2011年12月15日 星期四

【論述英文版】One rescue A Long Trail discussion archive

One rescue A Long Trail discussion archive


Nature and Ecology

Kenting National Park requires ecological corridors:

The early days of 1983 to 2005, records of 17 species of large mammals, 7 species may become extinct from the region: white-faced flying squirrel, pangolin, otter, weasel, civet, tigers, Formosan serow, 3 endangered : Crab-eating mongoose, muntjac, a large squirrel. (See Pei Jiaqi Kenting National Park, mammals and conservation status of the Taiwan Forestry Science 19 (3) 199-2042004)

Professor Pei Jiaqi and other eco professors said, Nanjenshan area is most mammals in Kenting area. The recreation activities and passing roads had become the sources of interference. In the long run, it is necessary to plan one ecological corridor in the north part of national park to rebuild or strengthen the forest mammals endangours spieces.


The last natural coastline, world-class ecological corridor:

Taiwan has a reputation as the world's ecological diversity of the second (the first is south-east side of Madagascar in Africa). It also has world-class ecological corridor, in just 60 km (north from North Dawu Mountain, south to the tropical ocean region of Kenting ), including four climate zones (tropical, subtropical, temperate and boreal). It is covering all ecosystems and maintain the Central Mountain Range largest ethnic groups, rescuing the Hengchun Peninsula small groups of the connectivity. This ancient trail is the critical path  of ecological corridor in Hengchun Peninsula, with six breeding migratory fishes, shrimps, crabs and irreplaceable natural streams.



The last habitat of green turtles and coconut crabs in the island:

Green turtles are endangered species around the world. In the past, they were found in  the eastern and southern sand beach of Taiwan.  Due to the construction of coastal road , throwing blocks for reducing wave, the habitat had been destroyed. This ancient trial is the  only left area found green turtles and their eggs in the beach, according to the elder residents and other visitors. While the highway 26 is planning, the EIA report said there is not any sand beach and not green turtle in this area. If this highway is really constructed, there may be causing the only found place of green turtles fully disappeared. This will add Taiwan on the ashame name regarding eco conservation in the world.

Coconut crab is the only protected crustacean in Taiwan. In the TV program of “Taiwan Full Record” on December 21, 2006, they had been recorded from this area. The Academia Sinica resercher, Professor Chen Changbo also pointed out that in addition to Green Island left 80 coconut crabs, the trail is the only possibility habitat area in the island. It shows how important of this trial for coconut crabs. However EIA report didn't mention any  coconut crab in their eco survey data.

According to the EIA report, the trial region recorded below animals, 15 species of rare plant species, 25 endemic plants, 18 endemic animals, and 36 endemic subspecies of animals, including 4 of first level protected species, 26 of second level protected species, 19 of third level protected species.


Articles of natural landscape

Professor Song Kaocheng, from National Kaohsiung Normal University Department of Geography, said that the coast geological from Jailesheui to NanTien section retains more than  10 million years ancient geographical landscape. From 
Jiupeng to NanTien section,   the cliffs on the field everywhere, it is very unique on the continental slopesedimentary structure collapse shift remains. This is the only place seen in Taiwan and and well-preserved geographical landscape to apply the world's geological heritage.

Articles of  highway benefits

There are more than 6.5 million peoples visiting Kenting national park. The recreational facilities, checkerboard roads and day and night activities has caused Kenting National Park ecological resources at dangours stake. The benefit for establishing highway 26 from Surehigh to NanTien is shorten 40 minutes between Taitung and Kenting. For saving this 40 minutes, we lost the nature coastline and the ecology of the east of Hengchun Peninsula. This is another disater coping from western tourism machanism, measuring by the total number of tourist. According to the Ministry of Traportation, there are expecting 4.95 million peoples annually traveling in the east coast. That's 25 times of current number.

Once it is finished, the surrounding road system will continue to expand, grow, extend to the undeveloped areas to absorb the huge influx of people and vehicles based on Highwat 26 EIA report. (The improving road section from Ansou to Kankoion). The expansion of the surrounding road system will form a larger checkerboard cut of ecological corridor as the  the invisible killers (Road Killers) and cause the Hengchun Peninsula and the Central Mountain Range into two pieces. That will bring terrible car interference, pollution, destruction, and fully cut off the national park's ecological corridor systems, and result in irreversible island effect.
The Council for Economic Planning and Development had proved the highway 9 improvement project on June 27, 2011. It will spend 19.039 billion NT dollar and take 7 years for the lane widening, straighter tunnel construction and other projects. The target of this project is completed by early 2016. After the completion, from Kaohsiung to Taitung is expected to save fifty minutes by car. That will significantly improve the traffic situation outside Taitung. Apparently the highway 26 is a wasting money and repeating investment.

Althrough the Highway Administration under public pressure had modified the orignal plan  to avoid a natural shoreline and build additional two tunnels (the budget adding 2 billion) which plus the original plan totally 3678 meters of tunnel. But, it is still existing 8 km coastline. The last Taiwan's natural shoreline still exists in name only. The conservation value of ancient trail will be in disrepair and all of history, culture and the original landscape and ecological diversity will be gone forever.

Articles of history and culture:

Alangyi Ancient Trail locates at the southern boarder of Daren Township in Taitung County and Suehigh Mudan Township in Pingtung County. This trail is also part of the Lang Qiao Puyuma trial and one witness regarding the thousand migration story of Taiwan native peoples. It is the first completely recorded trail, including the native peoples back and forth  the mountain, Zhuyi Gui sieged during Qing Dynasty, Englishman Taylor journal, Mutan incident Pan Wenjie mediation, Japanese bombed during the World War II...etc.

This is the path for the early aboriginesmigrating from Hengchun Peninsula to Taitung. Initially Puyuma and Paiwan ethnic met at this intersection, then Amis and Sika Luo ethnic. Up to date, Han Chinese (Minnan, Hakka and mainlanders) also come here and form a rich and diverse culture.

Articles of Legal and policy:


1.The Directorate General of Highways against the Executive Yuan National Sustainable Development Commission to promote "sustainable development programs in the whole coast", to maintain the proportion of natural coastline is no longer reduced, and respond to coastal natural character.
2.Contrary to the Executive Yuan Highway Administration, "Vision and Sustainable Coastal Development Strategy": To ensure no loss of Taiwan's natural shoreline, to avoid undue set coastal engineering, the impact of natural environmental balance, should be to restore the natural character of coastal vision.
3.The Directorate General of Highways violate President Ma Ying-jeou i-Taiwan 12 Projects commitment to environmental conservation: new coastal restoration to restore the natural beauty of the coast style.
4.The development highway 26 has against the Enviornmental Fundamental Law; Article 2,  damaging wildlife, historical sites and natural heritage; Article 3, based on long-term national interests, economic, technological and social development should take into account of environmental protection, however, economic, technological and social development of serious adverse effects on the environment or risk of harm, should give priority to environmental protection; Article 20, protect the marine environment, strengthen the spirit of coastal management.


Current situation analysis:

Pingtung county government in Feb 1, 2011 issued Alangyi Ancient Trial as Tentative Nature Reserve, and on August 1, 2011 announced the extension of six months. The whole legal process need be passed through by January 31, 2012. 

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