The ideal option of saving private Deep Bay wetlands (mainly fishponds) is land resumption by the Govt. But it is less likely that the Govt will do it in forseeable future. So, the popular remaining option is the public-private-partnership (PPP), i.e. the majority area will be conserved and managed by losing some area for development.
It is a hard decision, but the most key thing is that we need to enhance the value and function of these wetlands, in particular abandoned/degraded fishponds: the value and function are sometimes important than the area. Clearly, a large area of empty wetlands with no waterbirds is no use for people and wildlife. Remember most Deep Bay wetlands are man-made and they need to be managed....
If HKBWS do not agree with the PPP model, it will be great if we could have fund raising events in order to purchase Deep Bay fishponds one by one.
Captain
