Date and Time:
Saturday, March 23, 2024
9:00 am to 11:30 am
Venue: MacRitchie Forest
Our priceless Central Catchment Nature Reserve (CCNR) consists of the reservoirs of MacRitchie, Lower & Upper Peirce, Lower & Upper Seletar, and the crucial, remnant rainforests that surround them. The rainforest here creates rain and catches rainfall, storing it in its ecosystem, and drop by drop form rivulets slowly winding through the forest and into our reservoirs. So, in Singapore, we are also drinking water that has been made and filtered by its rainforests! We will explore via the elevated boardwalk along the reservoir’s edge shaded by the rainforest canopy and by-passing lush swamp-forest habitat home to unique native freshwater critters, such as the Treehugger, Dwarf Snakehead and Forest Softshell. Like us, their very survival dependant on a source of unpolluted freshwater. Cicada tree, swamp yam and monkey cups are just three of our unique native aquatic flora that still thrive in our remaining freshwater swamp-forests, helping to cleanse our water, cool our climate and filter the very air we breathe.
Other Details:
- Cost: $5 per adult/child (All proceeds support CTEP’s environmental education projects and programs).
- To register, please email participant(s) name(s), age(s) of child participant(s), and mobile number to: andrewtay.sg@gmail.com.
- Further details will be provided to confirmed participants.