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Articles and features on conservation, including environment, habitat loss, farming, pollution, green living, sustainability and how to follow an eco-friendly lifestyle.
Cockatoos perch on the branch of a blooming cotton tree and feed on flowers in Admiralty on March 18. Photo: Karma Lo
Hong Kong environmental issues

Editorial | Hong Kong’s biodiversity successes should spark more action

A recent study on the city’s wild cockatoo population is the latest reminder that balancing development and conservation is possible.

Australia

Australia’s Great Barrier Reef avoids ‘in danger’ listing by Unesco

Hong Kong society

Editorial | Hong Kong must keep an eagle eye out for wildlife traffickers

Hong Kong environmental issues

Hong Kong moves to curb flow of high liquid content waste in landfills

Conservationists praise proposal, saying it will protect local waters and coastlines from the risk of toxic leakage.

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Landfills accepted around 1,500 tonnes of high liquid content waste last year. Photo: Sam Tsang
Malaysia

Is Malaysia risking its world-class coral reefs for offshore oil?

A new report reveals that 86 per cent of the country’s sensitive marine environments overlap with active or proposed oil and gas blocks.

Animal welfare in Hong Kong

Rescuers snap into action after crocodile found in Hong Kong building

Member of the public spotted 1.5-metre reptile at a residential block in Sham Shui Po and called police.

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Animals

Iceland resumes whale hunt amid protest

It is one of the only three countries – alongside Japan and Norway – that still openly permit whaling.

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Two whaling ships are docked in the harbour in Reykjavik, Iceland, in August 2019. Photo: dpa
Indonesia

Indonesian police foil turtle-smuggling ring in Bali, rescue 21 live animals

One man has been charged under Indonesia’s wildlife protection laws, and faces up to 15 years’ jail and huge fines if found guilty.

Crime

Police release man arrested after boy ends up in UK zoo’s crocodile enclosure

Police declare suspect unfit for questioning as boy, 3, is in a critical but stable condition in hospital.

Hong Kong environmental issues

Green group urges Hong Kong to cut excessive e-commerce packaging waste

The Green Earth urges Hong Kong to align with mainland Chinese packaging limits after study estimates city generated 2.7 million kg of waste.

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Steven Chan (left), assistant environmental affairs manager at The Green Earth, and Iris Chiu, the NGO’s environmental affairs officer, at a press briefing calling for the reduction of plastic packaging. Photo: Elson Li
Hong Kong tourism

Can Hong Kong cash in on ecotourism without trashing its natural treasures?

With more visitors seeking outdoor experiences in Hong Kong, how do authorities protect the landscapes they are promoting?

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Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen
Hong Kong environmental issues

Proposed Sai Kung marine park to cover most coral reefs: Hong Kong authorities

Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department also says underwater mapping technology used to assess coral coverage.

Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong push to double size of tech hub raises fears over migratory flyway fate

Under amended proposal, planned project size will increase from 15 to 30 hectares and building height limit will reach up to about 250 metres.

Africa

Kenya police fire tear gas, arrest ex-chief justice at national park protest

Hundreds of activists join protest against plans to build on part of a national ‌park in Kenya’s capital.

Kenya’s former chief justice and presidential contender David Maraga, centre, being shielded by protesters. Photo: Reuters
Environment

Asia’s marine pledges face credibility test at global ocean conference

Experts say even as momentum on ocean commitments grows in Asia, gaps in implementation and delivery remain.

A mangrove forest in Balikpapan, Indonesia. Photo: AFP
Indonesia

A hidden ecological shift is sparking a wave of crocodile attacks in Indonesia

Logging and other deforestation activities have led to an increased likelihood of human-wildlife conflicts.

Hong Kong economy

Booking system considered to protect popular Hong Kong hiking trail from crowds

More people than expected visited scenic Po Pin Chau during recent holiday peaks.

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Environment

Dead humpback whale Timmy brought ashore on Danish island

The carcass is due to be examined on the beach in the coming week.

The dead whale lies bloated off the coast of the Danish island of Anholt. The whale is the humpback known as Timmy, which first stranded off Timmendorfer Strand in late March and was transported to the North Sea about a month later. Photo: dpa
Laos

After years in tiny cages, 27 moon bears finally taste freedom in Laos

The raid on a brutal bile extraction facility disguised as a zoo was believed to be the largest in Southeast Asian history.

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Hong Kong environmental issues

Letters | Why Hong Kong’s Sharp Island should be a marine park

Readers discuss how holistic management can promote both conservation and ecotourism, and Singapore’s new anti-bullying measures.

Hong Kong society

Hong Kong villager steps up ‘adopt a tree’ bid amid Northern Metropolis evictions

Ken Mak says he wants to save decades-old trees planted by his grandfather from ‘being crushed to death by excavators’.

Ken Mak (left) and father Johnny Mak at Yick Yuen Village. Photo: Edmond So
Asean

Over 4,300 Southeast Asian species face extinction threat

Tigers, giant catfish, gibbons and pangolins are among the thousands of ‘critically endangered’ or ‘endangered’ species in the region.

A critically endangered Sumatran rhino calf with its mother at the Way Kambas National Park Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary in Indonesia. Photo: AFP/Indonesia’s Ministry of Environment and Forestry
Hong Kong environmental issues

Visitor quotas needed to protect country parks, 4 trails challenge founder says

Andre Blumberg, who created 298km ultra-marathon, says recent scenes of overcrowding in country parks left him feeling ‘quite disturbed’.

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Hong Kong environmental issues

Opinion | Mass tourism is not ecotourism. Hong Kong must do better on this soon

The Yangtze’s turnaround was made possible by the political will to resist economic pressure. Hong Kong should implement similar principles.

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Animals

German police kill escaped tiger after handler mauled

Tiger escaped from a private facility, seriously injuring a volunteer before police shot the animal dead.

Officers with heavy weapons at the scene. Photo: dpa
Animals

Timmy, the stranded whale that captivated Germany, found dead in Denmark

The animal had recently been released in the North Sea after an expensive and controversial rescue operation.

Helpers use straps to try to pull a stranded humpback whale in Fährdorf, Germany, in April. Photo: dpa via AP
Britain

Turning over a new leaf: why UK’s green mandate is a win for Asia

The Green Party’s record-breaking gains in UK council elections are a sign voters are taking climate change seriously, analysts say.

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Animals

US tourist arrested for allegedly throwing rock at endangered Hawaiian seal

A video of the incident of a coconut-sized rock being hurled towards the animal’s head has drawn widespread condemnation.

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