A group of MSc EHS students went to Long Valley on 8 November 2021. Long Valley wetland, consisting of more than 400 farmlands, is the largest, continuous freshwater wetland in Hong Kong. Wetland habitats there is very diversified including marshes, mitigation wetland, water flea ponds, fish ponds, irrigation channels as well as wet farmlands planting watercress, water spinach, lotus, etc.
Students were able to appreciate the ecological and cultural characters in the Long Valley region through the guided walk. And through communicating with the farmer, students had a deeper understanding about the most common crops planted in Long Valley – watercress, water spinach and rice, the development of agriculture in Long Valley, and the treats that the wetland habitat are facing.
