Wild About Hong Kong - hiking, wildlife, conservation and more
Wild About Hong Kong - hiking, wildlife, conservation and more
Nature Tourism at Pui O Has Potential, But Needs Government Support Nature tourism – in a very wide sense – might be one way of bringing some extra revenue to Pui O, and helping to reduce pressure for destruction of…
The Sustainable Lantau Office (SLO) was established by Hong Kong’s Civil Engineering and Development Department; given its origins perhaps hardly surprising that it has failed to achieve much regarding sustainability, but perhaps must keep hoping. I’ve had quite some correspondence…
While slopes in Hong Kong may receive intensive management – especially given the history of severe landslides during rainstorms – there has in recent decades been something of a shift from purely concreting them, to cultivating and allowing more greenery.…
In March 2025, WWF Hong Kong published a report, The State of Hong Kong Biodiversity 2025, and an accompanying Hong Kong Terrestrial Biodiversity Hotspot Map; you can download them via Hong Kong Biodiversity. This entailed considerable work; as a press…
Suppose you were ageing and with various ailments, yet still attractive to many; and you were in the care of someone who is doing nothing to help, but says they could make your body much better. Just one thing, though…
After I posted in a birding whatsapp group about issues with the Long Valley Nature Park, I was surprised at a response, sent to the whole group of over 200 members so hardly private. Well, perhaps complaints about conservation issues…
In another post, I’ve put email correspondence regarding my belief Long Valley Nature Park is far worse for bird diversity than it could or should be: Long Valley Nature Park initially poor for biodiversity yet improvements underway. Here, partly to…
In the movie The Blues Brothers, an enthusiastic live music bar owner is asked about the kinds of music played there. “Oh we got both kinds of music,” he replies. “Country … and western.” And after my recent first visit…
I have organised and led several outings to the Hong Kong countryside for school groups, chiefly for one school, for which I developed a “Hidden Hong Kong” week covering Mai Po Marshes, Kadoorie Farm, Cheung Chau, the northeast New Territories,…
Here’s an email I sent to Hong Kong’s Food and Environmental Hygiene Department in November 2024, regarding excessive spraying of anti-mosquito pesticides, and apparent devastation of local wildlife as a result: Further to various emails. I saw this patch of…
