To better understand our natural assets and facilitate our nature conservation work, different working groups have been formed under the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department to start conducting regular ecological surveys to take inventory and update the status of our biodiversity. They are the Mammal Working Group, Freshwater Fish Working Group, Butterfly Working Group, Dragonfly Working Group, Coastal Community Working Group, Herpetofauna Working Group, Bird Working Group and Plant Working Group.

The surveys cover all major habitats of high conservation value in Hong Kong. We are surveying different habitats; the location, status and composition of important plant communities; and the distribution and abundance of about 1,000 animal species, including birds, mammals, butterflies, dragonflies, freshwater fishes, amphibians and reptiles.