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Mangroves - Eco-tourism & education

Ecofieldtrips Pte Ltd is a Singapore based company which employs specialist biologists to cover the biology of rainforests, mangroves, seashores and coral reefs in the unspoilt ecosystems of Tioman Island, Sarawak and Langkawi, in Malaysia. School groups from Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Bangladesh, UK and Ireland come annually on the fieldtrips. Fieldtrips vary in length and content- from fun filled educational trips with 11/12 year olds to in-depth GCSE, A-Level and IB survey work- depending on school requirements.

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Bridget Hedderman
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Ecology & Science

The ā€œhands onā€ field experience and the knowledge and experience of EFT biologists ensures a better understanding of our wonderful ecosystems and how they are interrelated. The fieldtrips support what is being taught in the classroom and it is hoped that fieldtrip experience leads to life long conservation awareness.

What would the world be, once bereft Of wet and of wilderness? Let them be left, O let them be left, wilderness and wet; Long live the weeds and the wilderness yet

Gerard Manley Hopkins

Grasses can protect reefs

One of the major threats facing Guamā€™s reefs is soil erosion resulting in sedimentation and suffocation of the complex organisms that make up a reef system.

University of Guam, soil science professor Mohammad Golabiā€™s research shows that using vetiver grass to shield reefs in Guamā€™s Pago Bay helps protect them from the effects of construction-induced run-off.
Ecology & Science

But according to a report from the University of Guam, soil science professor Mohammad Golabiā€™s research shows that using vetiver grass to shield reefs in Guamā€™s Pago Bay helps protect them from the effects of construction-induced run-off.

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