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London, Nov. 20 (CNA) In a move to contribute to global wildlife conservation, Taiwan has again donated funds to Bird Life International (BLI) , a London-based organization working to protect the world's birds. Chang Siao-yue, Taiwan's representative to the United...

U.S. government scientists are launching a five-year project Thursday aimed at safeguarding the world's chocolate supply by dissecting the genome of the cocoa bean...Department of Agriculture team based in Miami, funded with more than $10 million from candy company Mars...

Two nuclear plants were safe despite lying close to a growing earthquake fault line on Taiwan’s north coast, the Ministry of Economic Affairs said Tuesday. The No.1 plant is situated in Chinshan Township and the No.2 plant in Shihmen Township,...

University of Louisiana at Monroe associate professor of biology Russell Minton and a pair of his graduate students came across the flamed tigersnail, thought to no longer be found in Louisiana, by accident. The students, Erin Basiger and Casey Nolan,...

President Ma Ying-jeou is planning to visit Taiwan's diplomatic allies in the South Pacific region in early 2010 and attend a Taiwan-South Pacific leaders' summit, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Thursday. President Ma was originally scheduled to visit the...

Amid successive reports of soil contamination from slag deposits in southern Taiwan, an official said Monday that the law governing waste recycling will be revised to prevent slag and fly ash from coming directly in contact with soil used for...

It is time to introduce a water conservation campaign, as drastic climate changes and environmental degradation are prolonging the drought season in the Taiwan area, Vice Premier Eric Liluan Chu said Wednesday. At an inter-agency meeting, Chu instructed the relevant...

Taipei, Nov. 21 (CNA) Taiwanese fishing vessels found engaging in illegal fishing activities in international waters will face penalties that could include a revocation of their licenses, an official at the Council of Agriculture's Fisheries Administration said Saturday.

Clean water scarcity is one of the most pivotal environmental issues in the 21st century, and conflicts over water may occur in the future, Green Cross International program director Xavier Guijarro said in Taipei last Saturday. Guijarro, program director of...

Wind farm neighbours, courts and economics are hammering away at plans to expand the industry which now provides around 3 per cent of our power but is forecast to grow to 20 per cent within the next 15 years. Wind's...