2024/03/07
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Subventions for Biodiversity Education

 

Subventions for Biodiversity Education
 
Subvention Scheme for Year 2017
Local non-profit-making organisations could apply for subventions to organise educational programmes that promoted local biodiversity and fostered a sense of appreciation for nature during the period between July and December 2017.
 
Programme Theme
All approved programmes were relevant to one or more of the following programme themes: (1) citizen science; (2) teacher's capacity building; and (3) urban biodiversity.
 
Approved Programmes
In 2017, a total of 14 applications were approved under the subvention. The recipient organisations included:
  Recipient Organisation Programme Title
1   Association for Geoconservation, Hong Kong Geodiversity: base of biodiversity
2 Association For Tai O Environment and Development Fung Shui Forest, Incense Tree and Hakka Village relation to Biodiversity
3 BLOOM Association Hong Kong Limited 114°E Hong Kong Reef Fish Web-Portal
4 Caritas Chan Chun Ha Field Studies Centre Development of teaching material of arthropod biodiversity and self-learning centre
5 Department of Science and Environmental Studies, The Education University of Hong Kong Ecogarden: Experiencing and Experimenting II
6 Ecobus Exploring the unexplored: Micro World Ecology and Biodiversity of Hong Kong
7 Environment Association Limited Exploring the Nature 2017
8 Environmental Life Science Society, SS, HKUSU 1-day Field Study Programme on NSS Biology - Exploring the urban ant diversity
9 Footprint One-day Ecologist
10 Green Power Limited Wetland Exploration – Common Cordgrass Removal Action
11 Ocean Park Conservation Foundation, Hong Kong OPCFHK Step Up for Biodiversity! 2017
12 Produce Green Foundation Biodiversity Hunt in Organic Farm
13 Tai Tam Tuk Foundation Hong Kong BioBlitz 2017
14 Tung Chung Catholic School Tung Chung Nature Classroom
 
Remarks
All subvented programmes for 2017 were completed.