Talk:Tropical rainforests
Banner edit
Current looks a bit more subtropical to me. I'm neutral between banners 1 and 2. --SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta.wikimedia) 01:28, 19 March 2022 (UTC)
- 0 certainly looks subtropical. 1 is the most tropical to me, especially as it has an eye-catching palm near its centre. Vidimian (talk) 02:59, 19 March 2022 (UTC)
- They all look pretty tropical to me, but #1 is best, followed by #2. Equatorial forests like those in Malaysia require a machete to penetrate, unless someone has already cleared a path or created a canopy walk, etc. Ikan Kekek (talk) 03:33, 19 March 2022 (UTC)
- @Ikan Kekek Didn't think of Malaysia when looking a for better banner. Are there any parks in Malaysia that you know of that are pretty tropical? Gunung Mulu National Park comes to mind, though its rainforests are not the key attraction. SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta.wikimedia) 04:47, 19 March 2022 (UTC)
- Taman Negara, but in the 1970s, most of the country was virgin jungle. It's really sad that most of it was logged. :( Ikan Kekek (talk) 05:38, 19 March 2022 (UTC)
- That's a pity. I've heard that it's a similar case with Sumatra too and it's on the World Heritage in Danger. :( It was a similar situation here in Queensland during the 1970s (well before my time), with the only large patch tropical rainforest left being the Daintree Rainforest though there are some others patches of rainforest left, but luckily these were preserved as the awareness for conservation grew. SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta.wikimedia) 07:25, 19 March 2022 (UTC)
- Taman Negara, but in the 1970s, most of the country was virgin jungle. It's really sad that most of it was logged. :( Ikan Kekek (talk) 05:38, 19 March 2022 (UTC)
- @Ikan Kekek Didn't think of Malaysia when looking a for better banner. Are there any parks in Malaysia that you know of that are pretty tropical? Gunung Mulu National Park comes to mind, though its rainforests are not the key attraction. SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta.wikimedia) 04:47, 19 March 2022 (UTC)
- They all look pretty tropical to me, but #1 is best, followed by #2. Equatorial forests like those in Malaysia require a machete to penetrate, unless someone has already cleared a path or created a canopy walk, etc. Ikan Kekek (talk) 03:33, 19 March 2022 (UTC)
- #1 is my favorite. —Granger (talk · contribs) 16:07, 19 March 2022 (UTC)
- Done. Looks like banner 1 is the preferred banner by all of us here. SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta.wikimedia) 08:00, 20 March 2022 (UTC)
Singaporean rainforests edit
@The dog2: Just wondering, but would these merit inclusion? Whilst it may not be the top tourist attraction in Singapore, it is some of the world's most visited tropical rainforests owing to the fact that you don't really have to worry too much about tropical diseases such as malaria (and the only other places you'd find that are in a similar boat are the tropical rainforests in North Queensland and some small patches that are scattered in the Pacific and the Caribbean). If we are going to include them, which ones should? It's been more than a decade since I visited Singapore's rainforests but the few I can think of on the top of my head include Windsor Nature Park, Reservoir Park and Bukit Timah Nature Reserve, but I've probably missed a few other important rainforests, and if I have, which ones have I missed? --SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta.wikimedia) 06:20, 23 July 2022 (UTC)
- If you're looking at primary rainforest, the main ones are Built Timah Nature Reserve and Central Catchment Nature Reserve. MacRitchie Reservoir Park that you mentioned is part of Central Catchment Nature Reserve. There is also a small patch of primary rainforest that has been preserved in the Singapore Botanic Gardens. Windsor Nature Park is secondary rainforest. And you can also find secondary rainforest on Pulau Ubin. The dog2 (talk) 08:47, 23 July 2022 (UTC)
- Thanks for the response. I'll add those rainforests to the article in the next few days. SHB2000 (talk | contribs | meta.wikimedia) 09:00, 23 July 2022 (UTC)