conservation

Shark Sister upset in Hong Kong

Another day, another tantrum - but could it be an attempt to spread word re shark conservation?

Submitted by Martin Williams on 31 March 2009 - 11:54am

Lantau Concept Plan meeting

A couple of days ago, I joined environmentalists from groups including the Living Islands Movement, Green Lantau Association, WWF Hong Kong, Kadoorie Farm, and Hong Kong Dolphinwatch, for a government briefing on the just launched Concept Plan for Lantau, produced by the Lantau Development Taskforce.

Proved quite a meeting, and it's hard to know just how to summarise. But to begin with, my overriding impression is: THERE IS NO PLAN! Nope, there's the word "plan" in the title, but the more we tried to look at it, the more it dissolved, broke down into a mishmash of various projects that are broadly based on the strategy to have development on north Lantau - where it appeared the highway to hell [oops, Zhuhai that should be] is a given - and "conservation" in the south.

Submitted by DocMartin on 12 December 2004 - 7:53pm

HK Concrete n Conservation

Looking around Hong Kong, you might think there was plenty of concrete around, thank you very much, and we should be making a concerted effort to protect the remaining beautiful, relatively wild areas. Not so! No, the Kings of Concrete and the wannabe kings are queuing up with plans to build on or over some lovely places; and the government seems split between conservation (some sectors of government seem keen on this), and dreaming up Big Silly Projects.

Here and there, there are conservation successes, where some of Hong Kong's prime wild places are protected. But by my reckoning, we could really do with some strong examples of "eco-tourism" - to show that it's possible to make money from a place without wrecking it. Or even these last bastions will be despoiled, ruined obliterated, razed too. (Takes deep, meditative breaths before continuing.)

Submitted by DocMartin on 7 May 2004 - 9:12am
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