Promoting the Research in Environmental Protection area for Sustainable Development and Holding the Seminar on Fiscal Year 1999 Supported Research Projects

The purpose of this project is manifold,
including promotion of sustainable
development protection and dissemination of
research results from previous projects. The
above work is one of the basic missions
given to NSC (National Science Council).
The research topics chosen by NSC to
conduct the sustainable development are
primarily based on the document entitled
“Agenda 21- strategies for sustainable
development in ROC” issued by The
Executive Yuan of ROC on May 2000. The
research theme currently promoted by NSC is
named as “Strategies toward a science and
technology-based Island” with five research
sub-themes. The five sub-themes include:
1.total loading capacity control, 2.industrial
symbiosis, 3.sustainable society, 4.biological
diversity; and 5.international cooperation and
participation. This project is responsible for
promoting the environmental protection
research topics that include in the context of
five sub-themes as described above. Another
objective of this project is to modify the
current research issues in order to fit the
research needs that will be released to request
for proposals in the end of year 2001. The
Seminar on Fiscal year 2000 supported
Research projects was held on 25th and 26th
December 2001. The seminar has effectively
disseminated the research results obtained
from the previous year’s projects that have
facilitated the sustainable development work
in ROC.