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▲ To preserve traditional knowledge relevant conservationfor the and sustainable usethe Council of of Indigenous Peoples biodiversity,initiated a four- year project on “Documentation sinceof 2003Ethnobiology” and has collected informationup databases and for set79 literatures of ethnozoology, 57 literatures of ethnobotany, 382 old literatures, 3,783 of plant of animal species and 4,930 records records species used by indigenous peoples. The number of plant and animal species documented was 110. The Council also held a conference and published proceedings on traditional knowledgebiodiversity in 2006. relevant to

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reaching the goals of the CBD. reaching parts in biodiversity works are all important steps for academic institutions and private sectors to take government agencies at all levels, NGOs, NPOs, and promoting integration and partnerships among knowledge, as depicted in Article 8 (j) of the CBD, the approval and involvement of the holders of such diversity and promote their wider application with for the conservation and sustainable use of biological biological of use sustainable and conservation the for communities embodying traditional lifestyles relevant innovations and practices of indigenous and local Actions such as respect and preserve knowledge, the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity. should show consideration for it, and take part in ▲ Biodiversity is valuable to everyoneour life, therefore The Achievement of Taiwan's National Biodiversity Action Any individual can take steps to make biodiversity Other activities included providing aids to local Plan (NBAP) IV a welcome part of everyday life. The Townscape communities, NGOs, private sectors to encourage Renaissance Project, initiated by Construction partnership in implementation of biodiversity Take More Actions For Biodiversity Administration since 1999, aims to reconstruct work; holding hundreds of workshops, training townscape through social, economic and courses and conferences to promote capacity environmental reform. Care for the environment is building, education, and raise of public awareness; one of the key spirits of the project. In 2006, under supporting international conservation projects to the advice of the National Council of Sustainable assist implementation of biodiversity work by NGOs Development, the Construction Administration and developing countries in the region and around launched a “Model Eco-community” project to give the world. out grant to those who can consolidate ecological design, sustainable cultivation, and alternative energy to build an ecologically sustainable community.

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