Citizen Map is a website launched in 2010 that allows citizens in Hong Kong to report environmental issues like illegal dumping, unauthorized development, and landfill problems. In its first week, the site received over 28 reports covering over 7,000 page views. The site aims to verify citizen reports and work with reporters and green groups to raise awareness of environmental issues and influence policy changes.
8. 1.5 Reporters Hundreds stories Problems Illegal dumping Unauthorized development Landfill Vegetation removal Incinerator E-waste Citizens Green Groups Hong Kong Government Developers
13. WHAT A WONDERFUL IDEA.. A GREAT GIFT TO THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG.. AND HOPEFULLY IT WILL ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO DO THE SAME. Well油 done!油 Thank you! This is油THE best油service to the油people and油environment of油Hong油Kong I get the point and in principle like it, but the question is what gets done with the information and whether it leads to any credible investigative journalism. At present some ENGOs Kadoorie Farm and WWF for example, are known to be keeping a log of cases they discover. Do you see your site replacing theirs?
14. Citizens Spot incidents Report details Provide help Problems Get discovered Get presented Get reported Get noticed SCMP Verification Investigation Awareness-raising Green Groups Awareness Education Policy
Hong Kong's population油has increased steadily over the past decade, reaching 7.026 million in 2009. www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2747.htm
24 country parks; 12 million visitors to country parks in 2008 Although Hong Kong is one of the worlds metropolis, out of the total 1 104 square kilometres of land, about three-quarters is countryside.