Retrieving the name of Pacefongan with Troik Tribe socio-ecological production landscape and seascape resilience assessment workshops in Taitung County, Taiwan

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by SuFen Tsai, Taitung Branch of the Forestry and Nature Conservation Agency

The landscape of Torik tribe, Taitung, Taiwan

Taitung Branch, Forestry and Nature Conservation Agency

The Taitung Branch of the Forestry and Nature Conservation Agency (FANCA) conducted community-based resilience assessment workshops (RAWs) in the Torik Tribe. Local residents from different age groups took part in RAWs. Together, they assessed the socio-ecological resilience of the Torik Tribe, identified its main risks and resources, elicited the most urgent local issues, and discussed priority management tasks.

RAWs results reflected some major issue of the Torik locals in regard to ocean protection, ocean-based economy and community-based governance of ocean resources. In addition to recognition and respect towards the cultural significance of Pacefongan, in Amis word means where the beach ships disembark. With lots of visitors have ocen activities the locals were also concerned with potential threats to the local natural environment and safety issues for the visitors. RAWs made it clear that collaborative governance agencies at the community level and support from other relevant stakeholders were or paramount important.

Last update: 13 Aug 2024

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Context

Challenges addressed

Loss of Biodiversity

Ocean warming and acidification

Conflicting uses / cumulative impacts

Ecosystem loss

Pollution (incl. eutrophication and litter)

Unsustainable harvesting incl. Overfishing

Infrastructure development

Changes in socio-cultural context

Lack of public and decision maker’s awareness

Poor monitoring and enforcement

Poor governance and participation

Scale of implementation

Local

Ecosystems

Agroforestry

Cropland

Rocky reef / Rocky shore

Coral reef

Beach

River, stream

Wetland (swamp, marsh, peatland)

Theme

Access and benefit sharing

Habitat fragmentation and degradation

Disaster risk reduction

Connectivity / transboundary conservation

Ecosystem services

Protected and conserved areas governance

Food security

Health and human wellbeing

Sustainable livelihoods

Indigenous people

Local actors

Traditional knowledge

Coastal and marine spatial management

Protected and conserved areas management planning

Watershed management

Agriculture

Culture

Forest Management

Fisheries and aquaculture

Tourism

Water provision and management

Wastewater treatment

Location

Duli Rd., Chenggong Township, Taitung County, Taiwan (R.O.C.)

East Asia

Impacts

There are three primary actions were collectively identified by the Torik Tribe and the Taitung Branch of FANCA since 2018 started with Taiwan Ecological Network to date:

Landscape-seascape health and connectivity. Water-saving rice cultivation and eco-friendly farming practices are being implemented in response to the lack of irrigation water (with the support of Taitung District Agricultural Research and Extension Station, Tainan District Agricultural Research and Extension Station, and the Department of Agronomy of National Chiayi University). Eco-friendly Torik rice is then successfully marketed though MUJI chain store and the agricultural cooperatives.
Tradition and innovation. The Torik Tribe, in partnership with the Taitung Branch of FANCA, Torik Environmental Protection Association, and the elders from the Torik Culture & Health Station, conducts field surveys, documents Indigenous and local knowledge, and publishes a series of books on restoration and preservation of local historical names and their cultural meanings – Pacefongan being one of them.
Multi-stakeholder governance. The younger generation of Torik has arranged to set up a Tribal Council to regularly communicate with the Taitung County government and the National East Coast Scenic Area Administration, advocating for local empowerment on the management of historical marine sites.