Politicizing nature: The Maqaw national park controversy in Taiwan

Yih Ren Lin

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摘要

Yih-ren Lin examines how the Maqaw National Park controversy changed public debates about forests and forest management in Taiwan. There are only six species of Chaemacyparis, cypress, in the world. Two of these, C. formosensis and C. obtusa var. formosana, are native to Taiwan. These majestic trees can grow up to 60 meters tall and 20 meters in circumference and are found at elevations of 1,800-2,500 meters in both pure and mixed stands. The Maqaw controversy began in 1998 when forest activist Lai Chun-biao discovered that the Veterans Affairs Commission was illegally logging cypress trees on Chi-lan Mountain under the pretense of clearing fallen trees. By proposing a national park to protect the Chi-lan forest, the NASCF publicly exposed internal divisions relating to forest management inside the central government. By Christmas 2000, after months of discussions, pro-national park Tayal activists and conservation groups had reconciled their disagreements about the form the new national park should take.

原文英語
頁(從 - 到)88-103
頁數16
期刊Capitalism, Nature, Socialism
22
發行號2
DOIs
出版狀態已發佈 - 6月 2011
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ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • 地理、規劃與發展
  • 政治學與國際關係
  • 管理、監督、政策法律

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