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New Boardwalk and Floating Hide at Mai Po
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With the problem of increasing sedimentation in Deep Bay, WWF decided in 2004 to build a new boardwalk and floating birdwatching hide further out on the Deep Bay mudflats. This was so that students and other visitors can view the spectacle of migratory waterbirds using this internationally important wetland over a greater range of tidal heights.
After some three years, WWF has now obtained an Environmental Permit from the Environmental Protection Department to begin the works in July 2007 and which will be completed by October 31.
The project will involve building a 600 meter fixed boardwalk as an extension to the existing floating boardwalk that lies outside the Closed Area Fence at Mai Po, and will run through the inter-tidal mangroves to a new floating hide that will have a capacity for some 30 people.
An anonymous donor provided the bulk of the money for the project whilst contributions also came from Cheung Kong (Holdings) Ltd., and WWF¡¦s annual Big Bird Race fundraising event. |
