Ma Kwan-Ki

Dr. Ma is one of the few local environmental education and ecology researchers, with his research focuses on the utilization of outdoor education for school environmental education, and also terrestrial forest ecology. He has been involved in the field of environmental education for many years with various roles, which he founded Outdoor Wildlife Learning Hong Kong in 2016, and also being the part-time Lecturer of the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Faculty of Education, The Chinese University of Hong Kong and the Member of the Advisory Board for Science Unit, Lingnan University.

Dr. Ma also designed, coordinated and led different kinds of environmental education programmes throughout the years, with targets such as kids, students, corporates, elders, teachers, environmental education practitioners and the public. With his vast knowledge and experience, together with his significant effort for pushing the development of environmental education in Hong Kong, Dr. Ma has received awards and recognition for his achievements, including the “HKU 2015 Faculty Knowledge Exchange Award” and being the first awardee of “North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE) EE 30 Under 30” in Hong Kong.

He is now serving as a member in several government's advisory committees, including the Advisory Council on the Environment, Endangered Species Advisory Committee and the Education Working Group of Environmental Campaign Committee.