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Best Practice Guidelines for Urban Protected Areas in Hong Kong: A Holistic Approach

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Fook Yee Wong, Director of Friends of Country Parks Hong Kong, discusses the Best Practice Guidelines for Urban Protected Areas (UPAs). These guidelines are structured around four key themes: People, Places, Partners, and Politics, with a total of 33 detailed recommendations. Wong emphasizes the importance of UPAs for recreation, nature connection, and community support, advocating for a balance between conservation and urban development. The successful implementation of these guidelines in Hong Kong underscores the need for public backing in achieving sustainable practices within urban environments.

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Best Practice Guidelines for Urban Protected Areas in Hong Kong: A Holistic Approach

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  1. Fook Yee Wong Director, Friends of Country Parks Hong Kong 2012 comments on Urban protected areas: The Best Practice Guidelines Project

  2. There are 4 “Ps” in the UPAs Guidelines: People ( 1 – 11) Places (12 – 20) Partners (21 – 27) Politics (28 – 33) With a total of 33 guidelines Urban protected areas (UPA): The Best Practice Guidelines

  3. Q1. Are these guidelines covering everything related to UPAs? Anything omissions? Urban protected areas (UPA): The Best Practice Guidelines

  4. 1.People UPAs are established for people: • Recreation • Healthy activities • Connection with nature • Refuge during disease • Improving environment • Making urban life less monotonous

  5. 1. People • Q2. Are we too anthropocentric ?

  6. 2. Places When UPAs are for conservation, there will be conflicts: • Coverage or excisions? • Control urban sprawl or to tolerate high density of living condition? • Maintaining nature orpermitting development? • Nature habitats orartificial restoration? • Long term sustainability or short term benefits?

  7. 2. Places • Q3. What are the mechanisms in solving urban and nature conflicts?

  8. 3. Partnership Partnership helps to build up supporting and problem-solving systems: • Partnership and leadership • Rights and responsibilities • Networking and public benefits • Philosophy and education • Understanding and significance

  9. 3. Partnership • Q4. What are the key methods in solving multiple demands in a pluralistic society?

  10. 4. Politics Politics – an important meansin managing UPAs: • Politics before policy and programmes • Programmes before funding • Funding before implementation • Suitable staff, advanced techniques and international network facilities implementation • Good implementation generates community support • Community support influences politics

  11. 4. Politics • Q5. How to gain community support?

  12. Conclusion • OnlyUPAs are established for people, consensus could then be reached

  13. Conclusion • In Hong Kong, with the public support, recreation, education and nature conservation have been achieved . • This is the story of Hong Kong Country Parks

  14. Hong Kong Not only these

  15. ANDalso this! Thank you 謝謝!

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