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23/06/2020 <strong>In</strong> <strong>pictures</strong>: <strong>Nature</strong> <strong>is</strong> <strong>thriv<strong>in</strong>g</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>locked</strong>-<strong>down</strong> S<strong>in</strong>gapore—<strong>is</strong> <strong>it</strong> <strong>time</strong> <strong>to</strong> reth<strong>in</strong>k <strong>the</strong> c<strong>it</strong>y <strong>in</strong> a <strong>garden</strong>? | <strong>News</strong> | <strong>Eco</strong>-Bus<strong>in</strong>ess | <strong>Asia</strong> <strong>Pacific</strong><br />
A jungle rooster strolls through a taped o exerc<strong>is</strong>e area <strong>in</strong> Pearl’s Hill C<strong>it</strong>y Park, Ch<strong>in</strong>a<strong>to</strong>wn. Image: Rob<strong>in</strong> Hicks/<strong>Eco</strong>-Bus<strong>in</strong>ess<br />
The debate has ra<strong>is</strong>ed <strong>the</strong> question of how far a highly urban<strong>is</strong>ed c<strong>it</strong>y will go <strong>to</strong> embrace <strong>it</strong>s<br />
natural surround<strong>in</strong>gs. “We need <strong>to</strong> th<strong>in</strong>k of ways <strong>to</strong> share <strong>the</strong> urban space w<strong>it</strong>h wildlife,” said<br />
Lum. “Pandemics are bad th<strong>in</strong>gs. But out of an unfortunate s<strong>it</strong>uation we have <strong>the</strong> chance <strong>to</strong> reevaluate<br />
our relationship w<strong>it</strong>h nature.”<br />
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