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planting and maintenance work supported by
the all the Rotary districts in Taiwan, and a
ten-hectare Rotary park of native tree species
restoration would write a new chapter and
set an example of how non-profit service
organizations treasure our natural environment
and take actions in reforestation."

growing and tough species are difficult to
stop its spreading and they damage and hinder
the growth of other native species. The pure
bushes of this invasive species have covered
many parts of Taiwan, especially in Hengchun
Peninsula, and changing and impacting original
environment and native flora.
More than NT$ 8 million has been
jointly raised by the 12 districts of Rotary
International, and RC Hengchun has served
as major sponsor club to carry out activities
in Hengchun Peninsula to remove Eucacacia
Japonica and to plant trees for restoration of
native species, including Acacia, Formosan
The event was also supported by Aglaia, Melia azedarach Linn, Hengchun
governmental agencies and leaders, such as Loquat, Fraxinus formosana Hayata,
5,000 native tree saplings were contributed by Pistacia chinensis Bunge, Hibiscus tiliaceus
Mu-sheng Chu, Deputy Director General of L., Terminalia catappa Linn., Aquilaria
Pingtung District Office of Forestry Bureau, pentandrum Blanco, Palaquium formosanum
and a working team led by Deputy Director Hay., Kleinhovia hospita L., and Rose Wood.
General Shu-guo Hsu of Kenting National
Park also joined to help. In addition, many
important community and civic service leaders
participated in the whole process. President
Internet Wang customized special name tags
and distributed to the participants, reminding
them to come back after three years to check
the native tree saplings they planted.
DG Wonderful noted that Eucacacia
Japonica is among the top 100 harmful
invasive plants in the world. This woody, fast

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