Tainan Green Energy Park destroys the ecological environment and prompts Huang Weizhe to return – Taiwan Awakening News Networks

[Taiwan Wake-Up Reporter Chien Chia-yu reported in Taipei]”Respect the conclusion of the preliminary review of the environmental impact assessment, the green energy park should not be developed!” On the 24th, the environmental group went to the Ministry of Environment and shouted slogans, denouncing that the Tainan Green Energy Park should not be planned to be built on the forest, destroying the precious ecology . Xu Zishan, director of Tianxin Organic Ranch, pointed out that the environmental assessment committee has recommended that the park “should not be developed”, but the Tainan City Government ignored the environmental assessment professional and still wanted to carry out the development forcefully.

The “Tainan City Green Energy Industrial Zone” development project is located in Rende District, Tainan City. The environmental group is worried that this move will destroy forests and pollute organic farmland. The park went through a two-hour environmental assessment meeting in February this year. The environmental assessment committee judged that the case had “significant adverse effects” on the natural environment and ecology and recommended that it “should not be developed.” However, the Tainan City Government stated that it would file a complaint and provide additional information. Seek support from members of the Environmental Impact Assessment Conference.

The mayor is unwilling to withdraw the case

The environmental group protested at the Ministry of Environment on the 24th, hoping that the Tainan City Government would withdraw its appeal. Zhuang Jieren, chairman of the Forest City Association, said that the ecological survey of the industrial park found that there are many animal species inhabiting the area, including 5 endemic species and 19 endemic subspecies, 8 of which are in the second-level conservation category, and 2 are in the third-level conservation category. , including important conservation species such as ring-necked pheasant, thrush, crested bluebird, great crested dove, kestrel, black-winged kite and painted snipe.

Xu Zishan, the director of Sweetheart Organic Ranch, said that the preliminary environmental impact assessment conclusion of this case recommended that “it should not be developed.” However, Tainan Mayor Huang Weizhe was unwilling to take the initiative to withdraw the case. He insisted on filing a complaint to the environmental assessment conference, flouting the professional suggestions of the environmental assessment members, and ignoring the impact of development on organic matter. Impact of flooding on farmland and surrounding communities.

Conservation environment is difficult to replicate

In response to the results of the environmental assessment in February, Tainan City Economic Development Director Lin Rongchuan once emphasized: “We will all adopt the methods of preservation within the district and transplantation outside the district. At the same time, we have also adopted 15 hectares of Sharon Farm’s 146 farmland for transplantation outside the district and strengthened ecological compensation. With the creation of ecological habitats, it is estimated that it will create 6,000 job opportunities, attract 11 billion yuan of investment, and create an annual output value of 22 billion yuan.”

Pan Hanjiang, secretary-general of the Taiwan Tree People Association, criticized at a press conference on the 24th that this forest has 18,707 large trees. The original purpose was environmental protection and ecological afforestation. Now the Tainan City Government has announced that it will transplant all these trees, but the forest is not just about trees. , a rich forest ecosystem including 464 different species of vines, shrubs, and herbs.
Cannot be transplanted.