The Review of Taiwan's Reforestation Regulations and Policies under Climate Change Regime

• Main Authors: Cheng, Hsin-Yueh, 鄭心玥
• Other Authors: 張自強
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2011
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/70151925531494925343

碩士 === 南台科技大學 === 財經法律研究所 === 99 === In order to prevent global warming from causing negative effects and to reduce greenhouse gases (GHGs), countries around the world negotiated a plan to mitigate global warming effects. Hence, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has been signed in 1992, and amended by Kyoto Protocol, which has binding force, in the third session of Conference of Parties. In Kyoto Protocol, industrial countries and countries that are undergoing the process of transition to market economy countries in Eastern Europe are responsible with reducing GHGs. All the contracting parties have to formulate domestic law based on the spirit of UNFCCC. Except for implementing those mitigating acts within contracting parties, Kyoto Protocol also regulates additional mitigating activities in article 3, paragraph 3 and 4, namely, land use, land-use change and forestry (LULUCF), in order to encourage contracting parties to achieve their mitigating commitment. LULUCF makes contracting parties able to implement additional mitigating activities no matter domestically, in Annex I parties, or in other non-Annex I parties. This research paper will, at first, probe into the forest activities ruled within UNFCCC and the Kyoto Protocol, second, compare the differences between legislative pattern in foreign countries and the laws and regulations in Taiwan, and third, bring up advices to the administrative units in Taiwan. Thus, though Taiwan is not a contracting party in Kyoto Protocol, the objective of this paper is to strengthen the forest managing legislations in Taiwan and to conform with the international rules on forest conservation and carbon subtraction.