By Tsai Tsung-hsien and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter, with staff writerPingtung County environmentalists yesterday called for measures to protect crabs crossing Checheng Coastal Scenic Road in the county’s Checheng Township （車城）.
Pingtung County environmentalists yesterday called for measures to protect crabs crossing Checheng Coastal Scenic Road in the county’s Checheng Township (車城).
Pingtung County Environmental Protection Union supervisory board member Chu Yu-hsi (朱玉璽) said that numerous crabs dwelling in a nearby wetland are killed by vehicles on a 250m section of the road each year.
The section which runs north-south along the wetland from Sihchong (四重) creek to Baoli (保力) creek acts as a barrier to the crabs, which reproduce on land, he said.
Citing roadkill figures gathered by volunteers, Chu said that vehicles run over about 10 female crabs every day
The restoration of a Paiwan home in Pingtung County was honored at the DrivenxDesign Awards Program, the Pingtung County Government said on Tuesday.
The “Breathable Paiwan Slate House” on Thursday last week won silver in the Architecture-Mixed Use-International category at the awards, which are held annually by Paris-based DrivenxDesign, a “global independent design promotion organization.”
The county-funded project was directed by community designers Lin Hui-chen (林惠珍) and Lin Chuan-hsin (林傳馨), who are descendants of the heads of the Pakedavai family, the county government said in a news release.
Information that the county submitted to DrivenxDesign said that the 80-year-old slab stone home in
WINNER IN FRANCE: DrivenxDesign announced that the 80-year-old stone house in Pingtung County won silver after it was renovated over the past three yearsBy Lo Hsin-chen and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter, with staff writer