Hemp Advocacy
H.onor E.arths M.iracle P.lant
Hemp is a vital resouce that as a culture we need to reclaim to bring ecological balance to this earth. Lets take action and educate our communities about using hemp for food, fuel and fiber for a more sustainable future!
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Created: Feb 09, 2008
Updated: Nov 01, 2009
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What does SAVE do? |
| Mission The purpose of Spoonbill Action Voluntary Echo (SAVE) International is to protect the critically endangered black-faced spoonbill and its habitat throughout its flyway by promoting alternative economic development and long-term sustainability of the ecosystems and local communities. Accomplishments 1. Stopped Bin-nan development (proposed in Taiwan in prime spoonbill habitat) through project critique, advocacy, and alternative plan proposal 2. Stalled free-trade zone airport and development slated for former Bin-nan site through project critique and alternative plan proposal 3. Through habitat stepping stone research and planning delineated habitat preservation zones now included in draft master plan for National Scenic Area (NSA) in southwest Taiwan (the area was created as a result of stopping Bin-nan and calling attention to the region's natural resources) 4. Extended spoonbill research and advocacy to include: scientists around the world, UC Berkeley-National Taiwan University partnership, politicians at all scales in Taiwan, environmental activists along the spoonbills flyway 5.Raised awareness of the spoonbill through advocacy and Taiwan and US media campaigns 6. Advanced the science on spoonbill habitat needs and the application of this thinking to local land use and environmental resource planning 7.Advanced ecotourism planning in Taiwan based on scholarship and field research 8.Empowered local grassroots groups in southwest Taiwan (e.g. fishermen, TEPU) 9. Created a model for university participatory action research that applies to environmental planning issues which has won several awards 10. Remained in business for 10 years with minimal funding and a relatively small membership and even smaller working group of volunteers |
| SAVE International is a project of the Earth Island Institute (EII) |
