Former Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying proposed in 2017 to build houses in areas with "low ecological value" such as the borders of country parks. The current Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor even said: "When thousands of children live in poor living conditions, is it still not possible to fill in areas outside the Victoria Harbour? Can we not explore the use of the border areas of country parks?” This statement shows that the government still stands on the opposite side of conservation and development, which is completely contrary to the concept of "sustainable development."
Eco-environmental compensation (habitat compensation) is to offset or neutralize the damage to species habitat and biodiversity caused by new urban development through afforestation or restoration of degraded land in other places. It is a kind of "no net loss" Policies such as the Hong Kong Wetland Park is also one of the habitat compensation areas to make up for the habitat loss in the Deep Bay area due to the development of the new town in Tin Shui Wai.
Hou Zhiheng pointed out that whether habitat compensation is effective for conservation is mostly based on the range of habitats that need to be compensated, the types of habitats, and whether the resources for long-term management are sufficient, but he also frankly admitted that habitat compensation in Hong Kong is not perfect.
Hou Zhiheng criticized that the government only told him that the Habitat Compensation Plan was successful, and it has been reluctant to conduct research and provide data. The practice is very "unscientific."
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However, Hou Zhiheng criticized that the government only told him that the plan was successful, and it has been reluctant to conduct research and provide data. The practice is very "unscientific."
Tree planting is Hou Zhiheng’s undergraduate research project. He understands that the difficulty of planting trees is quite high, but the government’s tree planting contract is only three years, and the maximum is only six years. "They think that the forest will automatically grow in three years. Of course this is not the case. If they think that (the forest) can become a forest without management, this idea is no different from dumping money into the sea.”
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