https://www.scmp.com/rss/523809/feed Ha Shun-kuen is a Greenpeace campaigner and ecotourism project director in Hong Kong. He is known for his activism in Hong Kong’s ecotourism. His responsibilities include advocating for robust environmental impact assessments, carrying capacity studies, and clear policies to ensure sustainable ecotourism. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Theodora Yu Theodora Yu Campers and hikers have urged Hong Kong authorities to step up public education, law enforcement and impose foot traffic limits at campsites after some areas were flooded with visitors during the Lunar New Year holiday. A visit by the South China Morning Post on Saturday to Ham Tin Wan, a beach in Sai Kung, found about 50 visitors and 30 tents. Empty plastic bottles, used tissue paper and chocolate wrappers were seen lying on the sand and in bushes and shrubs. Officers from the Agricultural,... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3344225/calls-better-supervision-hong-kongs-campsites-after-areas-inundated?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3344225/calls-better-supervision-hong-kongs-campsites-after-areas-inundated?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 21 Feb 2026 14:03:04 +0000 Cannix Yau Cannix Yau Greenpeace has called for the Hong Kong government to put in place conservation-driven measures to protect outlying islands in Sai Kung from ecological damage caused by overtourism. The green group raised the alarm on Friday after it found a large number of visitors trampling corals and digging up marine organisms in the city’s Unesco Global Geopark area. A site inspection by Greenpeace found that 4,062 people landed on Sharp Island, also known as Kiu Tsui Chau, on Wednesday, the first day of... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3327810/hong-kong-urged-protect-sai-kung-islands-overtourism-ecological-damage?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3327810/hong-kong-urged-protect-sai-kung-islands-overtourism-ecological-damage?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 03 Oct 2025 11:00:14 +0000 Vivian Au Vivian Au Hong Kong’s South Lantau ecotourism plans could be reduced to property projects that threaten the environment if authorities fail to set clear guidelines, green groups and academics have warned ahead of Wednesday’s deadline for developers to express their interest. Greenpeace, the Hong Kong Bird Watching Society, seven other groups and an academic also said on Wednesday that the government’s approach, which includes allowing developers to propose ecotourism projects with residential... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3316680/hong-kongs-south-lantau-ecotourism-plan-may-harm-environment-green-groups?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3316680/hong-kongs-south-lantau-ecotourism-plan-may-harm-environment-green-groups?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 02 Jul 2025 11:55:17 +0000