. The Conservation Atlas of Tropical Forests: Asia and the Pacific. Singapore The most urgently needed improvements at Bukit Timah are fencing of the margins (including the forested area north-east of the summit I, and the control of visitors. Ideally, visitors would be divided at the entrance into those visiting the summit, who would be confined to the main road, and those entering the reserve proper, who would pass through an educational visitors' centre first. Thev would then be restricted to a small number ol clearly marked trails, possibly on raised walkways to reduce trampling, and all o
. The Conservation Atlas of Tropical Forests: Asia and the Pacific. Singapore The most urgently needed improvements at Bukit Timah are fencing of the margins (including the forested area north-east of the summit I, and the control of visitors. Ideally, visitors would be divided at the entrance into those visiting the summit, who would be confined to the main road, and those entering the reserve proper, who would pass through an educational visitors' centre first. Thev would then be restricted to a small number ol clearly marked trails, possibly on raised walkways to reduce trampling, and all other paths would be closed off. A larger and better-trained staff would be needed to enforce this policy. In the long term, active management of some plant and animal populations will probablv be necessary, but our current under- standing of the dynamics of the reserve is insufficient to make any definite proposals at this stage. »». quorry * .* • -•*.?'.. wostelond. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Collins, N. M. , Sayer, J. A. , Whitmore, T. IUCN
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