Jointly Organized with the HKIE-EV and HKIE-AMC
Speaker
Dr. Billy HAU, Principal Lecturer of the School of Biological Sciences, the University of Hong Kong (HKU) Dr. Billy Hau got his PhD in HKU on forest ecology. He is a terrestrial
ecologist and a conservationist. His research focus is ecological
restoration, especially for terrestrial habitats in degraded tropical
East Asia. He is also interested in promoting urban biodiversity through
applied research. He is a local expert in ecological restoration on
man-made slopes and natural terrains and often engaged in contract
research projects on slopes for the Hong Kong SAR Government. His
contribution to the “Technical Guidelines on Landscape Treatment for
Slopes” has won him the Merits Award, Landscape Planning/ Research Study
Category, Hong Kong Institute of Landscape Architecture in 2012.
Programme Highlights
Despite the very dense human population, Hong Kong is not in lack of
urban biodiversity. Urban trees, especially urban greeneries, play an
important role in this mosaic landscape of developed areas, urban parks
and country parks. Further enhancing urban biodiversity through urban
forestry and planting the right tree species at the right place have
been included in one of the key action areas of the Hong Kong
Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan.In this seminar, the speaker will share the importance of biodiversity
and how to preserve and enhance urban biodiversity in Hong Kong.
Registration & Enquiries
The number of participants is limited to 50, and the applications will
be accepted on a first-come first-served basis. Attendance certificates
will be provided. For registration, please visit the webpage
http://mc.hkie.org.hk/. Successful applicants will be notified by email
individually.
For enquiries, please contact Miss Kahl CHEUNG at kahlcheung@gmail.com or by phone at 91990735.