Three projects have been approved in the sixth application round of the Countryside Conservation Funding Scheme, totalling about $9 million, the Government announced today.

They are located in Mui Tsz Lam Village in the North District, Kuk Po, and the Mai Po Nature Reserve.

The Mui Tsz Lam Village project supports the restoration of the village’s built structure for communal use, promotion of Hakka built heritage and culture, and integration of green design concepts.

In Kuk Po, the green scheme aims at revitalising a village house and its adjacent space in Kuk Po Lo Wai, enhancing the village’s spatial quality and expanding its network of eco-cultural tourism.

Meanwhile, through enhancing environmental monitoring by the Internet of Things, the Mai Po project hopes to increase the Mai Po Nature Reserve’s wetland management efficiency.

The Conservation Funding Scheme supports local non-profit-making organisations to organise diverse and innovative conservation and revitalisation projects in collaboration with villagers. It covers conservation areas ranging from natural environment/habitats and non-graded built heritage to cultural and historic assets.

Together with the previous five rounds of application, 33 projects involving around $165 million have been approved, the Government added.