SEVERE COASTAL EROSION FOUND IN AT LEAST 12 SHORES|全台海岸線大退縮 12處海灘流失嚴重

According to a recent survey, severe coastal erosion can be found in at least 12 shorelines or shoals in Taiwan. Although the government has made beach replenishment efforts, insufficient funding has rendered long-term, comprehensive plans unlikely. As climate change continues, scholars worry that the situation will be even worse if the government fails to take proper action. The footage shows the coastlines in Taiwan ten years ago. Under the influence of climate change, beach erosion has been more and more severe on coasts such as the Golden Beach in Tainan. Local residents fear that they might lose the beach. ==LOCAL RESIDENT== It has really changed. When I was a kid, it was quite a walk to get to the sea. Now, it's a lot closer. ==CHAO JUI-GUANG, Environmental Campaigner, Tainan Community College== South of the Zengwun River, you can only see the coastline growing near the Luermen River Estuary. If you go further down, most of the coastlines are receding. Severe coastal erosion can be found in at least 12 shorelines or shoals in western Taiwan. For example, Haomeiliao in Chiayi has receded by 66 meters. In Cigu, Tainan, the number is 1,000 meters within 50 years; the Golden Beach in Tainan 30 meters within 20 years; Cijing in Kaohsiung 50 meters within 10 years. Although the government has made plans for beach replenishment, scholars say that the insufficient budget can only attend to certain areas, which will not solve the problem. ==CHAO JUI-GUANG, Environmental Campaigner, Tainan Community College== I think that we must include in the urban development plan the establishment of cushion zones. People should not live in those areas, and no urban development projects should be carried out in the cushion zones. As the coastlines are receding, the land area in Taiwan is getting smaller. If the government does not take action, the situation might worsen. TRANSLATED BY：LUKE CHIANG 空拍畫面紀錄，10年前台灣海岸線的狀況，隨著氣候變遷加劇，海岸線退縮的情況越來越嚴重，像是台南的黃金海岸，民眾說，小時候到海邊，想玩到水得走好幾分鐘，現在卻要擔心沙灘會不見。 ==當地居民== (海岸線)差很多 我還是小孩子的時候 要走到海邊還有一段時間 有一段(距離) 但現在比較近 ==台南社大環境小組研究員 晁瑞光== 曾文溪以南的海岸線 大概只有鹿耳門溪出海口 龍崗國小這邊海岸線在淤(積) 其他地方大部份 都在退 經濟部中央地質調查所統計，全台至少12處海灘或沙洲嚴重流失，大多分布在台灣西岸。像是嘉義的好美寮海岸，已經退縮66公尺，台南七股海濱，50年退縮1000公尺，而另一處知名景點:黃金海岸，也在短短20年內，退縮了30公尺，就連高雄旗津海岸，也在10年內，就退縮了50公尺，學者說，雖然政府計劃性養灘，但有時受限於預算，無法長期執行，也只能挑重點區域養灘，讓海岸線退縮的情況沒能徹底解決。 ==台南社大環境小組研究員 晁瑞光== 我覺得在整個都市計畫裡面 它必需很明確的去建立 所謂的緩衝區 所以有些地方其實不適合 讓人可以在那邊居住 或者說都市計畫開發的時候 (海岸線退縮)那個地方 都不適合再做任何的開發 海岸線退縮，美麗的海景被消波塊取代，也讓台灣陸地面積逐漸縮小，若不多點積極作為，情況只怕會越來越壞。 記者 南部綜合報導