1. MacRitchie Reservoir UNESCO World Heritage Site

2. Group Members Group Leader: Josh Ryan Chan (2i2) Photographer 1: Lim Jian Ling (2i3) Photographer 2: Daryl Ong (3i2) Note-taker: Liew Ray Kai (4S4)

3. Map

5. Description • Singapore’s oldest reservoir • Completed in 1868 by impounding water from an earth embankment, known as Impounding Reservoir/Thomson Reservoir • Declared a Historic Site by National Heritage Board in 2002

6. Advantages of MacRitchie • Facilitate the studying of the canopy layer of the forest. • Acts as a form of recreation for nature lovers • Provides people with a closer view to the canopy layer. • 3.2 km and 4.8 km trails used as cross-country running routes for inter-school competitions • Reservoir used for water sports such as canoeing and kayaking

7. Forest • More than 1km2 of primary forest in Central Catchment Nature Reserve • Boardwalks around edge of MacRitchie Reservoir and walking trails through forest, range from 3km to 11km • Interpretive signboards along boardwalk for self-guided tours • Boardwalks bring visitors through secondary forest

8. Reservoir • Holding capacity of 2,110,000 m3 • 18,000m3 of water a day • Provides drinking water for  Singaporeans • Naturally filtered and pure

9. The HSBC Treetop Walk • 250 m aerial free standing suspension bridge • Between Bukit Peirce and Bukit Kalang (2 highest points in MacRitchie) • Completed in July 2004, officially launched on 5 November 2004

10. Flora Fig Tree • One tree can support many • communities, and one tree alone can house • hundreds of organisms. • Pollinated by specific wasps

11. Flora Cheng Tng Tree • Fruit has boat like wings to be dispersed by wind • Main part of fruit is the date at the centre • Used to make the brown jelly in the dessert

12. Flora TonkatAli • Traditionally used as a medical plant • Used for its antimalarial, aphrodisiac,anti-diabetic,antimicrobial and antipyretic properties • Increases sperm count

13. Flora Slender Pitcher Plant • Feeds on insects that fall into the pitcher • Underside of the lid has uneven wax crystals

14. Flora Banyan Tree • a fig that starts its life as an epiphyte (a plant growing on another plant) when its seeds germinate in the cracks and crevices on a host tree (or on structures like buildings and bridges). • Often called Strangling Fig

15. Flora • Simpoh Air • Mahang Plant • Pulai • Rusty Oil Fruit • Oil Palm • Torch Ginger Flower • Cordylines • Rattan • Heliconia • Fishtail Palm • Lianas • Lichen • Bracket Fungi

16. Fauna Monkeys • Monkeys are often observed in Macritchie Reservoir • They are popular among photograph hobbyists

17. Fauna • Crimson Sunbird • Malayan Colugo • Pangolin • Giant Forest Ants • Olive-winged Bulbul • Clouded Moniter Lizard • Common Sun Skink • Plantain Squirrel • Long-tailed Macaque • Greater Racket-tailed Drongo • Striped Tit-Babbler

18. Why should we preserve it? • Tropical rainforests take at least a century to mature • Vast biodiversity, thus a favourite for wildlife enthusiasts • Part of our natural heritage, and one of the only places where Singaporeans can relax in nature.

19. Bibliography • www.maps.google.com • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacRitchie_Reservoir • http://www.nparks.gov.sg/cms/macritchie.php?option=com_visitorsguide&task=naturereserves&id=49&Itemid=379 • https://www.nparks.gov.sg/cms/docs/diy_guide/TreeTop_Walk_eguide_LRes.pdf • http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2012/06/13/pitcher-plant-uses-falling-rain-to-trap-insects/ • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurycoma_longifolia • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banyan