Why we need the forest 🌳🌳🌳🌳
A couple of days ago, I took time off after my morning shift for hiking.
It is part of my voluntary project for nature conservation and environmental awareness.
The photos and videos of the hike serve to preserve the memory of Tengah forest for posterity.
I am also inspired to make a special video that combines video clips from my previous hike to make a case for conservation.
Why?
Because climate change affects all of us, including plants, animals and humans.
According to an article:
“New research has found strong evidence that climate change is spurring conflict, which is driving people to abandon their homelands and seek safety elsewhere.”
In Singapore, it is already happening in some ways.
Birds and animals have been displaced from their homes ever since urban development started some 200 years ago.
With the ongoing clearance of Tengah forest, the baya weavers, otters and other animals are in danger of losing their homes.
It probably wouldn’t be long before more and more of us humans will also become environmental refugees due to climate change affecting the liveability of our environment.
To where will we seek asylum?
To where can we really migrate since the effects of climate change are ubiquitous?
What happens in one country will affect other countries, as seen in the case of the Sumatran haze and many other examples.
The future is in our hands.
Nature and Us 
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