Title: Review of National Level Activities SINGAPORE
1Review of National Level ActivitiesSINGAPORE
Second High-Level Meeting on Health and
Environment in ASEAN and East Asian Countries
2The Singapore Green Plan 2012 (SGP 2012)
- Singapore's blueprint for environmental
sustainability over the next 10 years,
encompassing five areas - Public Health
- Clean Air
- Clean Water
- Waste Management
- Conserving Nature
3The Singapore Green Plan 2012 (SGP 2012)
- "Community Partnership" and "Innovation" as two
cross-cutting areas - Five Action Programme Committees (APCs) oversee
the development and implementation of Action
Programmes for each area - APCs are guided by a Coordinating Committee
4 Public Health
- Targets
- Increase community ownership to sustain a high
standard of cleanliness and public health - Build up national capability in epidemiological
surveillance and research on vector-borne
diseases. - Maintain low incidence of vector-borne diseases.
5 Public Health
- Key Thrusts
- Enhance ownership through a wide range of
community-level initiatives on public health - Initiate nationwide programmes to better control
vectors and prevent vector-borne diseases
6 Community ownership on public health
- Campaign Against Dengue, 10-minute Mozzie Wipeout
- Worked with 3P (People, Private and Public)
partners to target dengue prevention outreach
programme to all residents, workers and students
7 Community ownership on public health
- Singapore Litter-Free Primary School
- Target group 7-12 year olds
- Public health theme
- Litter-free environment
8 Building research capabilities in
vector control and vector-borne diseases
- Dengue Consortium
- Collaboration between Environmental Health
Institute (a research institute of the National
Environment Agency), healthcare and research
institutes - Explore ways to better understand and manage
Dengue infection and minimize the incidence of
dengue in Singapore - Projects
- Serotype prevalence and spatial-temporal
distribution of Dengue serotype in Singapore - Sequencing of Dengue Viruses
- Seroprevalence of Dengue
- Sero-epidemiology of Dengue
9 Upgrade Professionalism of Pest
Management Industry
- National Skills Recognition Scheme (NSRS)
- Collaboration with the Singapore Pest Management
Association to develop NSRS - Encourage pest management industry to upgrade
their staff through NSRS
10 Vector control initiative - Rat
Attack!
- Sustainable rodent control in all Town Councils
- Baseline survey
- to assess level of infestation and identify
irregularities in environmental sanitation and
refuse management - Attack Phase
- to reduce rodent population
- Maintenance Phase
- Address irregularities detected in baseline
survey and improve environmental hygiene and
sanitation
11 Vector control initiative - Mozzie
Attack!
- Initiate dedicated mosquito control programmes in
all Town Councils involving professional pest
control operators - Develop and introduce a common standard for more
effective vector control works and for assessment
of performance of service providers
12 Clean Air
- Key thrusts
- Strive for Pollution Standards Index to be within
the good range for 85 of the year and within
the moderate range for the remaining 15. - Meet 60 of Singapores electricity needs through
use of natural gas. - Extend use of natural gas in transportation
beyond public buses and taxis. - Enhance public transportation as an attractive
alternative to private cars.
13 Clean Water
- Key thrusts
- Increase catchment areas from 50 to 67 of
Singapores land surface. - Increase supply of water from non-conventional
sources, such as desalination and water
reclamation, to at least 25 of Singapores water
demand. - Ensure that water quality continues to meet
international standards.
14 Waste Management
- Key thrusts
- Raise the overall waste recycling rate from 44
to 60. - Extend the lifespan of Semakau Landfill to 50
years, and strive towards zero landfill needs. - Reduce the need for new incineration plants, from
the current one every 5 - 7 years to one every 10
- 15 years.
15 Conserving Nature
- Key thrusts
- Keep nature areas for as long as possible.
- Verify and update information on indigenous flora
and fauna through biodiversity surveys. - Put in place new parks and park connectors.
- Set up a National Biodiversity Reference Centre.
162005 SGP Review
172005 SGP Review
182005 SGP Review
- Renewed Singaporeans interest motivation to do
more for their environment - A chance to shape key environmental policies
directly - More than 5,000 Singaporeans participated
through - Internet Survey
- Climate Change Roundtable
- Public Forum
- Public Exhibition
192005 SGP Review
- SGP 2012 will updated in early 2006.
- Incorporate recommendations accepted by
Government - Enhanced programmes and new targets
20THANK YOU