International Conference on Climate Change Adaptations to Disasters on Slopeland - Agency of Rural Development and Soil and Water Conservation, MOA

I. Background

Part of the Circum-Pacific Seismic Zone, Taiwan is located at a compressive tectonic boundary between the Eurasian Plate and the Philippine Sea Plate, giving rise to an average annual occurrence of more than 200 felt earthquakes on its vulnerable and fault-packed watersheds. In addition, situated at the seasonal rain front and West Pacific typhoon track, Taiwan suffers from high precipitation every year induced by typhoons, torrential rain or southwest airflow that comes with typhoons, resulting in the degradation and erosion of watersheds, and even leading to landslides, complex landslides or debris flow disasters.

Climate change over the past few years has caused numerous large-scale extreme weather disasters, such as the Typhoon Morakot in 2009, whose 2,500mm rainfall within 72 hours caught wide public attention. As a result, under the current watershed management and erosion control system, the slopeland disaster prevention and watershed management still leave some room for improvement if we are to cope with the water-sand environmental alteration caused by expected severer climate change. Apart from the effort to enhance the existing water and soil conservation technologies, the current watershed management and erosion control mechanism and the landslide disaster warning system and responsive measures are important directions for climate change adaptation. In order to establish effective climate change adaptation strategies in the field of water and soil conservation, the “International Conference on Climate Change Adaptations to Disasters on Slopeland” is held for experts and scholars from home and abroad to exchange relevant experiences and research results.

II. Organizers and co-organizers

Organized by：Soil and Water Conservation Bureau, Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan
Advised by： National Development Council, Council of Agriculture of Executive Yuan
Co-organized by： National Chung Hsing University, National Cheng Kung University
Executed by： Sinotech Engineering Consultants, LTD., Sinotech Consultants, Inc.

III. Time & place

Time：09:00-16:30, November 6, 2014 (Thur.)
Place：GIS MOTC Convention Center, Taipei
(No. 24, Hangzhou South Road Section 1, Zhongzheng District, Taipei City, Taiwan)

IV. Conference Agenda