... reshwater wetland houses a wide variety of species, especially the dragonfly. Over 70 out of 107 recorded species of the insect in Hong Kong, some native to the city, can be found in Sha Lo Tung. Wat ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-13
... reshwater wetland of high ecological value and is connected with Hoi Ha via a river. If Pak Sha O is hit by pollution from human activity, then Hoi Ha will be affected. Divers observed Monday that man ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-28
... g-tong, a wetland and fauna conservation officer in the agriculture department, said bats are not fond of apples and are afraid of humans. But they are known to sometimes forage for food before nightf ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-28
... patch of wetland in front of the village that had high ecological value but was illegally reclaimed in 2012 and turned into farmland. Since 1999, 175 species of birds have been spotted in Pak Sha O, ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-19
... ongs to a wetland protected by both the Ramsar Convention, an international treaty for the conservation and sustainable utilization of wetlands, and the Town Planning Ordinance. As such, dumping mud a ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-30
... he Ramsar wetlands, a designated wildlife refuge protected under the international Ramsar Convention since 1995. Since construction of the high-speed railway line began in 2011, several civilian group ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-18
... echarging wetlands and sustaining biodiversity. This has not stopped big bottlers and other investors from aggressively seeking to buy glacier water rights. China’s booming mineral water industry, for ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-16
... Hong Kong Wetland Park in 2006. -- Contact us at [email protected] EL/AC/CG ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-05
... s through wetlands, and ordered them to submit to an environmental impact assessment and present a plan for ecological restoration. -- Contact us at [email protected] RA/RC ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-27
... ns, their wetlands, and estuaries and their habitats were the most degraded parts of the reef's ecosystem. "Managing, repairing and protecting the reef is not a start-stop-restart activity," the repor ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-21
... wans in a wetland near the Yellow River. "But the swans were scared by the huge noise made by the helicopters and flew away," an amateur photographer was quoted as saying. As for Qin, it remains to be ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-24
Pui O wetland in Lantau Island, which has been identified by the Hong Kong government as a key coastal protection area, has suffered some ecological damage due to illegal dumping of construction waste ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-01
... ed at the Wetland Park in Yuen Long. – Contact us at [email protected] JH/JP/RC ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-11
... regional wetlands program; and Designing Hong Kong chief executive Paul Zimmerman. Building about 300 homes in the three villages will destroy the fragile ecosystems in those areas, not to mention th ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-28
China's wetlands have shrunk nearly 9 percent since 2003, aggravating water scarcity in a country where food production, energy output and industrial activity are already under pressure from water sho ...More
EJ Insight2014-01-13
... s such as wetland. The provincial finance department now plans to hand out annual bonuses to cities and counties with outstanding achievements in environmental protection, the report said. -- Contact ...More
EJ Insight2014-01-02
... lands and wetlands. In addition, the Ministry of Environmental Protection will unveil a plan to identify environmental protection "red lines" before the end of next year, it said. -- Contact HKEJ at d ...More
EJ Insight2013-11-13
