CPD SEMINAR: Briefing Session on Hong Kong's Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (BSAP)
Date: 04 July 2025
Organiser: HKIA UDPSC
Date: 4 July 2025 (Fri)
Time: 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Delivery: Hybrid Mode (Physical at HKIA Premises, 19/F, One Hysan Avenue, Causeway Bay + Zoom)
Language: Cantonese + English
CPD Hours: 1.5
Admission Fee: Free
Quota: 70 persons (Physical) + 500 persons (Zoom)
[Registration Link]
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Synopsis
The Environment and Ecology Bureau and the Agriculture and Fisheries and Conservation Department are in the process of updating Hong Kong’s Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (BSAP). A 2-month public consultation was launched on 12 May 2025.
In advance of this, more than 120 people from 67 organisations, including leading experts from universities, non-governmental organisations, and the corporate sector, worked together for nine months last year to make recommendations to the Government for the forthcoming BSAP consultation. The process was led by the Hong Kong Biodiversity Expert Group Steering Committee (HKBEG) with Prof Christine Loh as Chair, and Dr Michael Lau as Vice Chair, while the Business Environment Council convened a dedicated focus group for the corporate sector.
HKBEG submitted its report to the HKSAR Government in December 2024 containing 75 priority recommendations. Five priority areas were highlighted, each with detailed recommendations:
i)Initiate large-scale restoration of both terrestrial and marine ecosystems.
ii)Significantly scale up the protection of Hong Kong’s coastal and marine ecosystems.
iii)Increase safeguards to protect Hong Kong’s most endangered species.
iv)Mainstream biodiversity in business to engage the private sector in biodiversity conservation.
v)Strengthen regulations on the legal and illegal wildlife trade.
Speakers
Ms. Kitty TAM
Programme Lead, Civic Exchange
Prof Christine LOH, SBS, JP, OBE
Chair of the Hong Kong Biodiversity Expert Group (HKBEG)
Chief Development Strategist at the Institute for the Environment, HKUST
Former Under Secretary for the Environment of the HKSAR Government
