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Contributors and Contributing Organizations

Contributors

Henry Tang brought his first digital camera several years ago and was inspired by a picture of Large Faun (Faunis eumeus). He loves butterflies, the nature, traveling and photographing. He is ready to share the world’s different culture and landscape with everyone.

Wong Wai Kin is an adventure race and marathon athlete, also the Chairman of Hong Kong Multi-sports Association, leader of 2003-2007 the Hong Kong team (Hong Kong Mountaineering Association) in Chinese International Mountain Adventure Race, Former Senior Coach of Outward Bound Hong Kong, Adventure Education Consultant, Hong Kong Canoe Union Level 2 Coach and Fitness Trainer.

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Anita Lee loves nature photographing and article writing. She enjoys exploring the beauty of nature and visiting wildlife, therefore she is keen to share with friends and readers with the beautiful experience with nature photographs and writings.

Byron Li is a simple person that working in environmental education and education for sustainable development. I love nature. I love wandering toilets to search for insects. I especially like taking photos of butterflies, moths, dragonflies and grasshoppers.

Elaine Kwong is a speech therapist who loves mountains and mountaineering and would like to protect mountains. She does not like to study but have stayed in the University of Hong Kong for seven years, conducting research on something unrelated to mountains.

Dr. Sidney C.H. Cheung, Director, Centre for Cultural Heritage Studies, the Chinese University of Hong Kong. I aim to keep learning and doing my bit to educate our youngsters. Here’s hoping this story inspires young people to see our nature and society from a new perspective.

Beth Yu teaches geography at China Holiness Church Living Spirit College. She loves to observe nature and explore the beautiful landscape with her students and friends.

Bosco Chan and Lee Kwok Shing are nature lovers and work for nature conservation. Not having enough at work, they also spend a lot of their spare time enjoying "the wonders of nature", either up in the mountains or down under the sea, and go on wildlife-watching holidays in Asia whenever possible.

Chan Yat Fong has been active in local hiking circles for more than four decades. He is the chief leader of the Righteous Hiking Group, and the chief editor of Hong Kong Traveler. He devotes his time to promoting academic insight in hiking activities.

Charis Chiu is also known as Citygreener at leafvein.net. He is a biology teacher at a local secondary school and works for nature conservation education. He encourages his students to enjoy nature and conducts studies on plant classification. Charis shoots and studies his plant friends, then puts up his work on his website.

Charles Frew is an experienced professional in the diving and marine industry and the director of Asiatic Marine. He is actively involved with shark conservation, shark diving, underwater filming and marine awareness. An award-winning videographer, his overseas assignments with international film companies have taken him to some of the remotest regions of Asia-Pacific in search of elusive and spectacular marine life.

Chong Dee Hwa is an expert on the fish of Hong Kong. Since the early 80’s, he has been studying the taxonomy, biogeography, evolution, and ecology of fish, especially freshwater to coastal marine fish. He loves art and is also a professional wildlife photographer. He has published books on both academic studies and nature photography.

Chow Shu Kai has a masters degree in Literature. He is a director of radio programmes and a feature writer and author, mainly on local heritage and customs.

Christina Chan is a nature education worker. Her dream is to travel through the seven continents and across the five oceans. Nature photography is her life. She likes to record the nature creations with her camera.

Chu Wai Ling, Mabel a dreamer who enjoys her life.

Corsica Kong has been in love with the nature since she was a child. Being with the nature is a kind of great joy in her life. She did not consider other subjects but only Biology. Corsica always wants to share her love to nature with the others so that they can also feel the beauty inside. Above all, she really hopes that all of them can appreciate such an amazing miracle from the Creator.

Dr. Alan Leung gained his Doctor of Philosophy degree in the Department of Ecology & Biodiversity in HKU, after he graduated there for his Environment Science degree. He studies the ecology of Hong Kong stream communities, mainly on insects and the Hong Kong newt. He is also a nature lover and he believes it would be more enjoyable for people to visit the nature if they have more knowledge on the ecology on the organisms as well as the environment.

Franco Chan has 26 years of mountaineering experience. He is a Level 2 Mountain Craft Coach and Level 1 Sport Climbing Coach for the Hong Kong Mountaineering Union. He is also a former member of the Hong Kong Climbing Team and will soon be a Level 1 Snow and Ice Climbing Coach.

Fred Yeung has been devoting his time in various outdoor adventure sports over many years and got his international rope access & rescue instructor qualification in UK in 2000. Since 2001, Fred has been working on race route set up in many international adventure races in Asia Pacific region, and has been teaching rope access & rescue courses in HK and Europe. He is now the director of Dimensions Access Services, which organizes outdoor adventure / technical events for various clients.

Jacky Yeung is a freelance photographer. He loves nature and enjoys the freedom. No matter it is a sole exploration, or hiking with companions, every journey is enjoyable too. He loves to share the unforgettable memories with friends.

Samson So likes to record the beauty of nature, and hopes to promote the conception of conservation by his photos and writings. He would like to share the wonderful nature with people and hence the environmental and conservation works could be carried out more easily. His articles and photographs were widely published in books, magazines, newspapers and other conservation bulletins.

Stephen Wong was born in Hong Kong in 1961 and later studied in South America 1975-87. Takako Uno grew up in Japan and became a nurse. They met while shooting underwater photos in Malaysia and become a marine photojournalist couple in 1997. Now residing in Hong Kong, their work has taken them around the globe from the tropical waters of the Indo-Pacific to the floating ice of the Arctic Circle.

Contributing Organisations

The Conservancy Association, founded in 1968, is the non-government environmental organisation with the longest history in Hong Kong. As a champion of sustainable development, we are dedicated to the protection of the environment and the conservation of natural and cultural heritage. Our mission is to enhance the quality of life of both this and future generations, and to ensure that Hong Kong shoulders her regional and global environmental responsibilities. We achieve this by advocating appropriate policies, monitoring government action, promoting environmental education and taking a lead in community participation.

Consumers' Acting for People and the Environment was established in 2003 to encourage reflection on consumption and the role consumer in global environment problems. They urge the public to be responsible consumers, and act for people and the environment by minimizing materialistic pursuits, thus reducing the disasters bring to human, nature and the indigenous people.

Greenpeace China was established in Hong Kong in 1997. With offices in Beijing and Guangzhou, they promote environmental protection activities and sustainable development in China. They currently have over 40,000 donors and supporters in Hong Kong. To maintain its independence, Greenpeace does not accept funding from companies and governments.

Hong Kong Lepidopterists' Society is the only organization for people loving butterflies and moths in Hong Kong and was founded in 1999. The Society aims at promoting educational, conservational and scientific activities related to Hong Kong butterflies and moths. The Society organized a series of talks and field trips to introduce the interest to the public.

Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden (KFBG) is situated below the northern slopes of Hong Kong’s Tai Mo Shan. Two steep spurs enclose its deep-set valley, which shelters streams, woodlands, orchards and vegetable terraces, together with conservation and education facilities. The new mission set recently is “to increase the awareness of our relationship with the environment”. The new focus is to promote conservation education, environmental sustainability, and the protection of biodiversity in Hong Kong and beyond.

Oxfam Hong Kong is an independent development and relief agency based in Hong Kong. We work with poor people regardless of race, sex, religion or politics in their struggle against poverty, distress and suffering. Our vision is for a world where people are equally assured of their rights with dignity and respect, including access to food, shelter, employment and health care, in a sustainable manner. Oxfam Hong Kong is a member of Oxfam International.

Sky Observers' Association (Hong Kong) was founded on 1972 and approved as a non-profit organization from Hong Kong Government on 1976. It is one of the amateur astronomy associations in Hong Kong. The existing number of members is around 350.

The Hong Kong Bird Watching Society (HKBWS) was founded in 1957, and is now a non-profit charitable organization with a membership of around 600 in Hong Kong and overseas. The Society promotes bird watching and leads study and conservation of birds in Hong Kong, and is an affiliated member of BirdLife International.

The Hong Kong People's Council for Sustainable Development was incorporated in September 2003 and is a non-governmental and not-for-profit organization. On the basis of the United Nation's Rio Declaration in 1992 and the Johannesburg Declaration in 2002, our mission can be encapsulated in three catchwords: People, Planet, and Prosperity.