Three projects were approved in the 2023-2024 round of the Lantau Conservation Fund, involving a total amount of about $8.5 million, the Sustainable Lantau Office announced today.

The approved projects are namely the Hong Kong Bird Watching Society’s “Between Mountain & Sea - Nature Conservation Management for Shui Hau”, the Baptist University’s “The Military History of Lantau Island from the Early Modern Period to the Early Cold War: A Spatial History Project (1600-1960)”, and Outdoor Wildlife Learning’s “Lantau Odonata Ecological Education & Conservation Program”.

The Sustainable Lantau Office also said that the Lantau Conservation Fund, which aims to raise community awareness about the conservation of Lantau and engage the community to put conservation into practice, is now accepting a new round of applications.

The application deadline for the “Conservation Management Agreement Project” and “Education & Engagement Project” is April 30 at 5pm, while the cut-off point for the “Research Project” is March 31 at 5pm.