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Rediscovering Algae’s Essence: Focusing for Sustainable Futures
In order to maintain the ecological environment of the Guantang LNG receiving terminal, CPC established the Guantang Industrial Park (Port) Ecological Preservation Committee to promote marine ecological maintenance and sustainable community development, regularly monitor the algal reef ecology, and to actively create habitats for little terns, working with the Wild Bird Society of Taoyuan and the Taoyuan City Government. The breeding success rate of little terns in Taoyuan has increased from 17-30% to 70% by 2022. In 2023, little terns returned to the beach in G3 area of Guantang to nest and breed. The overall population number reached more than 250, exceeding the 150- 200 in previous years. It shows that CPC has spared no effort in ecological conservation and has created fruitful conservation results in cooperation with environmental groups.
In 2023, the Marine Citizen Scientists Searching for Polycyathus chaishanensis Activity was held, which called on the public to search for traces of Polycyathus chaishanensis and help to understand the actual distribution of the protected animal. The Petroleum Exploration Center has set up a permanent exhibition hall for the Algal Reef Ecological Conservation Exhibition, and has also built an environmental education facility in other factory areas, such as the CPC’s Taiwan Oil Field Exhibition Hall and CPC Kaohsiung Refinery Environmental Education Park, to promote environmental protection and enhance public environmental awareness.
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