Sustainability of an Urban Forest: Bukit Timah Nature Reserve, Singapore
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Dynamics of an Urban Forest in Response to Urban Development and Management Initiatives — Case of Bukit Timah Nature Reserve
Singapore, a tropical island of only 716 km2, has substantial land under forest. But rapid urbanisation coupled with the scarcity of land has also resulted in exten‐ sive land clearance. Though highly urbanised, Singapore has managed to retain 4.5% of the land area under nature conservation, and 2.9% under closed forest. Out of four protected areas, two of these, the Central Water Catchment For...
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