my audience understand the migratory shorebirds on the East Australasian Flyway, Singapore’s role in this flyway and the importance of Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve in a more engaging way. The audience were to be a part of the journey and experience the ‘trials and tribulations’ of the shorebirds. Just as it is important to have the cooperation of the different countries in the protection of wetlands to ensure the survival of the shorebirds, I pitched the idea to a fellow Japanese student and roped her in the quest of creating “The Amazing Chase for the Endless Summer’ board game. While the objective of the game is to be the first player to get the shorebirds from their breeding ground in Siberia to their wintering ground in Australia or New Zealand and back, the players will ‘experience’ the same threats these birds face as well as get some help along the way in the form of the protected wetlands in the East Asian Australasian Shorebird Site Network. The game was a hit when we presented it to the class and our professor gave us an A+ for it. The bonus would however be to bring this game to the local Canadian schools and spread the conservation message. This is the next project we are currently working on. With the wind beneath our wings, we are racing on.
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