Taiwan Environmental Information Association 台灣環境資訊協會

Taipei, Taipei, 116057 Taiwan

Mission Statement

Taiwan Environmental Information Association (TEIA) is a non-profit and non-governmental organization established in Taipei, Taiwan during June of 2001. Our mission is to work towards a world where human coexists harmoniously with nature.

About This Cause

TEIA is dedicated to two primary goals: enhancing the distribution of environmental information and promoting the model of environmental charitable trust. 1) Enhancing the distribution of environmental information Established at TEIA’s inception, the Environmental Information Center has worked to disseminate environmental information to the Taiwanese public as a way to generate awareness and guard the country against environmental threats. We believe that information is the foundation of any helpful action. We provide, on a daily basis, environment-related information including news, feature articles, editorials, and green events, created by our staff and experts from various fields, on our official website (http://e-info.org.tw). Our information reaches 30,000 browsers per day on average. We circulate newsletters through email subscription to approximately 100,000 readers and seeks to reach out to our community through Facebook. We won Taiwan's "Social Responsibility Award" given by The Foundation for Excellent Journalist Award for extinguished journalists and media. 2) Promoting the environmental charitable trust model Apart from offering environmental information, TEIA also aims to promote the environmental charitable trust model as a way to permanently protect and preserve natural heritage. An environmental trust is a means to entrust natural property privately owned to a civic organization for the purpose of environmental protection and sustainable management. The country’s first environmental trust fund was launched in 2011 to protect a hill of 1.8 acres in north-west Taiwan (named as Nature Valley). It was later transferred from its first receiving trustee to TEIA in 2014. Our main tasks at the site are threefold: protecting lowland forest biodiversity, building partnerships with the local community, and operating an environmental learning center for people to get involved. Apart from Nature Valley, we also manage various habitats to experiment with the conservation strategy of land stewardship in trusts. Current projects include a farm land in eastern Taiwan and two islets off the west coast of the main Taiwan island. We have also worked to engage the public in efforts to preserve natural habitats through Eco Working Holidays from 2004.

Taiwan Environmental Information Association 台灣環境資訊協會
No. 38 Wanlong Street., Wenshan Dist.,
Taipei, Taipei 116057
Taiwan
Phone 886-2-29332233
Website teia.tw
Unique Identifier 9018623