... r Nature (WWF), citing lack of an international agreement that forbids such trade. All of the ivory registered in Hong Kong is imported through legal channels, it said. But WWF said Hong Kong buyers c ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-22
Consumers are being misled or overpriced for mislabeled seafood products due to the lack of transparency and reliability of information. The World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF) said 82 percent of sea ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-09
... fections. WWF Hong Kong told the newspaper that capturing the tiny crabs in large quantities could cause an ecological imbalance in a particular habitat. According to the Centre for Food Safety, marin ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-18
... driven by WWF has generated successful support in the removal of shark fin soup as a delicacy from local menus and has reportedly reduced the Shark fin trade from Hong Kong to China by close to 90 per ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-25
... r Nature (WWF) Hong Kong. About 17,200 metric tons are traded worldwide annually. The fall was attributed to heightened environmental awareness and falling demand in a slowing world economy. Hong K ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-04
... Wai-neng, WWF-Hong Kong deputy director, also voiced concern that the frogs, whether they local or foreign species, might destroy the ecological balance, although he believes the water in the reservoi ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-06
... truction. WWF Hong Kong conservation officer Chan Chung-ming said loopholes in Hong Kong’s conservation laws are encouraging destructive activities. The group wants the government to give Sha Lo Tung, ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-19
... d Monday. WWF-Hong Kong and the Conservation Association said they received tips two months ago about the assault on the wilderness in Sha Lo Tung, an enclave of Pat Sin Leng Country Park and one of t ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-14
... r Nature (WWF) as saying. After looking at the pictures of the turtle’s body, Chong Dee-hwa, the founder of the Hong Kong Ichthyological Society, believes the green turtle was a female aged around 10 ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-27
Plastic comprises more than 60 percent of the litter found in the marine ecosystem, according to the latest survey by the Costal Watch Project under the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) in Hong Kong. ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-23
Hong Kong has no plans to impose a full-scale ban on ivory trade despite calls from World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). Responding to a WWF report on the issue, the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservati ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-08
... ssment by WWF showed the development would endanger certain species such as Romer's tree frog, green sea turtle and Chinese finless Yangtze River dolphin. -- Contact us at [email protected] EL/AC/RA ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-28
More than half of the live seafood varieties served in Hong Kong restaurants are in imminent danger of extinction, according to a survey conducted by the conservation group WWF. Although the survey, c ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-25
... Kong. The WWF Hong Kong recently found a garbage point near a radio station at Cape D'Aguilar. The 120-meter-long beach was fully covered with garbage, including foam rubber, plastic bottles and fishi ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-04
... Nature’s (WWF) Hong Kong branch proposed in its Hong Kong Energy Vision 2050 report. As the government plans to phase out nuclear power and coal in the next 20 to 25 years and rely almost solely on na ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-23
... th of the WWF conservation group said of successive drafts at the Lima talks. The idea of a UN deal with obligations for all nations marks a shift from the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, which obliges only the ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-15
... r Nature (WWF). Consumption of shark fin, a popular soup item in the Chinese cuisine, averaged 161 kilograms at every restaurant serving the delicacy last year, down 47 percent from 2012 and by more t ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-25
... ife Fund (WWF). The study said Hong Kong’s ecological footprint, which is determined by adding up all land and sea areas needed to provide the natural resources necessary for human consumption, is at ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-21
... ife Fund (WWF) for the purposes of environment protection and education, according to the report. -- Contact HKEJ at [email protected] TL/AC/RC ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-29
