WWF Hong Kong will run the 12 th Discover Mai Po Charity Walk at Mai Po Nature Reserve on 28 November, 5 and 12 December 2004 to raise public awareness on the importance of Mai Po and raise funds for the management of the reserve.

The enrolment of the walk began in early November and the public response is overwhelming. The booking for the first day of the walk is full with only limited places available on 5 and 12 December . To cater the overwhelming response, the deadline has been extended to 19 November 2004 . Interested parties please contact us on 2530 9399 or check our website at [www.wwf.org.hk/dmp] where the information and application forms can be downloaded.

“Discover Mai Po” is one of our annual major public outreach programme and fundraising event to raise the urgently needed funds for our conservation and education works. This year marks WWF Hong Kong’s first 20 years of manag ing Mai Po Nature Reserve and we will run checkpoints along the route to showcase our past successful stories and future challenges in running the reserve.

By joining the walk, participants will not only have a chance to observe wetland creatures such as mudskipper and fiddler crab, but also to try a few Mai Po management tasks. Walkers can also observe the endangered bird species Black-faced Spoonbill at our Checkpoint 7. With more than 1,000 Black-faced Spoonbills in the world, a quarter of the species winters at Mai Po every year. Limited edition of Black-faced Spoonbill LoLo T-shirts will be available for sales at the checkpoint.