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The wetland Park : How to balance between conservation and tourist activities. F.6B Tsoi WS. What is wetland???? Criteria of a Ramsar Site : a particularly good representation of a natural or near-natural wetland supports an appreciable assemblage of rare, vulnerable, or endangered
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The wetland Park:How to balance between conservation and tourist activities. F.6B Tsoi WS
What is wetland???? • Criteria of a Ramsar Site : • a particularly good representation of a natural or near-natural wetland • supports an appreciable assemblage of rare, vulnerable, or endangered • species of plants or animals • holds more than 20,000 water birds. • holds more than 1% of the individuals in the population of a species of • organisms
Hong Kong Wetland Park • Area:10,000m2 • Location:northern part of Tin Shui Wai, New • Territories • To compensate for the wetlands lost due to • Tin Shui Wai New Town development
Value of The Wetland Park • To foster public awareness, knowledge and understanding of the inherent values of wetlands • To marshal public support and action for wetland conservation • To demonstrate the diversity of the Hong Kong's wetland ecosystem • To create a visitor attraction of international status
Facilities in wetland park: • five themed exhibition galleries • -What are Wetlands? • -Living Wetlands • -Human Culture • -Viewing Gallery • -Wetland Challenge
three Bird Hides • --field surveys on birds, dragonflies or butterflies
a theatre • --workshops --Exploring the Wonders of Wetlands
fish pond • -- learn about creatures that are capable of moving • briskly on and beneath the water body.
Mangrove Boardwalk , mudflat • --learn more about inter tidal animals • e.g. fiddler crabs and mudskippers.
Pui Pui’s home ---outdoor enclosure incorporating pool --- are advised to watch Pui Pui quietly without causing undue disturbance e.g. knocking at the glass panels
an indoor play area (swamp adventure) • ---an adventurous indoor play area with swamp forest setting.
a resource centre • --- comprises: - a small library • - a classroom with 50 seats • - a wetland laboratory • --- encourage the public to further the pursuit of wetland and nature conservation knowledge.
a souvenir shop • -located at the left-hand side of the Atrium-can buy souvenir items to enrich your wetland experience-help to conserve the wetlands.
Percentage of people can learn information of environment protection from the Wetland park • YES-Can learn more about the environment-Can learn more about the balance of conservation and tourism
Percentage of people willing to go to the Wetland park again • YES-Can learn more about environmental information- Cheap
Conclusion: -- Can foster public awareness, knowledge and understanding of the inherent values of wetlands -- Can marshal public support and action for wetland conservation