Taipei, March 25 (CNA) European stone sculptor Joseph Visy, who has made Taiwan his home for nearly two decades, will present one of his artworks as a gift to Hualien to thank the county and its people before he returns to Paris in June.
Taitung County tourism officials are looking at ways to promote ecotourism on Green Island (綠島) after more than 200 new species of wildlife were discovered there recently.
The Council of Agriculture’s Endemic Species Research Institute conducted a survey of wildlife on the island from 2020 to last year, and found a record number of species there, including plants, mammals, insects and crustaceans, county officials said on Saturday.
The survey found more than 400 species on the island, of which about half were newly recorded, including 77 plant species and 19 crab species, the institute said.
Most notable among its findings were two
By Huang Ming-tang and William Hetherington / Staff reporter, with staff writerTaitung County tourism officials are looking at ways to promote ecotourism on Green Island （綠島） after more than 200 new species of wildlife were discovered there recently.
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