By Huang Hsu-lei and Liu Tzu-hsuan / Staff reporter, with staff writerA military man who retired and took up rice farming took home the title of “champion rice” at a competition in Kaohsiung yesterday.
Writing about environmental issues can be dispiriting, but the outlook isn’t entirely bleak. Here in Taiwan, in recent decades, public attitudes to the environment have certainly changed for the better even if citizens’ daily behavior doesn’t always reflect the priorities they express in opinion surveys.
In this country as elsewhere, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) make it easier for concerned citizens to support and participate in conservation work. Nonprofits have played a key role in several successful environmental projects, including the two profiled below.
<strong>SOCIETY OF WILDERNESS AND SHUANGLIANPI</strong>
Protection of habitats and natural ecosystems is a core objective of Society Of Wilderness
Taipei, June 12 (CNA) Taiwan reported 50,657 new COVID-19 cases and 163 deaths from the disease on Sunday, according to the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC).