A sound understanding of local and regional ecology is essential for all development projects. If identified and addressed in the early planning stages, the key ecological factors of a given site can be leveraged to the benefit of the final project. aec has extensive experience in the taxonomic groups and ecological factors in the Hong Kong and South China regions, with a surveying and monitoring team comprised of dedicated experts in avifauna, mammals, herpetofauna, dragonflies, butterflies, flora and terrestrial, freshwater and intertidal invertebrate communities.