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Dr. Gretchen Coffman

National University of Singapore
Department of Geography
1 Arts Link, #03-01 Block AS2, Singapore 117570

email: geogcc@nus.edu.sg

Twitter: @GenRestoreSG

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Thanks @jess.birdie.lee for the AMAZING conservati

Thanks @jess.birdie.lee for the AMAZING conservation behind the scenes talk and walk with our NUS GE4224 Conservation Biogeography! What an engaging and inspiring introduction to Mandai Nature conservation efforts in Singapore and the SE Asian region! #generationrestoration #generationrestorationsg #thetrelab #mandainature #singaporezoo #nus #nusenvironmentstudies #nusgeography

NUS Conservation Biogeography class visited SBG fo

NUS Conservation Biogeography class visited SBG for a rainforest hike and a tour of the Herbarium, Seed Bank, Ethnobotany Museum and the Orchid Propagation Lab! What an AMazing Day botanizing and exploring the gardens together! Tropical botany and Biodiversity are simply remarkable! Can’t wait for our next conservation adventure at the Singapore Zoo, Lee Kong Chiang Natural History Museum and SEA Aquarium!!! #generationrestoration #generationrestorationsg #SabahCBERConference #nus #nusgeography #nusenvironmentalstudies #nusgeographicalsociety #thetrelab

We are off!!! On our first day of our Roots to Ree

We are off!!! On our first day of our Roots to Reefs 360 road tour, the TRE Lab team (Tropical Restoration Ecology) headed to KampOng to discuss our plans with Forever Sabah Institute in the year ahead working with local communities on ecosystem restoration. What a phenomenal view of Mt Kinabalu! Students and communities…. stay tuned for dates of our upcoming CBER - Community-based Ecosystem Restoration Conference in Sabah…. #Roots2Reefs360film #GenerationRestoration #GenerationRestorationSG #sorce #nus #nusbes #nusgeographicalsociety #nusgeography #foreversabahinstitute #foreversabah #communitybasedecosystemrestoration

Our team set off for our amazing wild Borneo exped

Our team set off for our amazing wild Borneo expedition flying over the beautiful coral reefs around KK! Off to see the wildlife and communities living around the rainforests, rivers, mangroves, and coral reefs of Sabah. And on a Borneo Wonders road tour showing our new Roots to Reefs 360 immersive film to all those communities we are working with… We even showed the film to the TSA when they asked what the headsets were. #Roots2Reefs360film #GenerationRestoration #GenerationRestorationSG #sorce #nus #nusbes #nusgeographicalsociety #nusgeography #tame

Such an amazing experience working with the bright

Such an amazing experience working with the brightest youth of Singapore! I feel so lucky to have the opportunity to share my immersive hands-on teaching with the students from the Geography Talent Development Programme. I introduced them to ecosystems, people and wildlife of Borneo through our Roots to Reefs 360 film in the NUS 360imx theatre - from the heart of Borneo’s rainforests to mangrove forests the size of Singapore to diving underwater with the turtles and sharks in the coral triangle! Thank you to my team for all your help with these activities - Geography Society President @LewisKwek who helped with the filming Q and A. And 4th year Geography student Yuki and founder Jason from #greenloop farms for introducing the students to Urban Agriculture and vertical farming by tasting microgreens and planting their very own greens! Thank you MOE teachers for inviting me to be a part of the TDP seminar series and for all your help at the event! #Roots2Reefs360film #GenerationRestoration #GenerationRestorationSG #sorce #nus #nusbes #nusgeographicalsociety #nusgeography #geographysingapore

Happy Lunar New Year and Year of the Rabbit! This

Happy Lunar New Year and Year of the Rabbit! This was one of the happiest moments of my life. I got to release this little brush rabbit for one of the projects I am most proud of in California - helping restore habitat for the endangered riparian brush rabbit! The riparian brush rabbit (Sylvilagus bachmani riparius), a subspecies of brush rabbit (S. bachmani), was listed as endangered under the California Endangered Species Act in 1994 and listed as endangered under the federal Endangered Species Act in 2000. A wildlife lover since childhood in Atlanta Georgia on my 3rd birthday. #riparianbrushrabbit #yearoftherabbit2023

Day 5 – Leaving paradise and our friends at SORCE

Day 5 - Leaving paradise and our friends at SORCE after a successful Roots to Reefs 360 film tour, mangrove planting and coral reef restoration! We will be back soon…. Keep up the great work! #Roots2Reefs360film #GenerationRestoration #GenerationRestorationSG #sorce #nus #nusbes #nusgeographicalsociety #nusgeography

Day 4 – My colleague Dr. Wei Luo and TRE Lab resea

Day 4 - My colleague Dr. Wei Luo and TRE Lab research assistants picked up drone flying instantly and in a matter of hours were flying our drone with the new Invisible Insta360 Sphere camera from the Roots of Mangrove we were planting to the Coral Reefs over the Sea! I even got to try! #Roots2Reefs360film #GenerationRestoration #GenerationRestorationSG #sorce #nus #nusbes #nusgeographicalsociety #nusgeography

Day 3 – Our team joined the researchers and volunt

Day 3 - Our team joined the researchers and volunteers at SORCE field station to help with coral reef restoration underwater. What an amazing experience planting baby corals on the artificial reefs! #Roots2Reefs360film #GenerationRestoration #GenerationRestorationSG #sorce #nus #nusbes #nusgeographicalsociety #nusgeography

Our team showed our new Roots to Reefs 360 film to

Our team showed our new Roots to Reefs 360 film to the volunteers and kids at the SORCE field station. Also, we learned to fly the drone with our new invisible 360 cam from mangrove ecosystems to seagrass beds to coral reefs in the estuary! Amazing team work!!! #Roots2Reefs360film #GenerationRestoration #GenerationRestorationSG #mangrovesareawesome #sorce #nus #nusbes #nusgeographicalsociety #nusgeography

Day 1 – Roots to Reefs 360 Community Restoration a

Day 1 - Roots to Reefs 360 Community Restoration and Film Tour around SE Asia! We started by planting mangroves with SORCE volunteers and researchers. #Roots2Reefs360 #generationrestoration #GenerationRestorationSG #sorce #nus #nusbes #nusgeography #mangrovesareawesome #nusgeographicalsociety

Roots to Reefs 360 Premiere at TAME in Kota Kinaba

Roots to Reefs 360 Premiere at TAME in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysian Borneo this weekend! The kids were enthralled with the waterfalls, wildlife, and wilderness! #GenerationRestorationSG #GenerationRestoationSG

What an uplifting, fascinating and inspiring field

What an uplifting, fascinating and inspiring field trip to Green Loop Farms! NUS students and alumni are going to the next level to bring healthy, practically organic food to communities around Singapore! I am so proud of them and always excited for my Friday micro-greens delivery! Check them out at: https://greenloopfarms.com/ #generationrestoration #generationrestorationsg

Our NUS Tropical Environmental Change research gro

Our NUS Tropical Environmental Change research group explored the aquatic ecosystems of Sabah Malaysian Borneo from mountain streams to the mangroves and coral reefs through our Roots to Reefs 360 film in the 360imx theatre! #generationrestoration #teamgenerationrestorationsg

Walking with Wong through the Sepilok rainforest g

Walking with Wong through the Sepilok rainforest guess what we found? We walked right into a family of orangutans with a small baby just above us! And lots of amazing dipterocarp trees buttress roots. #generationrestorationSG #GenerationRestoration #TeamGenerationRestoration #RegenerationRestoration #orangutansborneo

Our 360 film team explores the transition from low

Our 360 film team explores the transition from lowland dipterocarp forest to mangroves by boat near Dagat in the Tabin Wildlife Reserve! #generationrestoration #regenerationrestoration #teamgenerationrestorationsg #dagathomestay

Our team stayed at the Dagat Village in homestays

Our team stayed at the Dagat Village in homestays with a local ethnic group who are fishermen in the mangrove. They catch giant prawns and mangrove fish which we ate for most meals. We learned to make Ketaput baskets out of nypah palm fronds for sticky rice with the auntie in our house. #dagathomestay #generationrestorationsg #teamgenerationrestoration #mangrovesareawesome

Happy International Day for the Conservation of Ma

Happy International Day for the Conservation of Mangrove Ecosystems! We just explored these expansive mangrove ecosystems with our Dagat Homestay host in the largest Ramsar site in Malaysia 78,000 hectares. Lower Kinabatangan Segama Wetlands. Check out the mangrove snake we found hiding in the tree… Also known as a gold -ringed cat snake this species Boiga dendrophila is endemic to SE Asia.
#generationrestoration
#teamgenerationrestorationsg #mangrovesareawesome

Chocolate milk of the Tabin River winding its way

Chocolate milk of the Tabin River
winding its way through oil palm plantations on
our way upstream to Tabin Wildlife preserve
where the water is so clear we can see the rocks
at the bottom. Our team is starting to work with a
local community to restore riparian habitat for the
local orangutan population in Sabah, Borneo.
#generationrestoration
#teamgenerationrestorationsg #tabin
#weloveorangutans

The orangutans were exceptionally playful today at

The orangutans were exceptionally playful today at the rehab centre in Sepilok. Low volume of tourists post-pandemic maybe? What a joy to see them swing from tree to tree in the forest. #generationrestoration #teamgenerationrestoration #generationrestorationSG #sepilokorangutanrehabilitationcentre

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