Sunday, May 14, 2017

Excerpt of News - Botanic Gardens Safe for Visit: NParks

Comprehensive tree management scheme in place and more checks will be done, it says.
Samantha Boh The Straits Times 13 Feb 2017

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Singaporean plant expert Jean Yong, an eco-physiologist at the Australian Research Centre for Mine Site Restoration, said...

"Issues relating to urban trees are challenging and require good scientific allometric assessment to better predict tree stability when the soil is very wet, and when encountering a seasonal microburst of strong gale-force winds," Dr Yong said.

Besides tree health, which routine inspections now focus on, constraints to root space volume should also be recognised and documented, he added.

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