DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Hornbills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hornbills</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/otters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>otters</span></a> and even a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/tapir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tapir</span></a>: <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Singapore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Singapore</span></a> is <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/rewilding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rewilding</span></a></p><p>Once-lost species are coming back to the densely built-up city-state </p><p>September 14, 2023</p><p>"In a metropolis of 5.6m people, says Lim Liang Jim, head of biodiversity at the National Parks Board, the priority has been conserving or recreating natural habitats, as well as connecting natural spaces with corridors to let species move and spread. The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/renaturalisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>renaturalisation</span></a> of river banks that were previously concreted over helped the otters. A former <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/railway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>railway</span></a> to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Malaysia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Malaysia</span></a> is now a “<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GreenCorridor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GreenCorridor</span></a>” whose damp verges are full of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>insects</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/frogs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>frogs</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/waterhens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>waterhens</span></a>. The planted sides and central verges of highways allow smaller animals to move more safely."</p><p><a href="https://www.economist.com/asia/2023/09/14/hornbills-otters-and-even-a-tapir-singapore-is-rewilding" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">economist.com/asia/2023/09/14/</span><span class="invisible">hornbills-otters-and-even-a-tapir-singapore-is-rewilding</span></a></p><p>Archived version:<br><a href="https://archive.ph/J53s3" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.ph/J53s3</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SolarPunkSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SolarPunkSunday</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Restoration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Restoration</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GreenSpace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GreenSpace</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Gardens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gardens</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Biodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GardenCity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GardenCity</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UrbanRewilding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UrbanRewilding</span></a></p>