Assessing Hong Kong’s Biodiversity - Horseshoe crabs

This blog will assess the following areas under the Convention of Biological Diversity for the purpose of taking stock what is relevant to horseshoe crabs and their habitats in Hong Kong.

The assessment areas will broadly follow the articles in the Convention, as listed below:

Article 3 – Principle

3. Protection principle

Article 7. Identification and Monitoring

7a (a). Species

7a (b). Habitat types

7c (a). Adverse activities (Species)

7c (b). Adverse activities (Habitats)

Article 8. In-situ conservation

8a. Protected areas

8b. Protected area protocols

8c. Resource management

8d (a). Ecosystem protection
8d (b). Viable populations

8e. Sustainable development

8f (a). Degraded habitats

8f (b). Habitat restoration

8 f (c). Species recovery

8h. Alien species

8j. Local knowledge

8k. Legislation (Species)

Article 9. Ex-situ conservation

9. Ex-situ conservation

Convention on Biological Diversity

The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) was adopted at the United Nation Conference on Environment and Development (the Rio ‘Earth Summit’) on 29 December 1993.

The Convention serves to provide a framework for nations to act against the diminishing of global biological diversity. There are currently over 190 Parties to the Convention, including China.

The Convention was extended to Hong Kong on 9 May 2011.

The Convention on Biological Diversity website can be found at the following link:

http://www.cbd.int/

The text of the Convention can be found here:

http://www.cbd.int/convention/text/