On November 4th, the Saturday before the UN Climate Talks in Nairobi there will be demonstrations and events in more than forty five countries around the world, calling on world leaders to take the urgent action we need to prevent the catastrophic destabilisation of global climate. This will be the biggest international demonstration so far, on climate change.

There will be demonstrations, marches, rallies, ' Walks against Warming', Climate Bike-Rides, Climate Parties, Climate Carnivals, Climate Conferences and Exhibitions all around the world from Vancouver to Taipei, from Stockholm to Wollongong, from Dhaka to Cochabamba, from Paris to Abuja and from Istanbul to Fort Lauderdale. See www.globalclimatecampaign.org

TEAN has been working on the following environmental issues in Taiwan through the cooperation with international NGOs:

Animal Rights
Stray dogs in Taiwan are regarded as nothing better than garbage. Garbage collectors also act as dog catchers and many so-called dog shelters are situated on or next to garbage dumps....

Coastal Wetlands
TEAN works along the side of SAVE and various other international and local groups to defeat the Binnan industrial project to preserve the winter habitate for Black-faced Spoonbill, the well- known endangered species, and other more than 300 species......

Energy
There is now worldwide recognition of the threat of global warming. The world community for the first time agreed to specific, binding reduction target during the meeting of the Conference of Parties at Kyoto, Japan in 1997. With Taiwan as the 24th largest source of CO2 emissions in the world....

Forestry
The Chi-Lan Formosan Cedar Forest has existed on Taiwan for millions of years. We now desperately need your attention and support to make sure it will be securely preserved for the many milleniums to come...

Hazardous Waste
Taiwan Environmental Action Network supports Basel Action Network's campaign to curtail Formosa Plastic's export of mercury waste from Cambodia to California. TEAN would be happy to join forces with BAN and others in a press release to express our opposition to Formosa Plastic's export of mercury wastes abroad, this time to the United States. We are eager to...

High-tech Expansion
In 1982, a woman in a San Jose neighborhood had a child who was born with a serious heart defect who required several surgeries. She went door to door in her community and identified many other neighbors whose family members had recently suffered similar health problems. Her efforts led to the discovery...

Indigenous Communities and Biodiversity
The loss of biological diversity may resulted from many reasons, but in Taiwan it involves the issue of injustice policy and environmental racism toward indigenous population...

Nuclear
TEAN works with the Radiation Safety and Protection Association Taiwan, the Radiation Victims' Accociation Taiwan, Medical Professional Alliance in Taiwan, Taiwan Environmental Protection Union and other environmental groups, aiming to solve nuclear nightmare in Taiwan. TEAN especially help to facilitate the international communication on this issues...

Ocean
Ocean and Taiwan Strait with spectacular and beautiful coastal landscape and abundant ocean ecosystem. However, the rapid economic growth have defeated the wonderful environment.... Many wetlands in Tawin are qualified as international wetland importance based on Ramsar criteria. Yet, the international isolation has caused these beautiful wetlands exculded by international recognition. Even worse, these wetlands have increasingly turned into wastelands and industrial parks......

Water / Dams
In southern Taiwan, clean drinking water has become a dream for most residents. From north to south, most rivers have been destroyed by intensive human activities.... The river story is sad, and the dams' stories are continuing. The butterfly may find no home one day.....

The mercury sludge is to be sent back to Taiwan, yet, the story of environmental injustice does not end up here. The local residents in Southern Taiwan may face the poison threat again after suffering the long-term serious contamination by toxic waste dumping.

Dear Friends,

Rainforest destruction doesn't happen in someplace faraway.

In fact, you can see what's happening to the world's last wild rainforest right where you live: at your local home improvement store or lumberyard. Walking down the aisles of Megan lumber retailer is like walking through a rainforest graveyard. Hemlock, cypress and cedar from high mountains of sub-tropical or high attitude rainforest of North America. Tropical hardwoods from Southeast Asia. We need to stop selling woods from endangered old growth forests. We need you to take a few moments right now to sign the enclosed letter for us. Please help us to protect the World's original old growth forest -- Taiwan Cedar. It is a tall, precious and indigenous coniferous true cedar known especially for its fragrance and durability.

The promise of a sustainable nuclear-free Asia begins in Taiwan.

Taiwan, one of the most densely-populated countries in the world, now has three nuclear power plants in operation. More than six million people live within the thirty-mile emergency zone of the first, second and now the fourth nuclear power plant.

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05/29/06 | Posted by calviniwen | Hazardous Waste | Print |