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Massive coastal reclamation in S. Korea may
impact on Hong Kong
The South Korean government is about to
complete the 33km long seawall of the largest coastal reclamation in the world,
covering an area of 40,000, or about four times the size of Hong Kong! The
site at Saemangeum, is on the west coast of S. Korea and many scientists, green
groups and local people are against this project because of the social, economic
and environmental impacts it will cause. The Government says that the reclamation
is need to provide more land for rice farming but with increasees in agricultural
technology, S. Korea now annually produces a surplus of rice.
Many of the species of migratory waterbirds
that winters or passes through Mai Po and Inner Deep Bay also uses
the mudflats at Saemangeum. Loss of those coastal wetlands may well
impact on the waterbirds that migrate through Hong Kong.
For further information, please see http://www.wbkenglish.com/saemref.asp.
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