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Celebrate World Civet Day: Lessons from Our Wild Nocturnal Gardener

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Did you know that the common palm civet can be found in our vibrant NUS campus? Discover their fascinating world with a short talk, uncovering where and when they’re active, their diet, and how they communicate. Then put your newfound knowledge to the test in an interactive game about Singapore’s remarkable “night gardeners”!

This event is part of the Biodiversity in Focus series, aimed at sharing research findings on biodiversity in Southeast Asia and insights on ecosystem dynamics.


This event is organised by our librarians Herman Fellani and Gladys Toh .

Speakers

Xu WeitingN. Sivasothi

Xu Weiting & N. Sivasothi

NUS Department of Biological Sciences
‘Civetgirl’ Xu Weiting and ‘Otterman’ N. Sivasothi are biodiversity and ecology educators with the Department of Biological Sciences. Both are passionate coordinators of NUS Toddycats. Weiting’s honours’ year research about urban civets in Siglap led to an active role in raising awareness and fostering harmony between humans and wildlife through NUS Toddycats and the Urban Wildlife Working Group. Sivasothi also actively champions stewardship of our natural heritage through the Biodiversity Friends Forum and the One Million Tree movement – planting trees helps all life, including common palm civets!

Facilitators

Ira AsthanaMegane TanLydia Tan

Ira Asthana, Megane Tan & Lydia Tan

Ira Asthana, Megane Tan and Lydia Tan are A level grads who are passionate about nature and biodiversity. Actively seeking out of school biodiversity programmes, they joined the Biodiversity Friends Forum’s Biodiversity Challenge and have gained insights through the workshops, guided nature walks and conservation efforts, furthering broadening their knowledge and interest. They are keen to discover more, and to collaborate with like-minded individuals in taking action to protect and enhance our biodiversity in Singapore.

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