Freshwater Wetlands as a Vital Habitat for Native Wildlife Species

With the lightning-fast speed of development in Singapore, it is hard to imagine how many hundreds of native wildlife species have been driven away or extirpated due to loss of habitat. As such, it is remarkable to see the development of conservation sites such as The Learning Forest that have resulted in the re-emergence of native wildlife populations [fig. 1]. Most notably, the Learning Forest features the Keppel Discovery Wetlands [fig. 2], one of the few freshwater wetland ecosystems left in Singapore. As such, the Wetlands offer a rare opportunity for humans to observe native freshwater swamp wildlife. I recently visited The Learning Forest and Keppel Discovery Wetlands on a field trip with Prof Gretchen and my group, Adriana, Jocelyn and Sayori. Continue reading