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SINGAPORE: For decades, it was thought that the magnolia singapurensis, a flower native to Singapore and named after its name, had disappeared from the country.
Until National Park Council officials (NParks) discover the flower in a swamp of Nee Soon a few years ago.
Sharon Chan, director of the NParks Central Nature Reserve, explained that Sharon Chan, director of the NParks Central Nature Reserve, was going to the nursery to cultivate it and to study how cultivating it elsewhere would be better.
There are only four known cases of magnolia singapurensis, which thrives in marshy areas, in the wild.
On Saturday, October 20, the native species was replanted for the first time elsewhere in Singapore.
The planting ceremony, chaired by Second National Development Minister Desmond Lee and Holland-Bukit Timah advisors, marked the first phase of NParks' work to reintroduce native flora into the section of the rail corridor.
Nature lovers, researchers and members of the surrounding community were also invited to the planting ceremony.
The 24 km rail corridor was built in the early 1900s as part of the KTM network of colonial trains.
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Restoration work on the native flora begins at the Central Railway Corridor, a 4 km stretch from Hillview to the former Bukit Timah Station, near King Albert Park MRT Station.
The area would then serve as a buffer zone between the Bukit Timah Nature Reserve and the urban area, NParks said.
NParks is cleaning up plants of foreign origin that have taken root during the development of the railroad and replanting native species in order to conserve them.
A concrete water course, which once served as a drainage system for railroad tracks, is also being improved, in hopes of encouraging wildlife to return to the area.
NParks said that otters had already been seen playing in the stream. He hopes to see the hens come back too.
"Our scientific research has shown that the rail corridor is an important part of Singapore's forest ecosystem (…) animals probably use it to move between the central watershed and the Southern Ridges" said David Tan, researcher. which is part of the Friends of Rail Corridor community group.
"Rewilding is good not only for the Central Watershed, but also for all of Singapore's forest biodiversity."
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To encourage members of the public to visit the rail corridor, NParks strives to convert the dirt road into a mix of grass and gravel. The section of the (central) railway corridor will be worked in stages and should be completed by next December.
Infrastructure projects across the entire rail corridor have a deadline of early 2021, when the entire corridor will be open to the public.
According to the Urban Redevelopment Authority, there will also be a pedestrian underpass under the parallel railway corridor at Hindhede Drive, which will be completed by the end of 2019, so that members of the public can enter safely. in the Bukit Timah Nature Reserve.
The MP for Holland-Bukit Timah at the RCMP, Christopher de Souza, said it would act as a "green artery for Singaporeans".
"The goal here is to try to create more accessibility for the residents (of the area) so that they can come, that they can walk, that they are not there. they can ride a bike, that they can share this community space that is becoming more and more accessible, "he said.
Free guided walks covering the flora, fauna and heritage of the railway corridor will be organized until the end of the year. The registration for the marches, which take place between October 27 and December 1, opens this Sunday at 10am.
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