Once forested lands of South China that are now degraded (Click on image to enlarge)
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- Residual granite boulders covering weathered granite on Tai A Chau, Soko Islands, Hong Kong. Native vegetation has been degraded to a cover of grasses and shrubs.*
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- A degraded, deeply weathered and eroded granite region near Castle Peak, Hong Kong, covered predominantly with grasses and shrubs.*
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- Degraded vegetative cover consisting mostly of grasses, on the Pat Sing Leng range in the eastern New Territories of Hong Kong. The grass cover is typical of areas subjected to frequent fires.*
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- Degraded vegetation covering the uplands at Ngong Ping, Lantau Island.*
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- Numerous landslides in deeply weathered rock with a degraded vegetative cover of and shrubs on the southern flank of Lantau Peak, Lantau Island, Hong Kong.*
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- Extensive areas of grass- and shrub-covered degraded hill lands on Double Island, northeastern New Territories, Hong Kong.
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- Core-stones of fresh rock in jointed, highly weathered volcanic rock at Kau Sai Chau, eastern New Territories, Hong Kong*
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- Castle Peak, Hong Kong 2005: Predominantly degraded, granite countryside showing core stones and sparse vegetation. Walter Parham photo.
Except where noted, photos are published with the permission of the Head of the Geotechnical Engineering Office and the Director of Civil Engineering, Hong Kong SAR Government.
South China Degraded Land Issues 
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