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The '''Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve''' is a 130-hectare1.3 square kilometre [[nature reserve]] located in the Northwest area of [[Singapore]]. It is the first [[wetlands]] reserve to be gazatted in [[Singapore]] in the year [[2002]], and its global importance as a stop-over point for migratory birds was also recognised by the [[Wetlands International]]'s inclusion of the reserve into the [[East Asian Australasian Shorebird Site Network]].

==History==

Previously unheard of as a nature area, the site gained prominence only in [[1986]] when a call was made to conserve the area by members of the [[Malayan Nature Society (Singapore Branch)]]. Particularly significant, was its unusually high variety of bird species, which included migratory birds from as far as [[Siberia]] on their way to [[Australia]] to escape the winter months. Their suggested was taken up by the government, and a 87870,000 hectaresquare metre site was given nature park status in [[1989]], and officially opened on [[6 December]] [[1993]] by then [[Prime minister]] [[Goh Chok Tong]] after careful development of the park in order to improve accessibility for visitors.

The future of the area was still in doubt, however, because there are no laws preventing the destruction of nature parks. With pressure from nature groups and societies in Singapore, the government formally announced on [[10 November]] [[2001]] that the park will be accorded [[nature reserve]] status, sa step whichthat protects the are from any unauthorised destruction or alteration. The second phase of the park was opened, and the entire 130-hectare1.3 square kilometre site officially gazatted on [[1 January]] [[2002]] as the Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve.

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