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Table
7.4b Justification of Ecological Value Assigned to the Wetland
Conservation Area and the Wetland Buffer Area
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| Location |
Date
of Designation (dd/mm/yy) |
Importance
as a Designated Area |
Indicative
Ecological Value (based on the Habitat Type Mapped within the
Area) |
Existing
Information to Substantiate Adjustment of Ecological Value |
| Wetland
Conservation Area |
1997 |
Unique
international and regional importance of the fishpond system
particularly of ardeids (ie herons and egrets). |
Medium
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According
to the Town Planning Board Guidelines for Application for Developments
within Deep Bay Area (revised April 1999), the ecological importance
of the fishpond system in the Deep Bay Area has been confirmed
by the PlanD study on Ecological Value of Fish Ponds in the
Deep Bay Area (Aspinwall 1997). Therefore, all the fishponds
within the Wetland Conservation Area have been upgraded to high
ecological value. |
| Wetland
Buffer Area |
1997 |
The
intention of the WBA is to protect the ecological integrity
of the fishponds and wetland within the WCA and prevent development
that would have a negative off-site disturbance impact on the
ecological value of fishponds. |
Mostly
negligible (as the majority of the area was mapped as developed
area (ie Other)
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As
the WBA was designated in order to protect the fishponds and
wetland habitats within the WCA and there is no documented information
to indicate the ecological importance of the habitats inside
the area itself, therefore, ecological value of habitats within
the WBA remains unchanged. |
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