Is the cost to wildlife worth the benefits of building a park?

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It is great that the Government has initiated this year as the Year of Climate Action to help combat global warming. However, there is another green issue right at home that is not receiving as much attention: the degradation and loss of natural habitats.

Singapore's largest forested nature reserve around Bukit Timah and the Central Catchment area deserve urgent conservation attention.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on May 07, 2018, with the headline Is the cost to wildlife worth the benefits of building a park?. Subscribe