Concerted efforts to protect China’s last River Terns proved successful - Major threats mitigated and population doubled
5 July 2019 | China Eco Tales
5 July 2019 | China Eco Tales
Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden (KFBG) led a five-month collaborative project to save the River Tern (Sterna aurantia), a species on the verge of extinction in China. Through conducting first popul...
An Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher fell victim to near invisible mist nets Have you ever walked into a shop window because you are so focused with the display items that you couldn’t see the transpar...
The City Nature Challenge (CNC) 2019 results are in! Nearly 160 cities across five continents partook in this four-day citizen science event - together creating a valuable snapshot in time...
A rescued juvenile Big-headed Turtle arrives at KFBG with poachers hook still attached
13 June 2019 | Animal Stories
13 June 2019 | Animal Stories
A member of public discovered an endangered juvenile Big-headed Turtle (Platysternon megacephalum) with a poachers hook attached to its mouth in late April 2019. The turtle was then sent to our KFBG...
Another KFBG Milestone: Wild Animal Rescue Centre has received its 50,000th animal
3 June 2019 | KFBG Diary
3 June 2019 | KFBG Diary
Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden (KFBG) Wild Animal Rescue Centre (Rescue Centre) has received the 50,000th animal since its establishment in 1994. This marks an important milestone and also coincide...
Unfazed by searing heat and onslaught of biting ticks, a 30-strong survey team marched in a line into the thorny undergrowth of eastern Bangxi Provincial Nature Reserve in Hainan, China. From the thi...
KFBG and NGOs’ Joint Statement on the Designation of the Robin’s Nest Country Park
29 May 2019 | A Better World
29 May 2019 | A Better World
Environmental NGOs’ Joint Statement on the Designation of the Robin’s Nest Country Park In 2003, Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden (KFBG) conducted a biodiversity study in the eastern Frontier Clo...
To celebrate Earth Day, on 23 April, 198 of Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden's staff got together to plant 1,200 native seedlings in our forest restoration site on the upper slopes of Tai Mo Shan. T...
Critically endangered Vietnamese Pond Turtle returned to its native homeland
26 April 2019 | Animal Stories
26 April 2019 | Animal Stories
A critically endangered Vietnamese Pond Turtle (Mauremys annamensis) has headed back to its home range in Vietnam after being cared for in the KFBG for three and a half years. This turtle, endemic to...
A flush of green and burgundy bursts across our forest restoration site upon the arrival of spring. The array of colours, shapes and textures speaks for the diversity of 250 native tree species. This...