HK Marine Park and River Valley Sacrificed to Small House Policy
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This document discusses plans to develop the Hoi Ha Marine Park and River Valley in Hong Kong that would threaten its biodiversity. It provides background on Hoi Ha, describing it as a special area that is home to many protected and rare species. It highlights the ecological importance of Hoi Ha's forests, streams, marshlands, coral reefs, and other habitats. The document urges decision makers to zone Hoi Ha as a conservation area to protect its biodiversity and preserve it for future generations. It argues the area should not be sacrificed to housing development as proposed by the Small House Policy.
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- 1. HOI HA MARINE PARK and RIVER VALLEY Sacrificed to the Small House Policy? Nicola NEWBERY
- 2. I first visited Hong Kong in 1966
- 3. Emigrated to HK 20 years ago • HK is my home • I am a Hong Konger • Adopted 2 children • My son has a 3* HK ID card • Lived all their lives at Hoi Ha • We love Hoi Ha • Hoi Ha is our home • Resident for 18 years, we are Hoi Ha villagers • We are major stakeholders.
- 4. Environmentalist I studied Environmental Impact Assessment at the Open University of Hong Kong Still work with my Professor - an expert on Hoi Ha’s mangroves Founded Friends of Hoi Ha in 2003, an environmental NGO Guiding school children and university students around Hoi Ha for 18 years Relocating starfish to Starfish Bay
- 5. Disappearing Countryside • New Territories: used to be remote and beautiful • Gradually the hills were flattened • Valleys were concreted and cities built • Wilderness areas still remain in our Country Parks and Marine Parks – but now under threat from plans to develop • Come with me to Hoi Ha…
- 6. Where is Hoi Ha?
- 7. Hoi Ha Wan Marine Park
- 8. Hoi Ha Road
- 9. Hoi Ha is Special 64 species of hard stony corals 1989 – Site of Special Scientific Interest 1996 – Marine Park
- 10. MARINE BIRDS - CORMORANTS Protected species, winter visitors to HK pass through Hoi Ha
- 11. White-bellied Sea Eagle and Osprey Protected Birds
- 12. Yellow Seahorses IUCN Status: Vulnerable
- 13. The intertidal shore is also a habitat
- 14. The beaches are fringed by mangroves
- 15. Site of Outstanding Natural Beauty
- 16. Tourist Destination 96,000 Visitors a year
- 17. A SCUBA-diving Destination Sailing Boats moor overnight Dive Boats come for the day
- 18. Outdoor Education and Field Trips
- 19. The River Valley and Marine Park are a Biodiversity Hotspot Sea – including a lagoon Shore Rivers Forest Marshland Open canopy shrubland ALL VALUABLE HABITATS See Lego Ho’s film: The Beauty Of Hoi Ha.mp4
- 20. LAGOON
- 21. Mangroves
- 22. Mangrove flowers – providing nectar for insects
- 23. Marshland starts at the coast
- 24. MARSHLAND – insect habitat
- 25. Streams flow through the marsh and into the sea
- 26. FOREST BEHIND THE MARSH
- 27. RIVER VALLEY FOREST Nature has reclaimed the abandoned agricultural fields on the valley floor Now a 50-year old forest
- 28. CHAMPION TREE Banyan Tree and native epiphyte living in harmony
- 29. Bracket Fungus Dead trees support life
- 30. Forest Streams This one flows through the middle of the forest Parallel to the main Hoi Ha Stream Exits through the marsh into the sea.
- 31. The main Hoi Ha Stream
- 32. Crabs live in the stream Protected orchids live alongside
- 33. Seasonal Marsh
- 34. Rare moth in the seasonal marsh Erebus hieroglyphica, Owlet Moth family Within Hong Kong, this species is only found at Hoi Ha Hundreds of moths found by Dr. Kendrick at this marsh
- 35. Seasonal Stream in Seasonal Marsh
- 36. Stream exits the Marsh into the sea
- 39. Rare butterflies
- 40. Hoi Ha is surrounded by forest
- 41. Fung Shui Forest to the east
- 42. What is Fung Shui Forest? • Mature, relatively undisturbed forest beside a village, typically less than an hectare in area • Dense and tall with old trees and vines, including protected species such as the Incense Tree, Aquilaria sinensis • Surrounded by secondary and modified woodland which as a whole are of high ecological value • Very important for maintaining biodiversity, rich in flora and fauna
- 43. Indian Muntjac Deer Porcupines
- 44. Leopard cats Wild Boar
- 45. Snakes Monkeys
- 46. Beetles Ants
- 47. Species Recorded by AFCD Flora 243 Fish 26 Molluscs 20 Insects (Misc.) 24 Crustaceans 10 Butterflies 7 Amphibians & Reptiles 4 Birds 1 Moths 0 Spiders etc. 0 Other Marine Fauna 0 Mammals 0 Recorded by NGOs 222 20 27 139 26 50+ 37 97 237 50 6 11 Poor Data from AFCD “NGOs” include: HK Wildlife, FOHH, KFBG, HK Birdwatching Society NGO DATA HAS BEEN COMPLETELY IGNORED
- 48. Plans to develop and destroy Hoi Ha • You have now explored much of the river valley and looked into the Marine Park. • You have seen that Hoi Ha is a special wilderness area, a biodiversity hotspot l loved by the public, • The reason we are here today is because you have to decide how to zone Hoi Ha
- 49. Facing an Environmental Disaster? A Monument to the Small House Policy
- 50. Death of the Marine Park? The forest keeps the sea clean and the coral healthy
- 51. Conservation Area Please protect Hoi Ha’s HABITATS and BIODIVERSITY • Protect our forests from being felled • Protect our streams from being diverted • Protect our marshlands from being drained • Please Save our Marine Park • Please confine development to the existing village • Please zone Conservation Area and Coastal Protection Area. • Please place farming in column 2 to stop ‘Destroy First, Apply Later’ tactics
- 52. A Plan Which Conserves Bio-Diversity and Preserves Hoi Ha for Future Generations.
- 53. Thank you. Any questions?
Notas do Editor
- End of the KCR line at Tai Po – this was a remote area, a real adventure travelling out there – padi fields and white ducks. Ladies dressed in traditional Hakka clothing – it was beautiful
- Who am I?
- Hedda Morrison, Ho Man Tin and Kowloon
- Hoi Ha is way up in the north-east New Territories. Here is Hong Kong Island, here is Tai Po and the Tolo Channel, and here is Hoi Ha. We can see mainland China on a clear day.
- In days gone by, the main access to Hoi Ha was by boat from Tai Po, up the Tolo Channel. Sai Kung was a long walk away over the mountains, few people ever made that journey.
- Nowadays, it’s a beautiful drive through Sai Kung Country Park thanks to a road that was constructed for the High Island Reservoir project in 1978
- On account of its corals – it has 64 species of hard stony coral – it was designated first as an SSSI and then as a Marine Park. Raymond Man’s film – stop after the jelly fish
- Once a year, cormorants pass through Hoi Ha. They take a rest before moving on to Deep Water Bay
- White-bellied sea eagle and an Osprey
- The biggest thrill for me is the fact that we have seahorses at Hoi Ha – this is a Hippocampus Kuda – Yellow seahorse
- A ghost crab, photographed by my 8-year old daughter on Hoi Ha beach.
- This is a new mangrove area growing up on former farm land that has eroded over the last 50 years and is now covered in sand and sea.
- Looking out to sea and on to the shore, this is a site of outstanding natural beauty.
- Swimming, kayaking, snorkelling and diving
- Some tourists come by boat – they sail here and stay overnight, or come on a dive boat to dive the coral beds
- Hoi Ha Marine Park is one big outdoor classroom – these students are from the University of Hong Kong
- A variety of valuable habitats in the Marine Park, on the surrounding hillside and in the river valley, make Hoi Ha a biodiversity hotspot. Lego Ho’s film will give you a feel for the area.
- The beaches at Hoi Ha are dynamic and forever moving. The entrance to the lagoon widens or narrows according to the time of year. The lagoon is fed by streams, and contains the main stand of mangroves.
- True and associate mangroves also fringe the coastline. The only known breeding colony in the world of the Eristena China-Mark moth found on one of the mangroves.
- Covered in over 26 species of marshland plants, the marsh is home to freshwater shrimps, Pink – Impatiens chinensis; White – Ludwigia adscendens; Blue – Pogostemon auricularius
- Dragonflies and grasshoppers,
- Home to fish, shrimps, crabs and crayfish
- Stream has emerged from the forest behind the marsh
- Ficus microcarpa and Dischidia sinensis – living in harmony
- Dead tr
- The stream contains rare fish (Predaceous Chub), eels and a critically endangered species of terrapin. The banks of the stream have plants protected in law (Rhododendrum simsii) and a top predator, a Brown Fish Owl
- The seasonal marsh dries out in the in the dry season but in the rainy season is so wet and boggy that you sink up to your knees in mud, surrounded by tadpoles. Common Asian Toad Bufo melanostictus
- During the rainy season, a seasonal stream flows down the hillside and enters the seasonal marsh. This stream is full of freshwater shrimps. The seasonal and permanent stream converge and flow into the sea.
- Exiting onto the beach and into the sea
- Open canopy shrubland is valuable habitat for birds and butterflies
- A Commander.
- The hills are covered in trees, the river valley is forested, and the coastline is fringed with mangroves
- There is Fung shui woodland on the hillside to the east of the village. Mature, relatively undisturbed forest beside a village, typically less than an hectare in area Dense and tall with with old trees and vines, including protected species such as the Incense Tree, Aquilaria sinensis Very important for maintaining biodiversity, rich in flora and fauna Surrounded by secondary and modified woodland which as a whole are of high ecological value
- Burmese Python and a Macaque
- We are facing an environmental disaster at Hoi Ha. We are going to lose an entire forest so that the valley can be developed by both Government and by private individuals under the Small House Policy.