Wetlands

WWF ends development partnership with Cheung Kong

20 May 2013

A disagreement with a property developer over the speed of a wetland housing plan was what drove WWF, the city's biggest environmental group, to pull out last week from the controversial project,...

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Development pressure on Mai Po reserve shows need for action

18 Apr 2013

Here in our backyard, the areas of Mai Po and Inner Deep Bay, a tiny nature reserve squeezed between two of Asia's most densely populated cities, forms a critical link in this winged migration, a...

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Shrinking Shenzhen mangrove forests poses threat to migratory birds

28 Nov 2012

The dramatic shrinking of Shenzhen's mangrove forests over the past three decades poses a threat to the many migratory birds that visit Hong Kong's Mai Po Nature Reserve each autumn, winter and...

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China Digest, November 17, 2012

17 Nov 2012

The Beijing Municipal Health Bureau aims to survey 130,000 residents over the age of 45 by March to determine their risk of having a stroke, the capital's third leading cause of death, the Beijing...

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Divisive wetland development tycoon Adrian Fu's lifetime mission

15 Nov 2012

For conservationists, Nam Sang Wai is one of the Hong Kong wetlands that should be preserved for future generations.

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Nam Sang Wai wetland size should meet 'no-net loss' principle

15 Nov 2012

The Nam Sang Wai developer has claimed its proposed project would almost meet the "no-net loss" principle under planning guidelines that require wetlands to retain the same net area after...

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Opinion

Jake Van Der Kamp

EU fails to adapt to borderless world

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Howard Winn

Ferry companies shouldn't be subsidised while they burn dirty fuel

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Letters to the Editor, November 11, 2012

Wetland is no place for apartments

On the evening of Saturday, November 3, along with hundreds of other Hong Kong residents, I enjoyed a magnificent sunset from Nam Sang Wai in the New...

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Fate of wetlands in Henderson's hands

Hong Kong's blistering pursuit of economic development has come at a high price to the environment. Growing concern about pollution has created an awareness that this is not sustainable, leading...

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Owner bids to legalise dumping after the fact

A landowner facing prosecution for illegal dumping in an environmentally sensitive area in Luk Keng has lodged a planning application with the Town Planning Board that would effectively legalise...

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Another person drowns in fish ponds

Another person has been found dead in a fish pond in Xialuwang village, Zhejiang , adjoining the one where five children drowned two weeks ago, and villagers are now blaming local authorities for...

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Henderson stops filling fish ponds near Mai Po

A developer yesterday stopped filling in fish ponds in Yuen Long zoned as conservation areas after receiving an order from the government.

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Developer fills in ponds at conservation area

The developer of a low density housing project in Yuen Long is under fire again for filling in part of three fish ponds that are zoned as wetland conservation areas.

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