KFBG Blog
'From Receiving to Giving' - Interview with retiring staff Lau Tso-Ying
KFBG Diary
Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden was originally the Kadoorie Agricultural Aid Association (KAAA) until it was renamed in 1995. During the period between the 1950s and the 1980s, KAAA had helped thous...
The 5th Asian Zoo Educators’ Conference 2015
Activity Report
Phoenix Wong from the Fauna Conservation Department and Zoe Yeung from the Education Department attended the 5th Asian Zoo Educators' Conference (AZEC) 2015 in Seoul, South Korea from 7 to 12 Decembe...
Extreme weather damaged the plants in KFBG's upper areas
KFBG Diary
As temperatures reached -3.5 degrees last weekend (24 January 2016) due to the unusual polar vortex conditions, many Hong Kong people have enjoyed the novelty of ice in Hong Kong. This weather extrem...
First of Hainan Wildlife Field Guide Series now on the shelf!
Food for BookWorms
Long before the occurrence of dinosaurs, dragonflies were already the masters of the air. Located in the tropics, the island of Hainan has numerous rivers, streams, lakes and swamps. The diverse fre...
'In Touch with Nature' Winter Camp for Children 2015
Activity Report
A ‘Sky Trail Challenge', ‘Animal Detectives' activities and the ‘Art in Nature' workshops are some of the highlights that enchanted children taking part in our ‘In Touch with ...
KFBG’s Harvest Festival Event Report
Activity Report
KFBG's Harvest Festival was held at Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden on 28th and 29th November. The theme of the festival was ‘Celebrate and Appreciate Nature's Gifts'. The event attracted a to...
'Slow Is Beautiful - Learning Ecological Wisdom from Asian Traditions' Transformative Workshop 2015
Activity Report
Our invited guest, Keibo Oiwa, a Japanese cultural anthropologist, environmentalist, and public speaker led his first 5-day residential workshop with KFBG. The workshop was very popular and we even h...
‘When Quantum Physics Meets Daoism’ Transformative Workshop 2015
Activity Report
Shantena Augusto Sabbadini, a teacher from Schumacher College, UK, returned to visit us here at KFBG for a second time. A small reunion was held on 21 October for the previous year's workshop partic...
Working with local people, KCC bolsters the future of Hainan Gibbons
China Eco Tales
The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Species Survival Commission's Primate Specialist Group named 2015 the ‘Year of the Gibbon', with an aim to focus efforts from all s...
Recent Animal Release Nov – Dec 2015
Animal Stories
Small-toothed Ferret Badger (Melogale moschata) A juvenile Ferret Badger was found in Sai Kung on 11 September 2015 in a weak condition. It was rescued by the SPCA and passed to the Wild Animal Resc...