Location
Ho Sheung Heung Wetlands, Long Valley Nature Park, Sheung Shui, New Territories, Hong Kong
Ho Sheung Heung Wetlands, Long Valley Nature Park, Sheung Shui, New Territories, Hong Kong
Size
37 ha
37 ha
Designer
AECOM + CEDD + Conservancy Association + Bird Watching Society
Project Year
2019 - 2023
Status
To be Completed
To be Completed
Location Map
Key Tensions
Meet the Arborist and Conservationist - Ms. Kami Hui
Long Valley Freshwater Agricultural Wetland Management: Collaboration between ENGOs and Local Farmers in Ho Sheung Heung
Long valley is the largest contiguous freshwater wetland in Hong Kong. It has been called the first case in HK that conservation groups won the contest with development. Through a series of protests, a piece of wetland with high ecological values was protected when (Kowloon–Canton Railway Corporation) KCR proposed to build the new Lok Ma Chau Spur Line in 2000. Today, Ho Sheung Heung farmland management, as the Long Valley Management Agreement (LVMA) pilot project, has become a role model for conservation projects in Hong Kong which integrates agriculture, biodiversity, landscape conservation, cultural heritage, education and local community participation on the same piece of land.
How are Wetland farming contributing to the local biodiversity and ecological restoration? What is the role of green groups in the cooperation of various actors?
