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The list is somewhat problematic...what does one mean by "native"?-- K.C. Tang 12:27, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
In response to Q.1 above - "is it significant" - in short I would argue the case that HK is significant geographically and biologically. In relation to the size of China, HK has a much higher density of species. There is also the undeniable fact that most of the biologically rich and diverse habitat in southern China (recognised as part of a global bio-hotspot) is fast disappearing in the name of "progress". So much so that what remains in HK becomes not just regionally significant, but of global significance. In the light of this habitat destruction, the significance of the invertebrate species becomes very high, as most of what "could be assumed" to occur just across the border in Shenzhen and other parts of southern Guangdong Province, may no longer exist and the assumption proven false, resulting in HK's endemics being real endemics and of global biological significance.
Then arises the question - so what? HKmoths 02:16, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
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The list is somewhat problematic...what does one mean by "native"?-- K.C. Tang 12:27, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
In response to Q.1 above - "is it significant" - in short I would argue the case that HK is significant geographically and biologically. In relation to the size of China, HK has a much higher density of species. There is also the undeniable fact that most of the biologically rich and diverse habitat in southern China (recognised as part of a global bio-hotspot) is fast disappearing in the name of "progress". So much so that what remains in HK becomes not just regionally significant, but of global significance. In the light of this habitat destruction, the significance of the invertebrate species becomes very high, as most of what "could be assumed" to occur just across the border in Shenzhen and other parts of southern Guangdong Province, may no longer exist and the assumption proven false, resulting in HK's endemics being real endemics and of global biological significance.
Then arises the question - so what? HKmoths 02:16, 7 April 2007 (UTC)