UWC rides the Green Wave

On Monday this week, the 40 Trees for 40 Years college service in UWCSEA, in a collaboration with us, successfully planted a tree kindly given to us by National Parks in their Green Wave initiative. This project is done with all of the schools island wide and hopes to educate young students about the importance of biodiversity while also serving to increase the diversity of trees across Singapore. 

We planted a Garcinia atroviridis also known as the Asam Gelugur, a critically endangered species found native to Southeast Asia. The Asam Gelugur has a wide variety of ethnobotanical uses such as its fruits being used as a sour relish. Another use is that the leaves of the tree have medicinal properties and are used by women who have undergone childbirth. In terms of the location of the planting, we have continued to populate the forest area with trees including this one. The conditions of the soil were worse than the usual planting sites due to the large percentage of builders rubble there however the Gelugur is quite versatile so it should be fine.

40 Trees For 40 Years finishing up the planting

We would like to thank 40 Trees for collaborating with us and providing the bulk of the manpower. We would also like to thank NParks for donating the tree. We hope to work with both of them more in the future.