Some changes are to be made at the Central Catchment Nature Reserve.

 It will be developed into Chestnut Nature Park, aiming to make nature more accessible.

The new park will be very convenient for nature walks, hiking and mountain biking. It hosts a rich biodiversity of wildlife, including the mouse deer, pangolin, monitor lizard and birds.

There will be panoramic views of the nature reserve to be enjoyed at a new seven-storey tower which will also facilitate research on animals that live among the tree canopies. A 30-kilometre cycling loop allowing residents to cycle from the heartlands to the nature reserves by 2018. Native plants and trees will be planted in early 2015.

Nature reserves will become more accessible. The intention is to bring nature closer to people and people closer to nature. It will give you the opportunity to experience nature at your homes. 
These developments, are part of Singapore's transformation into a City in a Garden, aiming at enriching biodiversity.

For those who rather appreciate nature from the comforts of their own home, there's good news.

 NParks plans to install four cameras around the Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve from mid-September.
 You will be able can catch live footage of otters frolicking in a pond via their computers or mobile phones.

Chestnut Avenue & Dairy Farm Road

The National Parks Board (NParks) and Land Transport Authority (LTA) have recently marked the start of construction for an ecological corridor at Bukit Timah Expressway (BKE).

Dubbed Eco-Link@BKE, it will be Southeast Asia’s first ecological corridor that connects two nature reserves over an expressway.

The hourglass-shaped Eco-Link will be built across the BKE to connect Singapore’s largest primary and secondary forests, the Bukit Timah and Central Catchment nature reserves.

The area is home to three quarters of our native plant species and more than 1,000 animal species.

When ready in 2013, populations of native animals such as flying squirrels, monitor lizards, palm civets, pangolins, porcupines, birds, insects and snakes, will be able to travel between the nature reserves to find other food sources, homes and mates.

NParks says it will also consider public access in the form of guided walks on the bridge and the areas around it.

Bukit Timah Nature Reserve

Tel: 1800 4717300 or email: [email protected]