Singapore's not quite the right shade of green
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-a sanitised, manicured - and in the case of the zoo, costly - view of the natural world.
-Singapore having more species of trees than the entire North American continent.
-We have also reduced mangrove coverage from 13 per cent of our total land area in the 1820s to 0.5 per cent today.
Singapore's rainforests are now 5 per cent of what they once were. Development has also reduced our coral reefs by 60 per cent.
-Mangrove forests, for instance, prevent storms and waves from eroding our shores. In tsunami- prone countries, they save lives.
Qn: "We have given up too much for economic progress." Is this true? (SRJC J2 Midyr 2017)
-a sanitised, manicured - and in the case of the zoo, costly - view of the natural world.
-Singapore having more species of trees than the entire North American continent.
-We have also reduced mangrove coverage from 13 per cent of our total land area in the 1820s to 0.5 per cent today.
Singapore's rainforests are now 5 per cent of what they once were. Development has also reduced our coral reefs by 60 per cent.
-Mangrove forests, for instance, prevent storms and waves from eroding our shores. In tsunami- prone countries, they save lives.
Qn: "We have given up too much for economic progress." Is this true? (SRJC J2 Midyr 2017)
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