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**//KEY QUESTION ANSWER//**
RIGHT NOW, there is a lot of urban development taking place. This requires a lot of space. However, we want to keep some space as an area to preserve our nature. Thus, instead of destroying the natural wildlife, etc., etc., we can instead "merge" them-by building things (which man can use) amongst nature! Apart from preserving wildlife, this also helps people to interact with nature and this may inspire them to preserve nature too! (a bit idealistic) So, this is actually a very smart way to, in the terms of the question, "maintain a balance between wildlife and urban development" in Singapore! 1370489851

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Ryan Ngi **__What is Rainforest Recovery__** Simply put, rainforest recovery refers to the process of recovery a rainforest takes when a disaster has affected it. Such disasters include the falling of a tree, and these may cause dangerous results. Therefore, to recover, rainforest recovery must take place. __**How it Happens**__ Let us use the scenario above where a tree has collapsed causing a gap in the rainforest.
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First, plants have to grow back to cover the gap. However, not all plants can serve as such pioneer plants. Since the sun is now blazing down on the gap, the pioneer plants to grow first have to be sun-loving plants. They grow fast and have a short lifespan thus they survive long enough to cover the gap slightly and enable more plants to grow. __**Obstruction of light**__ When sun-loving plants grow, they take up space and grow quickly so as to be able to provide shade for other plants to grow during recovery as long as they can (such plants have short lifespans). However, during the time they are still alive and other plants are growing, they block out a lot of light so other plants cannot receive it.

__**Space Problem**__ Of course, there is also the issue of space-when plants are growing they will take up space and obstruct other growth. __**Manual Transfer/Primary to Secondary Rainforests**__ You could possibly also manually transport seeds from a primary rainforest to the recovering secondary rainforest (which after recovery will be considered primary) but the problem with this is that because plants depend on each other in a primary rainforest, it is complicated to simply take a single type of plant for transfer. As a result, rainforest recovery is a long process.

So here are some quick facts about rainforest recovery.
 * Happens when a part of the rainforest is damaged


 * Sun-loving plants grow first


 * After recovery, rainforests become primary again

__**Other Information**__ We came across a unique plant which we’d really like to share with you-the strangling fig, shown below:
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Source: GOOGLE IMAGES || The Strangling Fig grows in the air amongst another plants and its roots grow downwards till they reach the ground, slowly "strangling" the other plant.

Figs in general are very unique-their flower looks like the fruit! A special fig wasp will squeeze into the flower, pollinate it and lay eggs in it. The eggs get protection and when they hatch, they also get fresh pollen from their own fig and after mating with the males who are too weak to escape from the fig, the females squeeze out to find another fig and the cycle begins again-that is the partnership between these organisms.

SR4 Team That’s us-the people who brought this to you. We took a few shots with scenic backgrounds-enjoy! And thanks for checking this out!

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