Hong Kong Forests - South China Morning Post https://www.scmp.com/rss/330783/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png Hong Kong Forests - South China Morning Post https://www.scmp.com Over the centuries, Hong Kong’s lush subtropical woodlands have been burned, accidentally and deliberately – cut down for fuel, slashed to make way for agriculture, flattened by typhoons, replanted to stabilise hillsides, cut down to make way for development, devastated by insect plagues and replanted again. Whatever happens, they keep coming back. Now the tracts of green trees that blanket mountains and valleys are spreading naturally, making Hong Kong one of the few largely urban places in the... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/travel-leisure/article/3139868/forests-expand-hong-kong-they-lack-diversity-researchers?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/travel-leisure/article/3139868/forests-expand-hong-kong-they-lack-diversity-researchers?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 08 Jul 2021 23:15:04 +0000 Forests expand in Hong Kong, but they lack diversity – researchers are looking at how to make them more hospitable to native wildlife Hong Kong’s namesake, the “heung” incense tree, is under threat by poaching, largely from mainland China. The tree is prized for its fragrant wood, known as Chinese agarwood, which has been used for centuries to make beads, perfume, sculptures, and incense. Agarwood can sell for more than its weight in gold, with the best pieces going for thousands of dollars per pound. Today, the species is listed as vulnerable, and activists estimate that fewer than 300 adult trees are left in Hong Kong. Want... https://www.scmp.com/videos/tree-hong-kong-being-poached-its-prized-wood-worth-more-gold/article/3000428?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/videos/tree-hong-kong-being-poached-its-prized-wood-worth-more-gold/article/3000428?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 10 Jan 2019 11:22:18 +0000 A tree in Hong Kong is being poached for its prized wood worth more than gold Hong Kong is home to several feng shui forests. But many of them are now under threat because of poachers who are after these forests’ valuable trees. https://www.scmp.com/story/forests-built-feng-shui/article/3000426?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/story/forests-built-feng-shui/article/3000426?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 10 Jan 2019 09:08:49 +0000 China once built whole forests around feng shui