The China Post
Date: July 7, 2016
By: Stephanie Chao
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Environmental activists and hundreds of members of three indigenous villages
Fasiyaw Dawa (鍾錦榮), an Amis aboriginal from the Karoroan Village (加路蘭部落), kowtows in front of the Executive Yuan on Wednesday, July 6, in protest of the government’s weak efforts toward protecting the traditional land of indigenous peoples. (Stephanie Chao, The China Post)
protested a resort project in Taitung County yesterday outside the Executive Yuan.
Following an initial environmental impact assessment, the Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) last week gave tentative approval to the controversial Shanyuan Palm Beach Resort (杉原棕櫚濱海渡假村) project.
The EPA’s decision drew immediate criticism from groups advocating indigenous rights and environmental protection.
Demonstrators said that the development project was flagrantly disrespectful of Taiwan law and of the right of the indigenous people to their traditional lands.
Protesters demanded that the Council of Indigenous Peoples (CIP) work harder to represent them during the Executive Yuan’s decision-making process. [FULL STORY]