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Monday, May 16, 2016

Get closer to nature at 10 North West Eco Trails

My Paper, Monday, May 16, 2016, Page A2, Top Stories
From http://epaper.mypaper.sg/epc/en/2016-05-16/
Source Website: http://mypaper.sg/top-stories/get-closer-nature-10-north-west-eco-trails-20160516
By mypaper, Carolyn Khew, 16 May 2016


GREEN HAVEN
PHOTO: GREEN HAVEN: The 5km route at Dairy Farm Nature Park will lead visitors to the former Singapore Quarry, now a wetland habitat. They can also see different species of dragonflies, many of which are rare.
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VISITORS to Dairy Farm Nature Park will now be able to enjoy a new eco trail. The 5km route, launched yesterday (15 May 2016), is one of 10 new North West Eco Trails being developed by the North West Community Development Council and Singapore Environment Council (SEC).

The 10 routes will cover a distance of almost 30km and be located in places such as Admiralty Park, Yishun Pond Park and Lower Peirce Reservoir Park. They will be opened in the next few months.

The eco trail at Dairy Farm Nature Park will lead visitors to the former Singapore Quarry which has been transformed into a wetland habitat.


Singapore Quarry (dry season)
PHOTO: Singapore Quarry (dry season)
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Nature enthusiasts will be able to look out for different species of dragonflies, many of which are rare.

The trail will also lead visitors to the Wallace Education Centre. Named after British naturalist Alfred Wallace to honour his contributions to natural science, the centre allows visitors to learn the history of Dairy Farm Nature Park and Bukit Timah Nature Reserve.


Wallace Trail
PHOTO: Wallace Trail
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The Yishun Pond Park eco trail offers the chance to see South-east Asian rainforest tree species which can live up to 1,000 years and grow up to 80m.

Teo Ho Pin, Member of Parliament for Bukit Panjang SMC, launched the North West Eco Trails at Dairy Farm Nature Park along with about 100 community residents yesterday. They took a guided walk along the trail and saw fauna such as the Black-naped Oriole bird.


Bukit Timah Nature Reserve
PHOTO: Bukit Timah Nature Reserve - Explore the astonishing biodiversity
This reserve includes Singapore’s highest hill, Bukit Timah, at a mere 164m (538ft), and protects 163 hectares (403 acres) of the nation’s only virgin lowland rainforest. There are five walking trails, all clearly marked and with varying levels of difficulty, taking from 45 minutes to 2 hours to complete.
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Edwin Seah, executive director of the SEC, said: "Through the North West Eco Trails, residents can now explore these green spaces with ease, improve their health and learn to appreciate and conserve Singapore's biodiversity at the same time."

By mypaper, Carolyn Khew, 16 May 2016
A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on May 16, 2016, with the headline 'New eco trail opens at Dairy Farm Nature Park'.

  
Lower Peirce Reservoir Park.
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Thursday, November 5, 2015

Take a walk along bridge specially reserved for animals

Source Website: http://news.asiaone.com/news/singapore/take-walk-along-bridge-specially-reserved-animals
By Carolyn Khew, The Straits Times, Thursday, 5 November 2015


THE LIVING BRIDGE
PHOTO: THE LIVING BRIDGE: The Eco-Link@BKE, which is located about 600m north of Rifle Range Road, is the first of its kind in South-east Asia and aims to restore the ecological connection between two nature reserves - Bukit Timah Nature Reserve and Central Catchment area.
PHOTO: NPARKS
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SINGAPORE - A unique $16 million bridge reserved for animals such as civets and pangolins is opening its doors for the first time to another species - humans.

In the next two months, the National Parks Board (NParks) will conduct eight guided walks of the Eco-Link @ BKE, South-east Asia's first ecological bridge. This will become a monthly affair from March.


The National Parks Board (NParks) will conduct public guided walks of the Eco-Link@BKE for the first time on Nov 21, Dec 5, Dec 19 and Jan 9 next year.
PHOTO: The National Parks Board (NParks) will conduct public guided walks of the Eco-Link@BKE for the first time on Nov 21, Dec 5, Dec 19 and Jan 9 next year.
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The 62m bridge, which was completed in 2013, has so far been seen only from a distance by motorists on the Bukit Timah Expressway (BKE). It was built to reconnect the Bukit Timah Nature Reserve and Central Catchment Nature Reserve to allow wildlife in both areas to safely cross the BKE, which separated the two forests when it was built in 1986.


       

Access to it has been restricted so far to give plants time to grow and allow animals to get used to the bridge. NParks has since assessed that limited guided walks can be done with minimal disturbance.       

During the media tour of the Eco-Link @ BKE yesterday, Senior Minister of State for National Development Desmond Lee said it is important to strike a balance between protecting the area and helping the public understand the role the bridge plays in conservation.   

"Unless we have public understanding and acceptance, it will not give us the impetus and community support to do even more," said Mr Lee.      

 
Wildlife crossing Eco-Link@BKE
PHOTO: Wildlife crossing Eco-Link@BKE 
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During the guided walks, visitors will be able to learn more about the different kinds of animals that use the link as well as interesting facts about both nature reserves. To minimise disturbance, the number of visitors will be limited to 20 a tour and they will use only a small pathway at the side of the bridge.    

 
During the guided walks, visitors will be able to learn more about the different kinds of animals that use the link as well as interesting facts about both nature reserves.
PHOTO: During the guided walks, visitors will be able to learn more about the different kinds of animals that use the link as well as interesting facts about both nature reserves.  
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Since 2013, NParks has worked with the community, including student groups, to carry out projects such as animal surveys, and plant more than 3,000 native flora on the bridge. Some of these can grow up to 15m and are meant to simulate the natural habitat of animals.  

 
Since 2013, NParks has worked with the community, including student groups, to carry out projects such as animal surveys, and plant more than 3,000 native flora on the bridge. PHOTO: Since 2013, NParks has worked with the community, including student groups, to carry out projects such as animal surveys, and plant more than 3,000 native flora on the bridge.
Planting Trees
PHOTO: Planting Trees     
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Plants are also grown at the edge of the bridge to create a buffer against noise and dust pollution so that animals will not be inhibited from using it.   

 
Plants are also grown at the edge of the bridge to create a buffer against noise and dust pollution so that animals will not be inhibited from using it.
PHOTO: Plants are also grown at the edge of the bridge to create a buffer against noise and dust pollution so that animals will not be inhibited from using it.  
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Already, more than 15 species of mammals and birds have been spotted using the green corridor. They include the common palm civet and the critically endangered Sunda pangolin - all captured on cameras installed at the site. 

While the ecological corridor is the region's first, it is not new in other parts of the world like Germany and the United States. 

Dr Shawn Lum, president of the Nature Society (Singapore), said that there had been initial concerns about whether animals would really use the bridge, given the traffic noise and the exposed environment.   

  The first of its kind in South-east Asia, the Eco-Link@BKE aims to restore the ecological connection between two nature reserves.
PHOTO: The first of its kind in South-east Asia, the Eco-Link@BKE aims to restore the ecological connection between two nature reserves.    
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"Wildlife is starting to come and the vegetation is starting to grow... So I'm delighted, and whatever initial concerns or worries that we had, luckily turned out not to have materialised," he said. The results so far are encouraging, said Mr Wong Tuan Wah, NParks' director of conservation.   

 
Wildlife is starting to come and the vegetation is starting to grow...
PHOTO: Wildlife is starting to come and the vegetation is starting to grow...   
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He highlighted how the number of pangolin road kills have gone down. According to NParks, there were no reports of pangolin road kills from April last year to last month. From 1994 to 2013, an average of about two pangolins died on the road each year. When the vegetation grows even more, he hopes that other animals like the elusive banded leaf monkey will also make use of the bridge.   
 
By Carolyn Khew, The Straits Times, Thursday, 5 November 2015  

 
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