MACAU TAIPA-COLOANE WETLAND RESERVE

Science 12 June 2009:Vol. 324. no. 5933, pp. 1373 - 1374DOI: 10.1126/science.324_1373

Macau Launches Late Bid to Cure Its Pearl River Delta BluesRichard Stone
Macau, a gambling haven known more for unbridled development than for ecological awareness, passed a milestone on an uncertain road to sustainability this year with the creation of the Taipa-Coloane Wetland Reserve. Another milestone will be passed on 29 June, when Macau establishes an Environmental Protection Bureau. The 10-year-old Macau Environment Council has no authority to enforce laws; the bureau that will supplant it, on the other hand, will have full rein to go after polluters.