Mangrove Swamp

Mangrove is now less seen in Singapore and they have been slowly extinct and maybe they will be gone forever. So, now, we shall try to keep the mangrove in good condition and protect our natural environment.

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Welcome to our IPW mangrove swamp blog by hai sing catholic school students. We would like a comment from you because we can know what good or bad points we had done and if it is a bad comment about us, we will try to change and show the best of us.

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about us

Name- Chan Wee Hong Alvin
Role- Leader
Age- 14
Class- 2E1
Hobbies- Playing computer games and swimming
Email- frozen-arctic@hotmail.com

Name- Thio Chong Jing Cyrus
Role- Co-Researcher and secretary
Age- 13
Class- 2E4
Hobbies- Playing computer games and soccer
Email- cyrusthio@hotmail.com

Name- Chuan Jia Xuan Jeremy
Role- Co Researcher and Assistant leader
Age-14
Class-2E1
Hobbies- Basketball and playing computer games
Email- jcjiaxuan@hotmail.com

Name- Ng Shiuan Jun
Role- Main Researcher
Age- 13
Class- 2E1
Hobbies- Gaming and reading of science books
Email- chaos_killerz@hotmail.com

Name-Quek Hui Juan Emily
Role- Treasurer and Co-researcher
Age- 13
Class- 2E1
Hobbies- Going out with friends and reading
Email- emily_qhj@hotmail.com

[ Jun 6, 2008 ]

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SURVEY

In this survey of ours we wanted to find out more about the awareness of mangrove within our peers in schools. Hence, we did a mini-survey to help satisfy our curiosity. Below is a sample of our survey.

Please Answer The Questions. Tick Your Answers in the Boxes

1) are you aware that different species of mangroves lives in different parts of the world depending on the country’s climate and it’s adaptation?

Yes No

2) Did you know that young mangroves seedlings depend on air spaces in their stems until they are big enough to grow roots for air?

Yes No

3) Are you aware that mangroves can survive in saltwater of a high concentration that would usually kill other plants?

Yes No

4) If you were asked to help conserve the mangroves, what would you do?____________________________________________________

5) Would you participate in activities to raise the awareness of mangroves and why?____________________________________________________

In this survey, the first three questions are yes and no ones. We wanted to find out if our peers have a slightest knowledge of mangrove. The last two question were open ended ones aimed to ask if they are willing to sacrifice their time to help save the mangroves. This sample survey was conducted with 60 people from the cross-section of the lower secondary. We collated the results and have come up with a conclusion.

(Question 4 and 5 were put into a yes and no answer as we read their comments and judge if they are willing to sacrifice their time to save the mangrove)

Conclusion of survey

Through this survey, we found out that many of our peers are willing to sacrifice their time to help save the mangroves. We were extremely delighted by this fact but there was still a minority who refused to help save the mangrove. Some of the reasons mentioned , was that it was time-consuming and they felt that it was meaningless to save the mangrove. In Singapore, it is a competitive environment, therefore the youths in these days are not able to find time to do extra activities that can enrich their minds. Therefore, before we can get youths to be engaged in the conservation of the mangroves, the society has to change the mindsets of them about mangrove. One of the ways that we can get youths to be exposed to the mangroves is to reinforce the Community Involvement Programme (CIP). What do we mean by this you may ask? By having compulsory CIP on the mangroves conservation, it serves as a platform for the students to engage in activities concerning mangrove conservation. We wish to come up with a project which can increase the awareness of mangrove. For example, the school can hold a mangrove day where the students would be exposed to the facts and wonder of mangrove which allows them to remain open to continuous learning and also to be infused with a mindset where mangrove conservation is important and affects their daily lives. This way, the students will know more about the mangrove’s beauty and historical facts, rendering them to like and appreciate the mangrove’s existence. These are our solutions to tackle with the purpose of our survey which is to find out how many youths are willing to save the mangrove.

Through our intensive research, we strongly feel that our solutions are feasible and yet can be easily implemented.
Also, this requires the involvement of everyone to ensure that our solutions can be successful. We hope that everyone will cooperate with our project aim which is to increase the awareness of mangrove in the youths as well as the public itself. We also planned to get a few youths to create blogs which can allow the public to share their views about mangroves. With the advancement in technology, we can now spread the awareness of mangrove more efficiently with rapid speed. For example, like we mentioned with the use of blogs and website which are hip in the society. This ensures that a high percentage of the public will be aware of the dying mangroves in our environment.

Also, these websites are used as a platform for the public to share their feelings and opinions about our mangroves which are close to extinction due to our ignorance and complacency on conserving it. Other than just using the websites as a form of “advertising” the mangroves, we can implement campaigns which brings the mangrove’s awareness to the public. Also these campaigns can be in collaboration with family day thus allow family members to have a feel mother nature as well as to enjoy each others company . As we all know, the distance between youths and their families are very distant as compared to their friends. Therefore, once again, these campaigns can promote the mangrove’s existence as well as family togetherness.

Don’t you think this is a one stone kill two birds situation? Therefore, we strongly wish that the public will get to participate in these campaigns actively so as to ensure that they contribute and help save the mangroves which are close to extinction. Next, we will have the group’s conclusion and the personal reflection about the surveys we had conducted.