Eight native Taiwanese tree seedlings given away free; pick them up at the high-speed rail station and take them home
Text/Taiwan Forestry Research Institute
"Take a Sapling Traveling" enters its fourth year this year, organized by the Forestry Research Institute of the Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan, the Wutong Environmental Integration Foundation, the Hsinchu City Government and Taiwan High Speed Rail Corporation. On March 9 and March 12 of the 106th year of the Republic of China, one sapling giveaway event will be held at Hsinchu Railway Station and one at Taichung High Speed Rail Station respectively. Nearly 20 international students and ENO Taiwan international environmental organization will serve as giveaway volunteers, each event giving away 1,000 Taiwan native saplings to travelers and the public, and explaining on site the characteristics of the sapling species being given away and correct planting methods.
Planting trees is the most direct friendly green action for the Earth. "Take a Sapling Traveling" invites tree-loving people to adopt saplings, so that the saplings can travel by rail to locations suitable for their growth. This year's event is supported by nearly 20 international exchange students from Germany, Poland, India, Eswatini, Vietnam, Indonesia and other countries, who volunteer as giveaway volunteers for the "Take a Sapling Traveling" event, symbolizing global cooperation to improve climate change and air quality.
The Taiwan native saplings provided by the Forestry Research Institute include 8 species in total: Buddhist pine (Podocarpus macrophyllus), ring-cupped oak (Cyclobalanopsis glauca), leatherleaf rhaphiolepis (Rhaphiolepis indica var. umbellata), Taiwan tree orchid (Bauhinia), Luculia (Luculia), firecracker tree (Leea), Taiwan acacia (Acacia confusa) and Philippine cinnamon (Cinnamomum philippinense); the Forestry Research Institute also asked incubated manufacturer Hongli Biochemical Technology Company to provide biodegradable bags made from corn starch, making it convenient for travelers to carry saplings, responding to environmental protection from the packaging side and avoiding permanent pollution.
The Forestry Research Institute pointed out that at the event site a tree-planting demonstration will first be held, inviting guests and international students to plant saplings in flower pots shaped like High Speed Rail trains, to demonstrate correct planting methods and care methods, conveying the concept that caring for trees is more important than planting trees, with experts from the Forestry Research Institute explaining on site and providing the public with consultation related to tree care. The saplings are available while supplies last, and tree-loving people are welcome to participate enthusiastically.