Hong Kong authorities say that illegal incense tree felling soared twelvefold in 2023 compared to the previous year. Often described as "black gold", the highest-grade products can fetch up to ...

HONG KONG -- When the British came to Hong Kong in the 19th century, they famously described it as a "barren rock." They weren't exactly right. Hong Kong has more than 400 native varieties of ...

The Chinese University of Hong Kong has been trying to upgrade their campus to international standard by large scale construction; and hundreds of trees in the campus are at stake. Yeahayeah in ...

Item 1 of 5 Ricci Wong, founder of HK TimberBank, poses for a picture amid timber at its factory in Hong Kong, China February 19, 2021. Picture taken February 19, 2021. REUTERS/Lam Yik ...

As Hong Kong enters its typhoon season, Lam is about to get busy again. Lam stands with his installation of more than 100 sharks made from salvaged wood at the Tzu Chi Environmental Action Centre ...

In this Dec. 21, 2014 photo, Hong Kong farmer Koon-wing Chan checks with the agarwood tree leaves at his farm in Hong Kong. On land deep in Hong Kong’s lush green northern suburbs near the ...

Geneticist Zhang Huarong walks through the forest near his Hong Kong research lab, gesturing towards a rotting incense tree stump that is one of over a dozen illegally felled for ...

In this Dec. 21, 2014 photo, Hong Kong farmer Koon-wing Chan burns a piece of agarwood... In this Dec. 21, 2014 photo, ... Incense trees flourish again in Hong Kong.