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SINGAPORE, Jan 19 — The vice-president of consultancy firm CPG Consultants, Jimmy Liu Wing Tim, was handed a S$26,000 (RM84,563) fine in court today for his role in a case...

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal  

Singapore News - The National Parks Board (NParks) and the Chua Chu Kang Town Council worked together to catch and cull red-breasted parakeets at a Choa Chu Kang housing estate, where hundreds of these non-native birds flock together. In response to queries from The Straits Times,... Read more at www.tnp.sg

Following this paper’s report about trees being illegally axed by private developer, police act on BMC official’s complaint

They conspired with 2 others to clear part of the woodland without approval as they were worried the project would be delayed. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Singapore News - A former deputy director and a senior project manager of JTC Corporation were convicted after admitting on Friday to being part of a... Read more at www.tnp.sg

SINGAPORE - A former deputy director at JTC Corporation and a JTC senior project manager were convicted after admitting on Friday to being part of a conspiracy to clear part of Kranji woodland before getting approval. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Decision will go a long way in serving future engineers and researchers

The petition states that the same is "illegal and unauthorised" as it poses serious hazards to the lake ecosystem and falls foul of the provisions of the Guidelines for implementation of the Wetlands.

Nearly three weeks after receiving BMC’s request for action against killers, Dindoshi police station has not even registered an FIR