Editorial

Finally, under 'new' management, and according to tradition much later than anyone imagined, we deliver a summer 2000 Porcupine! Porcupine! was born in 1992 as the bimonthly 'Newsletter of the Hong Kong University Ecology Research Group'. Later, it was produced jointly by the Department of Ecology and Biodiversity in collaboration with Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden Fauna and Flora Conservation Departments. Its purpose has always been to disseminate information on wildlife observations within Hong Kong, provide (or provoke?) a forum for discussion and communicate ecologically related research and environmental issues in Hong Kong. The last 20 volumes of Porcupine! have gradually increased in scope, as well as volume, but the aims remain the same. This issue attests to the growing need for such a forum, and is a tribute to the founders of this publication.

Yvonne Sadovy

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