THOUSANDS VOICE FOR PROTECTION OF TAOYUAN ALGAL REEF|"大潭藻礁不要說再見" 環團號召千人發聲

On May 27, a walk was held at the shore of Datan algal reef, calling to halt construction of an LNG receiving terminal that is scheduled to be built there. The Datan algal reef is the biggest algal reef in Taiwan, and environmental groups worry that such construction will lead to the reef's extinction. As the tide retreats, dark-red algal reef appear. This breathtaking scene is Taoyuan's Datan algal reef, the biggest and earliest-known algal reef area in Taiwan. Recently, the reef area was scheduled as the site for CPC Corporation's third LNG receiving terminal. Environmental groups worry that the construction will lead to the reef's extinction. ==EVENT PARTICIPANT== They should not do damage to the algal reef. No natural resources should be destroyed. ==EVENT PARTICIPANT== The CPC Corporation should not destroy the ecosystem for the sake of its own interests. It will be too late for them when all algal reef disappear. On May 27, a walk was held on the shore of Datan algal reef, calling for thousands of people to voice for the algal reef. This is the sixth year of the event. The theme this year was "Datan algal reef, don't ever say goodbye." There was also a beach clean-up and a concert following the walk. ==PAN CHUNG-CHENG President, Taoyuan Union== Once the third LNG receiving terminal begins its construction, 77 hectares of the algal reef will be buried. However, this is not the end. We think that future development, the 230-hectare large Kwun Tong Industrial Area, will reclaim more land from the sea. ==LIU CHING-YU Deputy Researcher, Taiwan Endemic Species Research Institute, COA== The crustose coralline algae here in Taoyuan, along with some unknown species, may disappear from the world if the Datan algal reef is destroyed. Environmental groups and experts said that once the third LNG receiving terminal begins its first stage of construction, a 77-hectare large algal reef will not be the only victim. The southern Guanxin algal reef natural reserve will also face destruction. The domino effect will eventually wipe out all algal reef in Taoyuan. Therefore, they called for the CPC Corporation not to destroy the Datan algal reef and for the government to protect this natural phenomenon that has existed for over 7,600 years. TRANSLATED BY ARIEL HSIEH 桃園觀音區的「大潭藻礁」，擁有全台最大藻礁群，不過現在因為被劃設為，中油第三天然氣接收站的預定地，陷入開發危機。環保團體舉辦第六年的、「珍愛桃園藻礁」健行活動，要呼籲中油不要變成殺手。 退潮的海岸，露出暗紅色壯闊藻礁群，令現場民眾嘆為觀止。環保團體表示，大潭藻礁是全台最早發現藻礁的地方，也是全國最大藻礁群，因為被劃設為中油第三天然氣接收站預定地，陷入開發危機。 ==參與學生== 不應該傷害天然的這些 不只是藻礁 只要是天然資源 都不應該被破壞掉 ==參與學生== 我覺得不應該只為了 一部分的利益 就是來破壞這塊生態 到最後再後悔 可能就來不及了 除了音樂會，還有健走淨灘。第六年的珍愛桃園藻礁健行活動，27號下午在大潭藻礁海岸舉辦，主題訂為大潭藻礁不要說再見，號召千人替藻礁發聲。 ==在地聯盟理事長 潘忠政== 第三天然氣接收站 一旦在這裡設站的話呢 馬上就要埋掉77公頃的藻礁地形 活埋 我們認為後續的開發 會把230公頃的觀塘工業區 都通通填海造陸 ==農委會特生中心副研究員 劉靜榆== 桃園這個地方的珊瑚藻 殼狀珊瑚藻 有一些還未知的物種 大潭藻礁被破壞掉的話 可能就會在世界上消失 環保團體和學者認為，第三天然氣接收站第一期工程一旦被開發，不只埋掉77公頃藻礁，也連帶影響南側觀新藻礁現有保護區的破壞，就像骨牌效應，瓦解桃園藻礁。呼籲中油不要當殺手，也希望政府把藻礁納為保護區，留下這片存活了7600年的珍稀地景。 記者 詹淑雲 桃園報導