Posted on Nov 2, 2023
Newshour - Taiwan's Tsou people fear losing culture to climate change - BBC Sounds
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The Tsou people live in mountainous areas of Taiwan. But more frequent droughts and warmer weather are threatening their way of life.
Local producers like Jui-Chiao Chung are already moving from bamboo to coffee. Meanwhile, the mountain flowers that are used to ritualise the community's culture are disappearing. Without the flowers, "God won’t be able to find us," says Tsou elder, Gao Desheng.
Taiwan is about to hold a presidential election but environmental groups such as Greenpeace have accused the candidates of being "climate snails" and too slow in developing their climate policies.
Local producers like Jui-Chiao Chung are already moving from bamboo to coffee. Meanwhile, the mountain flowers that are used to ritualise the community's culture are disappearing. Without the flowers, "God won’t be able to find us," says Tsou elder, Gao Desheng.
Taiwan is about to hold a presidential election but environmental groups such as Greenpeace have accused the candidates of being "climate snails" and too slow in developing their climate policies.
Newshour - Taiwan's Tsou people fear losing culture to climate change - BBC Sounds
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Taiwan
Climate Change
Policy
Water
Farming
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."Local producers like Jui-Chiao Chung are already moving from bamboo to coffee. Meanwhile, the mountain flowers that are used to ritualise the community's culture are disappearing. Without the flowers, "God won’t be able to find us," says Tsou elder, Gao Desheng.
Taiwan is about to hold a presidential election but environmental groups such as Greenpeace have accused the candidates of being "climate snails" and too slow in developing their climate policies."
..."Local producers like Jui-Chiao Chung are already moving from bamboo to coffee. Meanwhile, the mountain flowers that are used to ritualise the community's culture are disappearing. Without the flowers, "God won’t be able to find us," says Tsou elder, Gao Desheng.
Taiwan is about to hold a presidential election but environmental groups such as Greenpeace have accused the candidates of being "climate snails" and too slow in developing their climate policies."
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We in the West often forget that internal ethnic minority groups exist in Asia…and have mixed feelings about environment vs. economy.
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