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2021年3月2日 · But what about other at-risk species? Here are seven of Hong Kong’s most vulnerable species you should know about. Somanniathelphusa zanklon. This tiny crab is at risk of disappearing due to...
Hawksbill Turtle - Eretmochelys imbricata. Status: Critically Endangered. The life of a hawksbill sea turtle is one of long odds and improbable journeys. Measuring about three feet in diameter, with a mottled, amber-hued shell, hawksbills take decades to reach reproductive age.
Here you can learn about Hong Kong's international commitment to endangered species, local initiatives to protect them, what the Government is doing to regulate the trade in endangered species, public awareness activities and the Endangered Species
More than HK$767 million worth of trafficked wildlife were seized in Hong Kong between 2013-2019, including over 22 metric tonnes of ivory, 70 metric tonnes of pangolin scales and carcasses, & 66 metric tonnes of other endangered species.
Giant Panda. © WWF-Hong Kong. While the Panda is one of the world’s most iconic species, known and loved across the world, this peaceful, bamboo-eating member of the bear family faces a number of threats to its survival. Its forest habitat is fragmented and populations are small and isolated from each other, and poaching remains an ever ...
Restoring Hong Kong's Lost Oyster Reefs for Nature Oysters and other shellfish provide a boon of benefits, acting as natural filter feeders that improve local water quality and stabilize shorelines. The Nature Conservancy Hong Kong has deployed two pilot oyster reefs in Lau Fau Shan and Tolo Harbour using discarded shells.
Introduction. It is thought that Hong Kong was part of a great tropical broad-leave forest with abundant elephants, tigers, wild red dogs, and a wide variety of tropical species about three thousand years ago. However, agriculture and urbanization depleted the natural habitats.
