The following comes from a WWF Hong Kong email which I received this morning:
 © Lindsay Porter / WWF Hong Kong |
The Highways Department has recently released the environmental impact assessment (EIA) of the Hong Kong Zhuhai Macau Bridge (the Bridge) for public consultation. The Bridge cuts right through the middle of a major dolphin habitat. The impact on the dolphins of such a massive development is expected to be significant but difficult to measure, so the project represents a dangerous experiment to the dolphin’s very survival in our waters. WWF is now calling for your support to ask for more marine protected areas for dolphins, which should include:
- The two marine parks endorsed by the Country and Marine Park Board in 2002 at Southwest Lantau and Soko Islands and;
- The waters around the Brothers Islands and Tai O which are confirmed to be hotspots of dolphin occurrence.
Please submit a letter to the Environmental Protection Department (EPD) on or before 12 September 2009 when the public consultation ends.
