Hong Kong's first Biodiversity Festival will launch this weekend at Lions Nature Education Centre in Sai Kung, featuring more than 120 activities aimed to pique public interest in local biodiversity.
The Agriculture, Fisheries & Conservation Department and the Environment Bureau have joined more than 20 organisations to plan the festival which will feature a carnival, family days, exhibitions, public lectures, seminars, workshops, nature tours, competitions and voluntary service.
Hong Kong is home to a huge diversity of flora and fauna and the department hopes people will learn more about nature and how to cherish it through the festival's activities.
Four public lectures will be held at Woodside Biodiversity Education Centre and Wetland Park in September and October to introduce Hong Kong's medicinal plants, dragonflies, butterflies, snakes, mammals and corals, and to share tips on wildlife and reef photography.
The highlight will be the Biodiversity Carnival in Kowloon Park on November 15.
