Conserving Land

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  A conservation area is a tract of land that has been awarded protected status in order to ensure that natural features, cultural heritage or biota are safeguarded. A conservation area may be a nature reserve, a park, a land reclamation project, or other area.
  
  Land use planning is an important step for land conservation. Land use planning is a prerogative of the government. Vauluable land can be reserved for proper delevopment.
  
  Though much of Singapore's original vegetation had been cleared for logging and cultivation, the forest at Bukit Timah Nature Reserve has remained relatively undisturbed. Likewise, patches of primary rainforest can be seen around the MacRitchie area and Nee Soon Swamp at the Central Catchment Nature Reserve.
  
  These nature reserves bounded 4 reservoirs. The nature reserves act as water catchment for the reservoirs. Bukit Timah Nature Reserve and Central Catchment Nature Reserve are homes to more than 840 flowering plants and over 500 species of animals (including butterflies). With such an astonishing variety of plants, animals and insect life, the nature reserves are indeed treasure houses of Singapore's biodiversity.
  
  Advantages of land conservation :
  
• Maintaining the natural scenic beauty.
  
• Conserving the habitats of the living organisms.
  
• Minimising the shortage of land and damaged.
  
• Minimising damage to the environment.
  
• Limiting forest clearing to prevent from global warming.
  
• Creating a breathing space and a less crowded environment.
  
• Keeping these areas for future generations.