Dr. Michael Lau

Dr Michael Lau is now working as an independent ecological consultant and is the Founder of Hong Kong Wetlands Conservation Association. Previously, he had worked for World Wide Fund for Nature – Hong Kong as the Wetlands Conservation Director and for Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden as the Department Head of the South China Biodiversity Programme. He has wide experience on studying the threats to the natural world, formulating conservation and sustainable development strategy and implementing projects in the region.

He pursued his Ph.D. research in the University of Hong Kong on the habitat use of Hong Kong amphibians and the conservation of the Romer’s Tree Frog and took part in the Hong Kong Biodiversity Survey that covered all the terrestrial and aquatic habitats in the SAR.

He is a member of the Government’s Advisory Committee on Countryside Conservation and had sat in a number of other committees including Hong Kong Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan Steering Committee, Advisory Council on the Environment, Lantau Development Committee and Country and Marine Parks Board. He is also a member of several IUCN Species Survival Commission specialist groups and has contributed to the Red List assessment of various threatened wildlife.

My Sustainability Goals for 2026:
Hong Kong embraces Ecological Civilization thinking and adopts a holistic approach that include nature as infrastructures of future developments. This would ensure the ecosystems will be conserved or restored for climate resilience, biodiversity, and people’s enjoyment.