Juju C. S. Wang, Ph.D. President, Taiwan National Trust (TNT)

NinthInternational National Trust Conference 200023-29 August, 2000 Alice Spring Australia

Bring Formosa Back In:Bring Formosa Back In:National Trust As Social TNT in National Trust As Social TNT in

TaiwanTaiwan 

Juju C. S. Wang, Ph.D.President, Taiwan National Trust (TNT)

Advisor, Wildness Protection Society, Taiwan

Professor of Environmental SociologyNational Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan

1-1. 1-1. INTRODUCTIONINTRODUCTION

Negative exchange–Affluent poverty

–From Formosa to Diewan and

Republic of casino(roc)

–Least resistance principle

–Discount the nature and future

1-2. 1-2. INTRODUCTIONINTRODUCTION

Unsustainable GNP–Gross national pollution–Garbage, noise and pollution–GNP=NG(guns)+NP(pollution)

Paradigm shift–Happy revolution: social movements

2. 2. ECOLOGICAL WINGS ECOLOGICAL WINGS FOR TNTFOR TNT

Amenity: holistic QOL Voices of next generation Environmental justice The rights of nature Social empowerment Green vote

3-1. 3-1. SOCIAL ROOT FOR SOCIAL ROOT FOR TNT:TNT:

What NowWhat Now Teaching and research– NT as a new social movement– NSC research project– 2/ 27(thesis); 3/67 (paper);

1 book chapter Participation– 16th NT conference of Japan– Acorn holidays Japan 2000

3-2. 3-2. SOCIAL ROOT FOR SOCIAL ROOT FOR TNT:TNT:

What NowWhat Now

Practices–Trustee(5)• ILan county (earth day 2000)• Wetland (bird-watching site and

vegetation site)• One site in a national park• Abolished schools as eco-center

3-3. 3-3. SOCIAL ROOT FOR SOCIAL ROOT FOR TNT:TNT:

What NowWhat Now

–Social contract(1): Miaoli county–Boycott(1): Hualien against power

plant–Public sue(2): Tainan and Changhua

(the rights of nature movement)–Basin museum ： Nantou 921

earthquake NT project

4. 4. SOCIAL ROOT FOR SOCIAL ROOT FOR TNT:TNT:

How ThenHow Then Environmental diplomacy

– Debt for the nature swaps TNT passport Trustee for national parks: indigenous

people trust (IPT) TNT working holiday program 2001 first TNT conference NT article Asian NT forum

5. 5. CONCLUSIONCONCLUSION

Glocalization and Lobalization Think like an island Social TNT for sustainable Taiwan Culture and environmental watch:

partnership Bring Formosa back in