In 2020 a report titled “Wildlife-snaring crisis in Asian Forests” was published by World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), estimating that over 12 million snares engulf Indochinese forests (Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam) alone, mostly in ‘protected’ areas. By contrast, it is difficult to know how many snares blanket Taiwan’s mountainous forests, but it is safe […]
Taipei, Sept. 12 (CNA) Typhoon Muifa, which is currently due east of Taipei, is forecast to bring more rain to northern and eastern Taiwan on Tuesday before pulling away from the island in the afternoon or evening, according to the Central Weather Bureau (CWB).
This month the government floated plans to extend the High Speed Rail (HSR) network around the entire island. Transportation Minister Wang Kwo-tsai (王國材) said that this dream will be built piece by piece, due to its high construction costs.
At present plans are being formulated for an extension to Yilan, with the new HSR station slated for a site 350 meters south of the Yilan county government complex. The government has promised to put in a new train station there as well.
That project is paralleled by a proposal to spend billions to put in an express rail line to