Drainage Services Department Research & Development Forum 2017
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Dr Billy C. H. HAU
Dr Billy C. H. HAU (侯智恒)
Principal Lecturer and Programme Director
The University of Hong Kong
Dr Billy Hau got his PhD in The University of Hong Kong (HKU) on forest ecology. He is a terrestrial ecologist and a conservationist. His research focus is ecological restoration, especially for terrestrial habitats in degraded tropical East Asia. He aims to bring back native forest and the associated forest biodiversity into the degraded landscape in Hong Kong and South China. He is also interested in promoting urban biodiversity through applied research. He is a local expert in ecological restoration on man-made slopes and often engaged in contract research projects on slopes in Hong Kong. His contribution to the “Comprehensive Street Tree Management Plan for Hong Kong” for the Development Bureau in promoting urban biodiversity through the planting of appropriate tree species in urban Hong Kong has made him a Winner in Landscape Policy and Research of the UK Landscape Institute Awards 2014.