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"A former railway line running through the heart of Singapore has turned into
one of its biggest conservation success stories, marking a departure from the
more manicured approach to nature that the city-state is known for.
The 24-kilometer (15 miles) contiguous stretch of land was part of a rail track
built by the British colonial government in Malaya and was returned to
Singapore from Malaysia in 2011, more than four decades after the two countries
parted ways. Singapore was now faced with a question: What should it do with
the land?
The Nature Society, Singapore’s oldest conservation group, submitted an
audacious proposal to authorities: convert the railway into a green corridor
that would connect existing green spaces from the Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve
in the north, through some of the city’s most exclusive neighborhoods, all the
way to the central business district in the south.
Since 2012, parts of the rail corridor have been accessible to the public. The
government has refrained from parceling out land for real estate development,
keeping it as a green spine that’s 10 times longer than the High Line in New
York, from which it drew inspiration. Authorities are now committed to
preserving it in the long term, and continue to enhance more parts of the
corridor, reopening them in phases."
Via
Future Crunch:
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https://futurecrunch.com/goodnews-water-vietnam-stunting-indonesia-conservation-ecuador/>
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
