Environmental issues in Singapore

61 of its original 91 bird species has been lost leading to many native forest plants not being able to reproduce because of loss of seed dispersal and pollination.

[1] Since 1980, development and increased pressure for land usage has led to Singapore losing 90% of its forests, 67% of its birds, 40% of its mammals and 5% of its amphibians and reptiles.

Water in Singapore is polluted by unwanted materials contributed by industrial facilities, coupled by oil from both incoming and outgoing trading vessels.

[10][11] To combat the country's environmental problems, the Singaporean government first made the Singapore Green Plan in 1992 and a new edition of it in 2012 to continue it.

[15] Though some scholars have called Singapore an "environmental oasis,"[16] others have accused it of "greenwashing," citing the nation's attention to aesthetic greenery and high carbon footprint.

[18] Some have argued that while Singapore's educational system trains students to perform well on standardized tests, it fails to teach young people environmental values.

In contrast, aesthetic, humanistic, moralistic, and ecologistic-scientific interactions with the nonhuman environment are either entirely absent or infrequently portrayed in textbook narratives.