Critically Endangered Flora and Fauna Protected by Restoration of Labrador Nature Reserve

The straw-headed bulbul is critically endangered globally.PHOTO: FRANCIS YAP

SINGAPORE - The Forest Restoration Action Plan for Labrador Nature Reserve will see the planting of around 5,000 native trees to boost conservation efforts for critically endangered flora and fauna species. The plan will focus on a 2.5ha coastal beach area, which lies between a coastal hill forest and the sea. NParks will plant coastal species, such as the locally critically endangered penaga laut (Calophyllum inophyllum) and sea teak (Podocarpus polystachyus), and replanting efforts will provide a significant physical and ecological buffer for the coastal hill forest, as well as increase sources of food and shelter for fauna in the nature reserve, especially pollinators and dispersers such as birds, bats, and butterflies.