Shing Yip (Joe) Lee is an adjunct professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and chair of the mangrove specialist group at the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Species Survival Commission.
Hong Kong’s wetlands play a vital role in flood protection, but this function has been largely ignored. Respecting and tapping into the existing ecosystem can help protect the Northern Metropolis and other coastal areas in the region that are vulnerable to climate change.