KFBG Blog
Roll with us - World Pangolin Day 2020
Animal Stories
The ninth World Pangolin Day takes place today, 15th February. Let's learn more about this amazing scaly friend! The Pangolin Close Up Pangolins are unusual looking mammals they are covered in hard,...
Meet The Gaur – A Giant Wild Cattle and The Animal Kingdom’s Champion Bodybuilder
China Eco Tales
The new conservation project of the Kadoorie Conservation China Department aims to protect the Gaur (Bos gaurus) in Xishuangbanna in Yunnan. In a series of articles, we will introduce this magnificen...
Wild Cambodia Diaries 3
China Eco Tales
In the blink of an eye, our conservation project in Kratie province in north-eastern Cambodia has entered its fourth year.The 13,000-hectare and wildlife-rich plot of land has never failed to surpris...
Meet the Chinese New Year Beauty Queens
Plants & Us
Lunar New Year is not only the most important festival in the Chinese calendar, it is also the time of year in which many native Hong Kong plants come into bloom. As these beauties break bud, their f...
Home for Christmas
Plants & Us
After decades in the Scottish capital, an international collaboration finally brings two very rare Hong Kong plants back to home turf Before and after: Amentotaxus argotaenia cuttings being unboxed...
25th Kadoorie Brothers Memorial Race
Activity Report
The 25th Kadoorie Brothers Memorial Race was held on 15th December 2019, to commemorate the Kadoorie brothers, Lord Lawrence and Sir Horace. This time we received over 150 applications and 105 partic...
What we learnt from Typhoon Mangkhut, the most extreme climatic event recorded in Hong Kong
Plants & Us
In the summer of 2018, the most intense super-typhoon ever to directly hit Hong Kong brought flooding, power outages and widespread damage to buildings and property. Super typhoon Mangkhut also uproo...
Threatened orchid successfully reintroduced back into its natural habitat in Hainan
Plants & Us
Phalaenopsis pulcherrima is an alluring, rock-dwelling orchid that is supremely adapted to growth in a hot, dry climate. Its wiry roots anchor the plant to exposed, sunbaked rocks where few other spe...
Stretching the conversation about sustainable natural rubber
China Eco Tales
Nobody would raise an eyebrow if tyre manufacturers are hosting a conference to push for a sustainable and ethical rubber industry. After all, three thirds of global natural rubber are produced to ma...
Collecting Seeds for Rewilding
Plants & Us
Seed collection kickstarts the cycle of ecological restoration. Seeds collected from the wild are brought back to KFBG for germination and propagation in our laboratories and nurseries, and the resul...