Location
Ho Sheung Heung, Sheung Shui, New Territories, Hong Kong
Size
37 ha
Project Team
The Conservancy Association
Project Year
2005 – present
Phase
Maintenance
Key Tensions
Meet the arborist and the conservationist – Ms. Kami Hui
↓
Long Valley Freshwater Agricultural Wetland Management: Collaborations 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?