The National Parks Department, Kinmen National Park Management Office and Wanhai Shipping work together to plant trees and implement ESG corporate sustainable development goals
The National Parks Department of the Ministry of the Interior held the 113th Annual Arbor Day event next to the Zhaishan Tunnel Bus Parking Lot on the morning of March 7. Through cooperation with Wanhai Shipping Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Wanhai Shipping Company), and Jincheng Town Gugang The community participated in the response and worked together to plant native tree species such as camphor trees, gurgling trees, neem trees, and white-backed wood ginger trees, working together for a sustainable environment.
In order to respond to the global net-zero emissions trend, implement sustainable development goals, and respond to the Arbor Day event, the National Park Service of the Ministry of Interior invited Dong Zhimou, Director of the Office of the Legislator Chen Yuzhen, Member Dong Senbao, Zheng Xiangting, Director of the Kinmen County Forestry Office, and the Ministry of Interior Police Sergeant Shi Mingchen of the Fourth Brigade of the Seventh Security Police Corps of the Police, together with colleagues from Jincheng Town Gugang Community Development Association and Kinmen National Park Management Office, planted about 200 seedlings next to the bus parking lot of Zhaishan Tunnel. The rest will be collected by Wan The Shipping Company assisted in planting a total of approximately 4,850 trees and shrubs in an area of 1.64 hectares. The Financial Management Office would like to thank the public opinion representatives, units and communities who participated today for their support and assistance.
In order to implement the sustainable development goals of ESG enterprises, Wanhai Shipping Company worked hand in hand with the National Parks Department of the Ministry of the Interior to sign a memorandum of cooperation on the "Cooperative Afforestation and Conservation Project". From the end of 2011 to 2019 (including subsequent management and maintenance), it will be carried out in 8 National (natural) parks and urban parks, about 135 hectares of land, with a total of about 400,000 trees planted, afforestation and conservation projects. The tree planting site is adjacent to the Zhaishan Tunnel. In the past, Kinmen's long drought and lack of rain posed a great threat to the use of local water resources. Therefore, the Kinmen National Park Management Office carried out the Gugang Lake dredging project and placed the earthwork In this area, soil improvement can also be carried out. Through this afforestation activity, it is expected to increase the forest coverage and create a multi-layered forest in the area, while achieving the effect of greening and beautifying, and exerting the forest carbon sink function to slow down the impact of climate change on the earth. cause impact.