International Workshop about Rural Planning in Taiwan, August 6th - 11th 2006.
The “2006 International Workshop on the Structure Plan of the Rural Landscape Management” in Taiwan was commissioned by the Soil and Water Conservation Bureau (SWCB) of the Council of Agriculture (COA) of Taiwan to a committee headed by Prof. Tseng Shu-Cheng of the Tainan National University of the Arts.
The first workshop in this Rural Development project took place in 2004 and the second in October 2005, in the latter Dutch experts (Jack Damen and Henk Moen-DLG) were invited. The emphasis was in that workshop on the presentation of the rural development (structure plans of seven county plans, which were in progress.
In August 2006 the emphasis was clearly on environmental issues and the threats of the industrial and residential development for the sustenance of agriculture, the historic landscape elements and the ecological values. For this workshop Hans Kampf, senior policy advisor of the Knowledge Department of the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality, was invited together with Jack Damen and Cindy Hsiung (resp. director Agriculture and Food section, and Senior Agricultural Officer of the Netherlands Trade and Investment Office in Taipei.
The workshop issues were both discussed in several fora and shown in the field. For the latter purpose the core group of consultants and participants travelled to Penghu Islands, Taoyan County and Yilan County. On the last day of the workshop, Friday 11th August, the core group gathered again in Taipei and for a larger audience the observed issues in the visited counties were set against the experiences with similar issues in both the Netherlands and Japan.
In a report we tried to write down our impressions and ideas for the future of the Taiwanese nature and rural areas. Taiwan is a real “Formosa”, but the question is how to keep this for the next generations in a good shape, or even better, how can we restore what has been lost through the recent fast economical developments.. We compiled a number of maps, that serve as examples to help the discussion. The maps are taken from internet and compiled to one map. The different maps don’t have the intention to show the geographical truth, but only serve as an example for thinking. Thinking how an ecological network for Taiwan could be formed.
The invitation
The invitation for Hans Kampf as a Dutch ecologist this time, seems to be based on the interest of the Taiwanese task force for the Dutch experiences in ecological networks, and the in 2005 edited Working paper Ecological Networks, Experiences in the Netherlands (a joint responsibility for connectivity). This paper has been translated in Chinese, together with some other Dutch documents. Also the PowerPoint presentation, which Hans Kampf brought along, has been translated in Chinese.
Prior to our visit to Taiwan, the organisers sent us the following questions to address during our stay:
In the report, that soon will be published in this website we will look back on the discussions and evaluate what we have seen and understood.
See also the in Chinese translated Working paper Ecological Networks, Experiences in the Netherlands (a joint responsibility for connectivity) - be careful 15 mB!
The first workshop in this Rural Development project took place in 2004 and the second in October 2005, in the latter Dutch experts (Jack Damen and Henk Moen-DLG) were invited. The emphasis was in that workshop on the presentation of the rural development (structure plans of seven county plans, which were in progress.
In August 2006 the emphasis was clearly on environmental issues and the threats of the industrial and residential development for the sustenance of agriculture, the historic landscape elements and the ecological values. For this workshop Hans Kampf, senior policy advisor of the Knowledge Department of the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality, was invited together with Jack Damen and Cindy Hsiung (resp. director Agriculture and Food section, and Senior Agricultural Officer of the Netherlands Trade and Investment Office in Taipei.
The workshop issues were both discussed in several fora and shown in the field. For the latter purpose the core group of consultants and participants travelled to Penghu Islands, Taoyan County and Yilan County. On the last day of the workshop, Friday 11th August, the core group gathered again in Taipei and for a larger audience the observed issues in the visited counties were set against the experiences with similar issues in both the Netherlands and Japan.
In a report we tried to write down our impressions and ideas for the future of the Taiwanese nature and rural areas. Taiwan is a real “Formosa”, but the question is how to keep this for the next generations in a good shape, or even better, how can we restore what has been lost through the recent fast economical developments.. We compiled a number of maps, that serve as examples to help the discussion. The maps are taken from internet and compiled to one map. The different maps don’t have the intention to show the geographical truth, but only serve as an example for thinking. Thinking how an ecological network for Taiwan could be formed.
The invitation
The invitation for Hans Kampf as a Dutch ecologist this time, seems to be based on the interest of the Taiwanese task force for the Dutch experiences in ecological networks, and the in 2005 edited Working paper Ecological Networks, Experiences in the Netherlands (a joint responsibility for connectivity). This paper has been translated in Chinese, together with some other Dutch documents. Also the PowerPoint presentation, which Hans Kampf brought along, has been translated in Chinese.
Prior to our visit to Taiwan, the organisers sent us the following questions to address during our stay:
- What was the process of eco - network in the Netherlands: how did it work and how has is it been adapted.
- Share the experiences about the planning skills in relation with the implementation of the "NEN".
- After realizing the "NEN", what are the policies and strategies, especially in the buffer-zones?
- How to define the boundary: between reservation area and rural area, and between urban area and rural area
- How to deal with the buffer-zones: between the reservation area and rural area, urban area and rural area?
- What are the strategies, policies and subsidies?
- What are the skills related to the creation of an ecological corridor?
In the report, that soon will be published in this website we will look back on the discussions and evaluate what we have seen and understood.
See also the in Chinese translated Working paper Ecological Networks, Experiences in the Netherlands (a joint responsibility for connectivity) - be careful 15 mB!
Working paper on ecological networks
You may download my PowerPoint presentation about Dutch nature policy, translated in Chinese (next page). Thus with many thanks for the translation by the staff of Prof. Tseng Shu-Cheng of the Tainan National University of the Arts.
