Team

The Centre for Civil Society and Governance of the University of Hong Kong

The Centre for Civil Society and Governance of the University of Hong Kong (HKU-CCSG) is the initiator and coordinator of this collaborative project, co-organising with The Association for Sha Tau Kok Culture and Ecology (ASTKCE) Dr. Michael Lau, Mr. Leon Lau, The Outdoor Wildlife Learning Hong Kong (OWLHK), Florescence Studio Co., and local village landlords are also collaborators of the project.

Association for Sha Tau Kok Cultural and Ecology

The Association for Sha Tau Kok Culture and Ecology takes its roots in the northeast of the New Territories.  It actively engages in sustainable eco-tourism, education and rural revitalization projects. It serves to impel construction advancement in rural neighbourhoods, provide diversified experiential eco- or cultural activities, and enhance integrated information on green tourism platforms and the carrying capacity of rural tourism. It is mainly responsible for coordinating capacity-building activities, managing daily on-site operations and implementing volunteer and education programmes. 

Mui Tsz Lam and Kop Tong Villagers

Villagers are land owners of the place and are important partners of the programme. They will help reflect upon the impacts of their land management approach on nature conservation. Villagers are actively engaged in planning the conservation management of the lands, to build in environmental stewardship and collaborative governance of the place.

Outdoor Wildlife Learning Hong Kong

Outdoor Wildlife Learning Hong Kong (OWLHK) is a local environmental education charity established in 2016, promoting nature conservation and environmental education in Hong Kong through outdoor education. Their fervent team shares one vision: to contribute to and promote ecological conservation and environmental education in Hong Kong with our passion, expertise and ambitions.

In the Programme, OWLHK will play an important role in executing biodiversity monitoring and the Citizen Scientists Programme. 

Ip Hiu Man, Human

Miss Human Ip is a painter and a writer who won the champion for Youth Literary Awards in the open category. Through illustration and text, her interest in exploring the natural ecosystem is embedded in her works elegantly and delicately. Her publications include “In Search of Flora” (2014), “In Search of Flora 2” (2016), “In Search of Fauna” (2017), “Hermit in situ”(2019) and  “In Search of Fauna 2" (2021). 

Ip is the mural-curator as well as the documented. She conducts research and develops artistic interpretation and documentation of rural, cultural, and natural assets in the programme.

Hong Kong Tree Society

The vision of Hong Kong Tree Society is to educate the public to know more about trees, to love trees, and to protect the environment. They manage a plant website hktree.com that introduces native plants, their locations and related information. They also provide courses and outdoor tree-guided tours to the public.  

In the Programme, it assists in establishing a butterfly garden and devising conservation initiatives for butterflies.