Editorial

Another Porcupine!, only four months after the previous issue. What is going on here? We admit to some surprise ourselves. It has become a time-honored tradition that Porcupine! is late, but improved technology has made it easier to put together an issue and the exponential increase in local environmental information has made it worthwhile. Perhaps the best indicator of this growth in our understanding of the Hong Kong environment is the length of the list of new publications. A pity this understanding is not, in most cases, being translated into action!

David Dudgeon's account in this issue of a visit to Japan's largest lake, Lake Biwa (p.15), modestly omits to mention why he was there. David was in Japan to receive the 10th Biwako Prize for Ecology, named after the lake and awarded by the Shiga Prefectural Government in recognition of his contributions to freshwater ecology. Congratulations, David!!

Richard T. Corlett

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