Renewable and Clean Energy Technology:
In terms of the development of new sources of
energy, we assist partner countries to implement pilot
projects involving renewable energy technologies, usually
in the form of technical assistance projects. Our Panama
Water Resource and Renewable Energy TA Project in
Panama and a Renewable Energy Technological Assistance
Project in St. Kitts and Nevis are two such examples.
Using solar power to drive feedwater equipment has
ensured that reliable water resources are available to
Panamanian residents, increasing agricultural production
value and improving the living standards of local people.
We are also involved in assessing the feasibility of
using clean energy in six Pacific island partner countries,
having provided suggestions and assistance regarding
potential clean energy developments, such as solar
energy and wind power. Future cooperation will focus on
energy development and improvements to the utilization
of energy resources.
Safeguarding Environmental Sustainability:
For our partners who are most threatened by climate
change, the assistance we provide focuses mainly on
risk management and adaptation measures that minimize
damage. Our Access to Potable Water in Rural Swaziland
Project, for example, was implemented in response to
water safety issues in Africa as raised at the United
Nations Conference on Sustainable Development. Another
project, Application of Geographic Information Systems
to Improve Environmental Sustainability in Nicaragua,
is focusing on land planning and disaster controls in
Nicaragua, as part of which, through project workshops
and regional seminars, we have held extensive discussions
on the concept of using GIS in land-use planning or as
disaster prevention tools. Both projects were implemented
with an eye to promoting environmental sustainability.
Agricultural Waste Treatment:
We have introduced many agricultural waste
treatment technologies into cooperation projects that
focus on partner countries’ agricultural production.
These technologies have been effective in reducing
agricultural pollution in places that still have relatively
fragile environmental systems, thereby ensuring that
environmental resources are utilized sustainably. In
Honduras and Nicaragua, we are now implementing
biogas energy projects; in Nauru, an organic composting
project involving the processing of agricultural waste; and
in Guatemala, an organic waste-based carbon reduction
and recycling project.
Environmental and Energy-saving Education:
To assist partner countries in responding to climate
change effectively, we are attaching great importance
to mitigation and the need to reduce carbon footprints
without affecting economic growth, drawing on Taiwan’s
past experiences of environmental protection. We are
making the best use of existing technology to increase
efficiency, and improving partner countries’ self-reliance
through capacity building and project handover, thereby
responding to international initiatives requiring that
emissions mitigation activities take efficiency and
equity into account. Our Workshop on Clean Energy
Development, for example, is organized mostly for the
benefit of governmental officials responsible for energy
resources and related affairs. We have also dispatched
volunteers to Palau, St. Lucia, Panama and other partner
countries to provide environmental protection services.
We hope to introduce concepts and technologies relating
to environmental sustainability from Taiwan to our partner
countries and thereby fulfill our obligations as citizens of
the Earth.
A member of the Taiwan Technical Mission in
Nicaragua explains the operations of one of the
TaiwanICDF’s biogas renewable energy projects to
visitors at the 11th Earth Day Fair using a scale
model of the project farm. The mission was invited
to attend the event by the government of Nicaragua.
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