These forest patches are crucial refuges for critically endangered wildlife, they say.
SINGAPORE – Some conservation scientists and nature lovers are renewing the call to protect forest patches in Mandai and Lentor by asking the Government to study the sites as potential nature parks.
The 171-page book assesses the national approach to dealing with nature on land, and will be launched on April 28. Despite optimism that the monkey’s numbers will grow to more than 150 here within the next two decades, the loss of unprotected habitat, like Tagore forest, poses the greatest threat to the species’ recovery, researchers found in 2023.
He said: “Native species-dominated forest patches like those in the Mandai area are extremely valuable because they are habitats for a diverse array of native plants and animals, have the most promising ecological trajectories and are predicted to store the most carbon in the long run.” However, the writers have stopped short of calling for these spaces to be transformed immediately into parks.
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