Submit your snap of nature: BiodiverCity photo competition

Today Online 1 Mar 10;

This scarlet dragonfly was captured on camera by Nurfarhana Azmi, 15, at the Southern Ridges, while the hungry baby nestlings were framed by Leshon Lee, 13, a nature reserves volunteer.

With this year designated as the International Year of Biodiversity by the United Nations, the National Parks Board is organising a photo competition, aptly themed BiodiverCity.

Pictures taken in any of the major parks and nature reserves here can be submitted. There is an open and a student category, with prizes including up to $6,000 cash. Grand prize winners also get to take part in Banyan Tree's Green Sea Turtle Conservation Programme in the Maldives. For more information, log on to www.nparks.gov.sg/IYB2010. Submit your entries by March 14.

More about International Year of Biodiversity on the Celebrating Singapore's Biodiversity blog and facebook page.