An exhibition titled “1 Tree 1 World” has opened at the National Taiwan University Library’s Zu Zan Hall to raise public awareness of forest and biodiversity conservation, with a full-height photo of the tallest tree in Taiwan unveiled for the first time.
The exhibition was organized by the Trust in Nature Foundation in conjunction with a biodiversity conservation program of the same name and would run through the end of this month.
It features the debut of a full-height photo of the “Heaven Sword of Daan River” (大安溪倚天劍), an 84.1m-tall Taiwania cryptomerioides, the tallest known tree in Taiwan.
Photo: Screengrab from Trust in Nature Foundation’s social media page
The exhibition also features full-height photos of the “Three Chilan Sisters” (棲蘭三姊妹) and the “Tao Tree” (桃山神木), two other giant trees photographed by the Taiwan Champion Trees research team in collaboration with Australian photographer Steven Pearce.
Personnel from the photography team working at different heights of the trees were captured in the photos and visitors are encouraged to look for them.
Rebecca Hsu (徐嘉君), principal investigator of the Giant Tree Mapping Project, on Friday said the project began in 2017 and she expects the exhibition to help promote giant tree conservation.
She said that she hopes the giant trees in Taiwan could be recognized as a natural world heritage site by UNESCO, although it might be difficult as Taiwan is not a member of the UN.
The exhibition includes photographs showing biodiversity in various areas from high mountains to suburban hills and urban fringe.
These efforts were unveileare highlighted in the exhibition, with infrared camera footage showing wildlife’s return to deserted tea farms and orchards.
Foundation chairman Chen Juei-pin (陳瑞賓) on Friday said the foundation has been dedicated to promoting environmental education and wildlife conservation since 2000.
The foundation expects the exhibition to help people rethink their relationship with nature, he said.
Four lectures and two outdoor nature-based activities would be held to promote biodiversity knowledge and guide participants to connect with nature.
Two volunteer events are being held to interest people in natural habitat conservation.
People have the opportunity to get a poster of the “Heaven Sword of Daan River’s” full-height image by donating to the foundation and can find more related information on its Web site.
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck off the coast of Yilan County at 8:39pm tonight, the Central Weather Administration (CWA) said, with no immediate reports of damage or injuries. The epicenter was 38.7km east-northeast of Yilan County Hall at a focal depth of 98.3km, the CWA’s Seismological Center said. The quake’s maximum intensity, which gauges the actual physical effect of a seismic event, was a level 4 on Taiwan’s 7-tier intensity scale, the center said. That intensity level was recorded in Yilan County’s Nanao Township (南澳), Hsinchu County’s Guansi Township (關西), Nantou County’s Hehuanshan (合歡山) and Hualien County’s Yanliao (鹽寮). An intensity of 3 was
Instead of focusing solely on the threat of a full-scale military invasion, the US and its allies must prepare for a potential Chinese “quarantine” of Taiwan enforced through customs inspections, Stanford University Hoover fellow Eyck Freymann said in a Foreign Affairs article published on Wednesday. China could use various “gray zone” tactics in “reconfiguring the regional and ultimately the global economic order without a war,” said Freymann, who is also a nonresident research fellow at the US Naval War College. China might seize control of Taiwan’s links to the outside world by requiring all flights and ships entering or leaving Taiwan
The next minimum wage hike is expected to exceed NT$30,000, President William Lai (賴清德) said yesterday during an award ceremony honoring “model workers,” including migrant workers, at the Presidential Office ahead of Workers’ Day today. Lai said he wished to thank the awardees on behalf of the nation and extend his most sincere respect for their hard work, on which Taiwan’s prosperity has been built. Lai specifically thanked 10 migrant workers selected for the award, saying that although they left their home countries to further their own goals, their efforts have benefited Taiwan as well. The nation’s industrial sector and small businesses lay
Quarantine awareness posters at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport have gone viral for their use of wordplay. Issued by the airport branch of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Agency, the posters feature sniffer dogs making a range of facial expressions, paired with advisory messages built around homophones. “We update the messages for holidays and campaign needs, periodically refreshing materials to attract people’s attention,” quarantine officials said. “The aim is to use the dogs’ appeal to draw focus to quarantine regulations.” A Japanese traveler visiting Taiwan has posted a photo on X of a poster showing a quarantine dog with a
RSS