From Threat to Investment: Wetland Conservation in Hong Kong, Slides of Business Management and Analysis

Download From Threat to Investment: Wetland Conservation in Hong Kong and more Slides Business Management and Analysis in PDF only on Docsity! Mai Po Marshes From Development Threat to Investment in Natural Capital Docsity.com Environmental Impact Case Study • Understand the powerful impact of government regulations on business • The conflicts of interest and the political process of regulation creation and enforcement • Profound social shifts in attitude that change how business can be carried out • EIA, Town Planning boards, Government long term planning • Linkage to technological infrastructure and land-use planning Docsity.com Ramsar Site • Wetland of International Importance' under the Ramsar Convention (120 countries, 900 wetlands) • International convention signed by Britain and China and extended to Hong Kong in 1979 • Hong Kong has international obligation to protect its valuable wetlands • 1,500 hectares in Mai Po and Inner Deep Bay, $423 million over five years for land clearance, education and conservation management Docsity.com Why Mai Po Qualifies as a Ramsar Site • The stand of mangrove forest round Deep Bay/Mai Po is the sixth largest remaining along the coast of China, and the reedbed is one of the largest in Guangdong Province • 12 endangered waterbirds species occur in Mai Po. In addition, over 20 species of invertebrates new to science have been found there. • Mai Po regularly holds over 20,000 wintering waterbirds. In January, 1996 over 68,000 waterbirds were recorded in the Mai Po/Deep Bay wetlands. • Mai Po holds over 1% of the individuals in the population of 11 species of waterbirds. In particular about 23% of the world population of the Black-faced Spoonbill, Platalea minor, winters at Mai Po. Docsity.com Docsity.com ee hui Wai and Ramsar Site. HONG KONG SHH THE TERRITORY OF  7, Site and Tin Shui Wai New Town. Docsity.com Mai Po Ecology Docsity.com Mai Po Ecology • Migration and endangered species • Natural and human made feeding areas • Mangrove forests and reed beds • Ecosystem services Docsity.com Sung Hung Kai: from container terminal to investment in natural capital • Lok Ma Chau container terminal plans • Land assembly • Town Planning Board rezoning • Residential development/Wetlands trust alternative • 1st EIA application • Second EIA application Docsity.com Boundary of site (in red) within wetlands of North West New Territories Docsity.com OK'MA CHAU SPUR. LINE ae TPB Requirements • Commit to wetland conservation zoning • 12 month Ecological Impact Assessment (EcoIA) • Reduce the size of development • Prevent additional pollution into Deep Bay • Private-Public Partnership Docsity.com SHK’s Response • Reduce area, development size, and building height • Reconfigure development (consolidation of wetland and development) • Reduce transport and sewage burdens • Design ‘San Tin Wetland Trust (Ecological Reserve Trust) as basis of private-public partnership Docsity.com Changes from 1st to 2nd Proposals • 1,955,240 m2 • 90,701 m2 (5%) • 57 • 7,280 • 15,819 • 8-20 Overall site area • 1,572,153 m2 Buildable area in CA • 194,000 m2 (13.7%) Number of blocks • 93 Number of units (avg. 67.5 m2) • 11,664 Design Population • 31,500 Block height (stories) • 6-30 Docsity.com Relocation of Development Land Docsity.com FIG. 7 - FUTURE RAIL NETWORK IN THE VICINITY OF THE SAN TIN DEVELOPMENT Railway Station —_— Railway Alignment Proposed development [> SHK’s Private-Public Partnership • No-net-loss principal • Land reallocation and remediation • Bund removal and island creation • Site management and funding • Fish farmer cooperation Docsity.com Benefits to SHK • ? • ? • ? • ? Docsity.com LANDSCAPE SUFFER \ LOK MA CHAU SPUR LINE 2 © OVERALLSITEAREA 5 BS B PROPOSED DOMESTIC r SS | PROPOSED BUILDABLE Cc a , PLOTRATIO 4 S A e > tom SEES : DONESTIC SITE COVER \. S ¥ . » SS : = ible et Aa 23m WIDE INTERNAL ROAD == : [NO.OF | NO.OF STOR -- ~. SS FLOORPLAT > a ; Pe — Docsity.com Buffer’s on Development Border Docsity.com Sa Wai new man-made wetland. Docsity.com EIA References • EPD Environmental Impact Ordinance at http://www.info.gov.hk/epd/ea&m/index.htm • Chapter 3 Environmental Impact Assessment in Welford, Richard and Gouldson, Andrew 1993. Environmental Management and Business Strategy. London: Pitman Publishing. • Chapter 6 Environmental Assessment, auditing and information systems, in Roberts, Peter 1995. Environmentally Sustainable Business. London: Paul Chapman Publishing. Docsity.com Environmental Impact Case Study • What is threatened in the area being developed? • According to EIA regulations how should (was) development controlled in the area? Has it been done? • How does the EIA ensure that the ecology of the site and the threats to it are understood? • Who are the stakeholders and what are their interests? • Where does control and power reside? • What is the likely result of the conflict of interest? Docsity.com