Cleared Kranji woodlands a key connector for animals: Experts

Aerial photos of the Kranji woodland area taken in May 2019 (left) and this month, which shows just a narrow strip of trees near the rail corridor, with much of the site cleared, to the consternation of nature groups. Two plots of forested land that
Two plots of forested land that were cleared in Kranji Road. Dr Shawn Lum, president of Nature Society (Singapore), said the woodland area is part of a conduit which transitions as a habitat for forest-dependent species to mangrove-dependent species, while Animal Concerns Research and Education Society deputy chief executive Anbarasi Boopal said there was a high chance that pangolins used the area. ST PHOTO: ALPHONSUS CHERN
Aerial photos of the Kranji woodland area taken in May 2019 (left) and this month, which shows just a narrow strip of trees near the rail corridor, with much of the site cleared, to the consternation of nature groups. Two plots of forested land that
Aerial photos of the Kranji woodland area taken in May 2019 (above) and this month, which shows just a narrow strip of trees near the rail corridor, with much of the site cleared, to the consternation of nature groups. PHOTO: BRICE LI
Aerial photos of the Kranji woodland area taken in May 2019 (left) and this month, which shows just a narrow strip of trees near the rail corridor, with much of the site cleared, to the consternation of nature groups. Two plots of forested land that
Aerial photos of the Kranji woodland area taken in May 2019 and this month, which shows just a narrow strip of trees near the rail corridor, with much of the site cleared, to the consternation of nature groups. PHOTO: BRICE LI
Ivan Kwee
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Feb 19, 2021, 11:55 AM
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Feb 18, 2021, 05:00 AM
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JTC had engaged an environmental specialist to carry out a baseline study last December, and to work out an environmental monitoring and management plan for specified plots of land within the area, a spokesman said.

Ms Anbarasi said: "Nature groups like us are very concerned.

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