The achievements of the International Environmental Partnership (IEP) program are being showcased in an exhibition that started yesterday to mark the first anniversary of the program that advances cooperation on environmental issues.
The exhibition, which runs through tomorrow at the Songshan Cultural and Creative Park in Taipei, is aimed at helping the public learn more about the progress of the IEP program, Taiwan’s Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) said.
The IEP was launched during a visit to Taiwan in April last year by US Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy, the highest-level US Cabinet official to visit Taiwan in about 14 years.
The program is aimed at having the US and Taiwan share their environmental expertise with partners in the Asia-Pacific region and other regions of the globe.
US Environmental Protection Agency Acting Assistant Administrator for International and Tribal Affairs Jane Nishida attended yesterday’s event on behalf of McCarthy, and lauded the IEP’s achievements.
Detailing the progress of the IEP, Nishida cited a mercury monitoring project that includes several countries in the Asia-Pacific region monitoring levels of mercury, which affects children and women of childbearing age.
“Through the IEP, Taiwan’s EPA has been on the frontline of this effort by coordinating with partners in Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, South Korea and Japan so that we can begin monitoring mercury in the region for the first time,” she said.
The exhibition tells how the IEP came about, and chronicles the program’s achievements and the environmental technologies Taiwan has shared with other countries, including ways to clean polluted sites and turn electrical and electronic waste into valuable products.
This year also marks the 22nd year of formal Taiwan-US cooperation in environmental protection, which began in 1993 when the two counties signed an agreement on technical cooperation in environmental areas.
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