Singapore Botanic Gardens vies to be Singapore's first UNESCO World Heritage Site

Everyone is invited to participate.

The National Heritage Board (NHB) and the National Parks Board (NParks) are inviting the public to participate in Singapore’s bid for the Singapore Botanic Gardens to be nominated as its first UNESCO World Heritage Site. 

From today until December 2013, the public can contribute their feedback to the Nomination Dossier at www.sbg.org.sg/unesco and have a stake in our nation’s inaugural bid for a World Heritage Site listing.

Public consultation is a key component of the nomination process, and public feedback will be incorporated into the Nomination Dossier where possible before it is submitted to UNESCO by 1 February 2014.

The World Heritage Committee will then deliberate on the nomination and decide if the Gardens is worthy of inscription.

The Nomination Dossier comprises a Nomination Document and a Site Management Plan. The former provides supporting evidence on how the Singapore Botanic Gardens fulfils UNESCO’s inscription criteria, while the latter proposes how the Gardens will be managed if successfully inscribed.

Since 2010, the Government has engaged a number of stakeholders, such as the Singapore Heritage Society and the Nature Society (Singapore), on the nomination of a UNESCO World Heritage site for Singapore.

The NHB and the NParks are now inviting the general public to participate in a Public Consultation. The consultation process will be conducted in two stages, and will give the public a stake in the nomination process.