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CORAL KILLERS: Frequent development of coastal areas, excessive plant and algae growth, and tourism were identified as possible reasons for reduced reefsBy Shelley Shan / Staff reporter

Animal rights advocates on Thursday called on the government to consider the needs of land crabs before planning construction projects or maintenance work, as crabs in Kenting National Park (墾丁國家公園) are often at risk when they cross Provincial Highway 26 to lay eggs in the ocean. New Power Party Chairwoman Chen Jiau-hua (陳椒華) held a news conference to warn about the issue as the land crab breeding season approaches. “Ecological assessment has been taken more seriously than be...

Tourism industry worries spread of COVID will continue through summer | 2022-05-23 11:00:00

“Long as I remember, the rain’s been coming down,” the song says. The last couple of weeks of wet certainly make it feel that way. The global media has recently observed the change of hitting a 1.5 Celsius degree rise in average temperatures in the next five years has risen to 50 percent. As many scientists have observed, once that level of warming is hit, the planet will reach a slew of tipping points. 1.5C is thus a major threshold. Nature has been sending us ever more urgent distress s...

Tourism sector on Xiaoliuqiu can do nothing but wait for the woes to end soon: local tourism representative | 2022-05-09 20:56:00

After two long years and counting of restricted movement across much of Asia, the borders are finally reopening and travel is becoming more feasible by the week. Many people will be looking to make the most of any opportunity to get out and explore again, and to take on an adventure of a lifetime. Luckily, Asia is just the place...

Illegal picking of reef pemphis, a maritime plant, is becoming a serious concern in Pingtung County’s Kenting (墾丁), prompting an investigation by Kenting National Park Headquarters. Reef pemphis, which grows along the coast and only on coral reefs, can be found around the Hengchun Peninsula and at one time was used as potted plants or herbal medicine by locals, the park said on Tuesday. Removal of the plants compromises the protective function of the natural coastline and disrupts coastal ...

Los Angeles, April 26 (CNA) Taiwan's booth at the just-concluded Los Angeles Times Festival of Books attracted lots of attention from visitors from around the United States, many of whom were eager to resume traveling after the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Taiwan Tourism Bureau's Los Angeles office.

After ocean swimming was popularized in Victorian Britain as a health activity, beaches transitioned from places where people worked or foraged to places

Cases are climbing again, but the vast majority of infections are mild and neither the government nor the population seems overly concerned.