Singapore Wildlife
“We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect”
― Aldo Leopold
Singapore is an interesting example of urbanization amongst and alongside nature. The City of Singapore has less square miles than City of Los Angeles with a significantly larger population, yet Singapore has been able to accomplish something that Los Angeles, and most of the rest of the world, has attempted and failed - the integration of nature into a city. Singapore’s Prime Minister, Lee Kuan Yew, called it the “city in a garden”. Most of the locals in Singapore are live in carefully designed high-rise residential areas and often shop, eat, and more in multiple levels built underground, but the nature in Singapore is allowed to sprawl. 10% of the land in Singapore is set aside for nature reserves. With countless wildlife reserves, botanical gardens, wetlands, and much more, Singapore is a leading example of how we can respect nature with the ever growing human species. Everywhere you walk, there are signs to respect, walk, and enjoy the nature while also making sure to not disturb the animals that live there, share the trails with the macaques and respect that this human-made trail is in their home, and so much more. Singapore is leading the way in their respect for nature, and the rest of us need to catch up, or we’re going to lose something that we all cherish more than we realize.
Singapore Wildlife.
Photos taken on a SONY a7riv with a SONY 70-200mm lens and edited in Lightroom.
