Taiwan's Tai Tan algae Reef: Huantuan Open a letter from a heavyweight marine protection scholar calling for cherishing the Tai Tan algae Reef

Following the 6th petition on the 8th to revoke the construction permit, the Action Alliance for rescuing Tai Tam algae Reef announced on the 10th a letter from Sylvia Earle, founder of the internationally renowned conservation organization Mission Blue, to President Tsai ing-wen, questioning why the presidential palace has not responded and calling on the government to hold the international hand of friendship extended to Taiwan, suspend the Kwun Tong project and set up a Tai Tam algal Reef Reserve as soon as possible. Let the world see that Taiwan is a "marine democracy" that cherishes the marine ecology.

In March this year, Dr. Sylvia Earle, an internationally renowned marine conservation scholar and renowned as "Ocean Treasure Gude", wrote to Tsai ing-wen. Apart from congratulating Taiwan's Tai Tam algae Reef on becoming the first "hot spot of hope" (Hope Hotspot) in East Asia, he also reaffirmed the importance of the marine ecosystem. For example, supplying oxygen for living things is like the human heart: "the ocean is the blue heart of the earth, and we should take care of our heart."

At the same time, she also revealed her concern about the development of the project. "there are still a lot of things that the world has not yet understood and worth learning from," she said. If the Tai Tan algal Reef is damaged as a result of development, it will be a very great loss not only to Taiwan, but also to the whole world. "therefore, we call on the government to preserve the precious and special marine ecology. The decisions made in this decade will affect the next 100,000 years," for the sake of the whole world, for the sake of the ocean, and for the health of the next generation, to protect the Tai Tam algae Reef. "

The ring delegation made public the contents of a letter sent by Sylvia Earle, an international heavyweight marine conservation scholar, to President Tsai ing-wen in March, questioning why the government had not responded publicly by May 9, and Sylvia Earle himself said that she had not received a reply from Tsai ing-wen. (photo by reporter Zhuang Xiaoping)

The round-the-world delegation questioned why the government had not publicly responded to a letter from a heavyweight marine conservation scholar to President Tsai ing-wen for two months. Or do you receive it but don't respond? When the IOC was established in April, Chen Qimai, vice president of the Executive Yuan, said in a speech that he would strengthen the energy of domestic marine research, participate in international organizations and conferences, and expand Taiwan's maritime policy and international links. However, he is unwilling to face the issue of algae reefs that have been internationally certified. I don't see the meaning of expanding Taiwan's maritime policy and international ties.

Chen Zhaolun, a scholar who studies the Tai Tan algae Reef and a researcher at the Biodiversity Research Center of the Academia Sinica, said that after learning that the Tai Tan algae Reef was listed as a marine conservation hotspot in February this year, he also launched a joint signature for the transnational rescue of the Tai Tan algae Reef with the assistance of MissionBlue. So far, more than 1,000 signatures have been received, and the discussion of keywords on the community website continues to expand. What Taiwan does, the world is watching. Therefore, Chen Zhaolun solemnly called on the Presidential Palace to respond to Sylvia Earle's letter as soon as possible, stop the construction of the Kwun Tong Industrial (Hong Kong) area, choose an alternative site, and designate Tai Tam algae Reef as a protected area as soon as possible.

Pan Zhongzheng, convener of the Alliance for Rescue of Tai Tam algae Reef, expressed the hope that Tsai ing-wen would face up to her commitment to sign "everlasting algae reefs" at Taoyuan in 2013, and that it was time to review the development case so that the international community could see the Taiwan government's policy response to the conservation of Tai Tam algae Reef.

Chen Zhaolun, a researcher at the Biodiversity Research Center of the Academia Sinica, explained that after submitting the research data of Datan algal reef in the past two years to Mission Blue at the beginning of this year, after the review of scientists of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and scholars of algal reefs and marine ecosystems, they received good news in February that it was listed as the only hot spot of hope in East Asia, which shows that Datan algal Reef is not only the best algae reef ecosystem in Taiwan, but also in the world. Chen Zhaolun called on President Tsai to stop as soon as possible the construction of a third natural gas takeover port at Datan algal Reef and set up a Datan algal Reef Reserve to conserve Taiwan's world-class algae reef ecology. (photo by reporter Zhuang Xiaoping)