The Ministry of the Interior’s National Park Service staged the National Park Net-Zero Transition Forum Oct. 15 in Taipei City to facilitate policy discussion and share the progress of its carbon management plan.
According to the NPS, the event focused on three main themes: the maintenance and governance of key carbon sink hot spots, the outlook of cooperation initiatives between national parks and enterprises, and the organization’s carbon sequestration project.
Speaking at the conference, Deputy Minister of the Interior Dong Jian-hong said the net-zero transition in 2050 is a major target of the Executive Yuan’s National Project of Hope, adding that the symposium’s discussions focused on strategies to improve parks’ capacity to act as carbon sinks and included a demonstration of the current carbon footprint verification processes, along with actions to increase carbon sequestration.
Dong continued that national parks, major wetlands and coastal areas are key to Taiwan’s carbon sequestration efforts. To realize the goal of net-zero emissions by 2050, the government is actively implementing scientific research on carbon sinks.
The deputy minister concluded on a hopeful note by suggesting collaborations between the NPS and domestic enterprises to promote the preservation of biodiversity, increase of carbon sink capacity and reduction of carbon emissions. (POC-E)
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