Frequently Asked Questions


https://biome.nparks.gov.sg is the internet portal for public access. https://biome-intra.nparks.gov.sg is the government intranet portal for "Authorised Staff" access. Only Participating Government Agencies have access to the intranet portal. If your agency is interested to access the intranet portal, please send your request to shin_koh@nparks.gov.sg.
Public can use the database to search for data, access the maps and submit sighting records online.
Research reports, publications, journals, articles and news related to biodiversity and environment of Singapore. The database supports data of various file formats e.g. documents (.docx, .xlsx, pdf and etc.), images (jpg, png, tif and etc.), audio, video and maps (ArcGIS shape files), except file format with potential malicious intent.
Your account does not have access rights to that dataset. Please seek permission from the data owner to grant your organisation access to that dataset.
Your account does not have access rights to the corresponding documents in that dataset. Please seek permission from the data owner to grant your organisation download access to the corresponding documents in that dataset.
Your account does not have access rights to the metadata for these documents. Please seek permission from the data owner to grant your organisation the access to the metadata for these documents.
As stated in the "Terms and Conditions" (T&C) during the sign up of an account in BIOME, copyright of the data belongs solely to the Data Owner. BIOME only acts as the Data Custodian for the distribution of data. The T&C can be referred to here.