考察地點 Field Sites

豐樂圍 Fung Lok Wai

生境 Habitats

地點介紹 Site Description

豐樂圍鄰近天水圍,在香港濕地公園及南生圍之間。

豐樂圍主要有魚塘生境,旁邊即為米埔內后海灣拉姆薩爾國際重要濕地,因此也為各種水鳥提供了居所,並為各種候鳥和過境遷徙鳥的越冬地和補給站,包括全球只剩約3000隻的黑臉琵鷺。另外,該區亦住有2009年發現、2011年確認為新物種的米埔屈翅螢。

豐樂圍有約一半是拉姆薩爾公約的受保護範圍,亦在香港政府的「須優先加強保育地點清單」內。但是,早在80年代,該處已被長江實業(長實)收購,一直想要發展,惟多次被城市規劃委員會(城規會)拒絕。1999年,城規會把豐樂圍由保育區改為綜合發展及濕地改善區,長實便與世界自然基金會(WWF)合作發展。2013年,WWF因未能與項目倡議者達成共識而退出合作,長實發展計劃最終獲批,會劃出4公頃土地興建住宅。在該處棲息的鳥類無論在工程期或駿工後都有可能受噪音及污染影響,香港獨有的米埔屈翅螢則可能受噪音及光污染影響。

Fung Lok Wai is situated next to Tin Shui Wai, between Hong Kong Wetland Park and Nam Sang Wai.

The place consists mainly of fish ponds, and as it is neighbouring Mai Po Inner Deep Bay Ramsar Site, many water birds reside there. It is also the wintering or stopover site for many migratory birds, including the Black-faced Spoonbill, with only around 3000 left in the world. In addition, the Maipo Bent-winged Firefly, which was discovered in 2009 and confirmed a new species in 2011, also inhabits the area.

Around half of Fung Lok Wai is protected by the Ramsar Convention, and also on the Hong Kong government's List of Priority Sites for Enhanced Conservation. However, early in the 1980s, it was purchased by Cheung Kong (Holdings) Limited, who wished to develop the place but was rejected by the Town Planning Board multiple times. In 1999, the Board changed Fung Lok Wai from a 'Conservation Area' into a 'Comprehensive Development and Wetland Enhancement Area', and hence Cheung Kong started development planning with World Wide Fund Hong Kong (WWF). In 2003, WWF withdrew from the project as an agreement on the plan could not be reached. In the end, Cheung Kong's development plan was approved and around 4 hectares of land would be used to build residential buildings. Waterfowls residing there might be disturbed by the noise and pollutions both during and after the construction, while the Maipo Bent-winged Firefly, endemic to Hong Kong, might be affected by light and noise pollutions.