{"id":3812,"date":"2014-12-11T05:04:45","date_gmt":"2014-12-11T05:04:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.milingan.org\/blog\/?p=3812"},"modified":"2014-12-11T08:46:21","modified_gmt":"2014-12-11T08:46:21","slug":"the-new-york-times-%e2%94%80%e3%80%8ataiwan-an-island-of-green-in-asia%e3%80%8b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/20250824-milingan.comtnet.com\/?p=3812","title":{"rendered":"The New York Times \u2500\u300aTaiwan, an Island of Green in Asia\u300b"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u300cAt the root of Taiwan\u2019s environmental movement are its indigenous culture……the\u00a0Volando Spa & Resort\u00a0recently started aboriginal-inspired performances pieces like\u00a0Miling\u2019an, a musical fire ceremony and elaborate drumming rituals embedded with aboriginal conservation messages.\u300d<\/strong><\/p>\n

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At Taipei\u2019s\u00a0Ningxia Road Night Market\u00a0on a cool evening last spring, the local\u00a0f<\/a>ood blogger known as Peray\u00a0showed me his favorite stalls among hawkers selling food like milkfish, charred cuttlefish and sea snails. Like many of Asia\u2019s markets, the Ningxia Road is a neon-lit cabinet of curiosities teeming with unimaginable marine life hauled from the surrounding sea. \u201cWhere\u2019s the shark fin soup?\u201d I asked, assuming nothing was off-limits. \u201cThat\u2019s been banned here,\u201d Peray said with a proud grin. \u201cWe love seafood in Taipei, but on an island you quickly understand the ocean\u2019s limits.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Asia\u2019s environmental movement is often described as \u201con-again, off-again,\u201d but in 2012, Taiwan was the first in Asia to ban shark-fin soup, a dish especially beloved by mainland Chinese. The ban, intended to curb the overfishing, led to Taiwan\u2019s subsequent barring of marine mammal meat (seals, whales and dolphins), signaling a green era of pride that\u2019s made profound island-wide changes. Recent years have seen stricter animal conservation efforts, new eco-parks, deeper recognition of indigenous cultures and a new high-speed rail system estimated to have significantly reduced automobile emissions since its 2007 opening and linking travelers to Taiwan\u2019s rain forests, aquamarine mountain rivers and hot springs. The changes created a substantial spike in visitors \u2014 Taiwan saw a 26.7 percent increase in international tourist visits during the first half of 2014, making it the world\u2019s largest tourism increase recorded in 2014, according to the United Nations World Tourism Organization.<\/p>\n

The expanding rail has brought more exposure to Taiwan\u2019s biodiversity, and may have led to more serious animal conservation policies. A mass rapid transit link to Taoyuan Airport opens in 2015, followed by new high-speed connections to Miaoli, near Shei-Pa National Park, and Changhua and Yunlin \u2014 jumping off points to explore Taiwan\u2019s wilderness. That wilderness is home to some of the world\u2019s highest concentrations of butterfly and bird species. Populations of purple milkweed butterflies \u2014 one of 400 butterfly species on the island and once sold to black market dealers for its worth as a collectors\u2019 item \u2014 have rebounded thanks to the rerouting of expressway trucks that cut across their ancestral migratory paths. In January, theTaiwan Black Bear Conservation Association\u00a0sponsored an exhibit on the endangered Formosan bear, often overshadowed by China\u2019s panda. And in May, Taiwan\u2019s Forestry Bureau protected 300 square miles of shoreline for the critically endangered white dolphin. It was Taiwan\u2019s first protected marine habitat and said to be the world\u2019s first white dolphin reserve.<\/p>\n

Taiwan\u2019s sovereignty is not recognized by China, which creates tension between the two countries. So as China\u2019s pollution made headlines, Taiwan began making responsible environmental changes. When China marginalized its ethnic groups, Taiwan reintroduced indigenous Formosan languages to its schools. In April, atomic energy opponents in Taiwan halted the development of a nuclear plant, urging the president to call for a public referendum on energy, while China has 28 nuclear reactors under construction. When Beijing\u2019s smog levels became hazardous, Taiwan announced a network of\u00a0ecotourism routes\u00a0peppered with green buildings like the solar-paneled\u00a0Beitou Library, the Daan Forest Park metro station, with a sunken garden, and new eco-parks like\u00a0Jou Jou,\u00a0which opened in August to promote art and environmental protection.<\/p>\n

It wasn\u2019t that long ago that Taiwan\u2019s lush green mountains were obscured by clouds of smog. \u201cBack in 1991, I saw Taiwan\u2019s interior mountains once or twice a year,\u201d said Steven Crook, a longtime British expatriate and author of the\u00a0Taiwan Bradt Travel Guide. \u201cNow I see them dozens of times each year. Air quality improved thanks to N.G.O.s like\u00a0Society of Wilderness\u00a0and\u00a0Wild at Heart\u00a0that educated people, preserved locations, and continue to ensure that government and corporations don\u2019t get away with nonsense.\u201d<\/p>\n

At the root of Taiwan\u2019s environmental movement are its indigenous cultures. Wulai, a mountain township and a protected water reservation area 25 minutes from Taipei by taxi, is known for its mountainous hot springs, river-tracing excursions, a combination of hiking, climbing and swimming up the turquoise Nanshih River, and the 8,000-year-old aboriginal Atayal community whose lifestyle is being touted as a more carbon-efficient model.\u00a0Taiya Popo, a restaurant on Wulai\u2019s main drag, serves traditional Atayal cuisine, much of it vegetable-based like pumpkin dumplings, rice-stuffed bamboo and stir-fried fern. To capture a growing eco-travel niche, the\u00a0Volando Spa & Resort\u00a0recently started aboriginal-inspired performances pieces like\u00a0Miling\u2019an<\/a>, a musical fire ceremony and elaborate drumming rituals embedded with aboriginal conservation messages.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe biggest shift is with the attitude of Taiwanese people,\u201d Mr. Crook said. \u201cThe countryside is no longer seen as backwards and boring, but rather a place where people can relax, exercise, learn about ecology and better understand what makes Taiwan Taiwan.\u201d<\/p>\n