馬屎埔 Ma Shi Po
生境 Habitats
地點介紹 Site Description
馬屎埔位於梧桐河畔，是一條非原居民村落，現有一百多戶村民，主要從事務農工作。
馬屎埔主要為農田，有不少淡水濕地生境，為不同蛙類及昆蟲提供棲息地，例如寬緣窗螢。但因鄰近地區發展造成噪音，一度使這些物種數量下降。
該地的馬寶寶社區農場於2010年由村民及保育人士成立，除了進行保育工作如人工繁殖寬緣窗螢外，亦大力發展有機及永續農業，包括廚餘回收、自製堆肥等。社區農場也有舉辦導賞，介紹永續農業、有機耕種、鄉郊日常、農村文化、河道治理工程等。
自1996年起，恒基地產不斷收購馬屎埔村地，村民被迫遷。近年馬屎埔更被納入新界東北新發展區，將改成住宅用地。計劃雖然引起村民甚至社會極大反對聲音，可是政府堅決推展計劃，這片有高生態價值的農地將永遠消失。
Ma Shi Po, located next to Ng Tung River, is a non-indigenous village. There are currently around 100 families and most make a living by farming.
Ma Shi Po is mainly agricultural fields with numerous freshwater wetland habitats. These habitats are home to frogs and insects, such as the firefly Pyrocoelia analis. However, disturbances from nearby urban development projects has caused the biodiversity in the area to drop.
Mapopo Community Farm was established by villagers and conservationists in 2010. Apart from carrying out conservation work like artificially breeding the firefly, it also puts effort in practising organic and sustainable farming (permaculture), through recycling leftovers to produce fertilizers, for example. The community farm also organises tours which introduce the concepts of sustainable and organic farming, as well as village culture and daily life and river-training projects.
Since 1996, Henderson Land Development has been purchasing lands, forcing villagers to leave. Recently the village is included in the North East New Territories New Development Areas. Although villagers and the general public strongly object to the scheme, the government insist on carrying on with it. The biodiverse farmlands will have to give way to housing development.