Countryside Conservation
As announced in the Chief Executive's 2017 Policy Address, the Government will enhance the conservation of remote areas in the countryside, thereby protecting the natural ecology, revitalising the architectural environment of villages, and conserving cultural resources. A Countryside Conservation Office (CCO) was established under the Environmental Protection Department in end July 2018 and has been transferred to the Environment Branch of the Environment and Ecology Bureau with effect from 1 January 2023 to coordinate conservation projects that promote sustainable development of remote countryside, and $1 billion has been earmarked for such conservation efforts and revitalisation works.
The Advisory Committee on Countryside Conservation involving stakeholders from different sectors of the community was set up in July 2019 to advise on the priorities for conservation and revitalisation works proposals to be carried out by the CCO, as well as to advise on the policy and operational matters relating to the Countryside Conservation Funding Scheme (CCFS). For more information, please visit here on CCFS.
The Expert Group on Conservation for Sha Lo Tung was set up in March 2024, with Professor Lam Kin-che as the convener and members including experts and scholars from fields of nature conservation or related sectors involved in promoting conservation work, stakeholders from different sectors of the community, to assist the Government in mapping out the long-term strategies for conservation of ecology and biodiversity in Sha Lo Tung, advise the Government on measures to promote scientific research and eco-recreation in Sha Lo Tung, and steer the implementation of conservation studies and projects carried out in Sha Lo Tung.
Countryside Conservation Office
Advisory Committee on Countryside Conservation
Expert Group on Conservation for Sha Lo Tung