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Resolution unanimously adopted by the XVI World Conference of the Inter- national Council for Bird Preservation, held in Canberra, Australia, August 1974.
RECOGNISING that the area in the New Territories of Hong Kong, known as the Deep Bay Marches is a wetland of international importance, and that repented requests have been made to the Government of Hong Kong since 1962 for its conservation;
REGRETS that conservation measures taken so far by the Government of Hong Kong fall far short of those considered by the Conference to be necessary; and
STRONGLY URGES the Government of Hong Kong to ensure that no further deterioration of habitat takes place, and to initiate adequate conservation measures in that section of the Deep Bay Marshes known as the Mai Po Marshes to malo it a Strict Nature Reserve, together with the provision of facilities to make the area of
aximum value to zoological and botanical science, both locally and internationally.
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