A WILD IDEA

Bosco Chan, recently appointed director for World Wide Fund for Nature, thinks that it’s possible to balance wildlife conservation with urban development

By Zabrina Lo.

“Can you hear the birds flapping their wings?” Bosco Chan halts with the agility of a cat on the narrow, wobbly pontoon bridge in Mai Po’s restricted area and points towards a distant flock of birds, barely visible, gliding across the blue sky. After more than two decades of birdwatching, his eyes and ears are more attuned to the subtle sights and sounds of wildlife than the average Hongkonger. As the new director of conservation at World Wide Fund for Nature-Hong Kong (WWF), Chan goes on weekly field trips to the heart of Hong Kong’s pristine wetlands to observe the conservation work being done by his teams. He believes getting out into nature is the best way to inform high-level decisions on wildlife conservation and public environmental policies. These field…

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Tatler Hong Kong (Digital) - 1 Issue, April 2023

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