THINGS TO DO DURING TYPHOON

1. Complete all precautions in your home. Lock all windows and doors, fit bars into position and insert reinforced shutters and gates if they are available. Adhesive tape fixed to large window-panes in exposed positions will reduce damage by broken glass. Storm water drains should be cleared of leaves and rubbish.

2. Since seas are rough, you are advised to stay away from the shoreline and not to engage in water sports.

3. Flights at Hong Kong International Airport may be affected by the weather. Please contact your airline for the latest flight information before departing for the airport.

4. Please listen to your radio or watch your TV for the latest weather information broadcast at the 15th, 30th, 45th and 58th minute of each hour. You can also browse the Hong Kong Observatory's web site for the information."

THINGS YOU CAN DO HELP SAVE FOREST

The most common way of saving the forest,is to plant more trees.

WHY FORESTS ARE IMPORTANT?

How is a forest ecosystem important to the environment as a whole?

The world's forests have many values. They are home to more than half of all species living on land. Forests also help to slow global warming. Trees help by taking carbon dioxide from the air and storing it as carbon in their wood. They reduce the greenhouse effect. Even after the trees are cut down and used as lumber, the wood continues to store carbon and keep it out of the atmosphere.

Forests help regulate local and regional rainfall. Additionally, forests provide crucial sources of food, medicine, clean drinking water, and immense recreational, aesthetic, and spiritual benefits for millions of people.

Forests are sources of wood products. In many parts of the world, forests are being rapidly cleared for agriculture or pasture, destructively logged and mined, and degraded by human-set fires. The burning of trees releases the stored carbon back into the atmosphere. Together, these activities contribute about 25 percent of annual human-caused emissions of carbon dioxide - the principal greenhouse gas - and drive the decline and extinction of forest species.

WHY FORESTS ARE IMPORTANT?

How is a forest ecosystem important to the environment as a whole?

The world's forests have many values. They are home to more than half of all species living on land. Forests also help to slow global warming. Trees help by taking carbon dioxide from the air and storing it as carbon in their wood. They reduce the greenhouse effect. Even after the trees are cut down and used as lumber, the wood continues to store carbon and keep it out of the atmosphere.

Forests help regulate local and regional rainfall. Additionally, forests provide crucial sources of food, medicine, clean drinking water, and immense recreational, aesthetic, and spiritual benefits for millions of people.

Forests are sources of wood products. In many parts of the world, forests are being rapidly cleared for agriculture or pasture, destructively logged and mined, and degraded by human-set fires. The burning of trees releases the stored carbon back into the atmosphere. Together, these activities contribute about 25 percent of annual human-caused emissions of carbon dioxide - the principal greenhouse gas - and drive the decline and extinction of forest species.