The government should encourage citizens to discuss and reach a consensus on which position to take on the wetlands outside the Taipa-Houses Museum – whether they should be a nature reserve or act as a hub for public education on bird habitats – before making a decision whether it will go ahead with a boardwalk project alongside the wetlands, current affairs commentator Ron Lam U Tou said yesterday.
Lam, who holds a bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science, made the remarks in a phone interview with The Macau Post Daily yesterday.
The Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) announced during a press conference last month that it plans to build a wooden boardwalk along the edge of the protected wetlands which are a habitat for water birds, with the aim of allowing visitors to watch the birds and get more closely involved with the wetlands.
This photo taken on Sunday shows the wetlands outside the Taipa-Houses Museum. Photo: Tony Wong
