Chiau Wen-yan

Chiau Wen-yan (: born 17 July 1953) is a Taiwanese politician.

He was the member of Legislative Yuan, a professor and the former director of the Institute of Marine Affairs and Resource Management at National Taiwan Ocean University.

Chiau Wen-yan received his M.A. (1989) and Ph.D. (1991) from the University of Pennsylvania, U.S. after earning his B.S. (1976) and LL.M. (1980) degrees in Taiwan.

In 1995 and again in 2001, the Canadian Trade Office in Taipei honored him with the Canadian Studies Award for his research on coastal zone management and marine protected areas in Canada.

Chiau served as a representative of the Chinese Taipei delegation in the APEC Working Group Meeting on Marine Resource Conservation and Fisheries, which led to the common APEC journals for the Marine Resource Conservation Working Group and the Fisheries Working Group.

He also held the post of editor of the international journal Ocean and Coastal Management.

As an oceanographer, Chiau has drafted such marine blueprints as the "Vision of Maritime Countries" in 1996, the "Maritime Affairs Organization Prospectus" in 2000, the "Ocean White Paper" in 2001, the "National Vision for the Golden Decade" concerning the ocean and wetlands protection policy in 2002, the "Ocean Policy White Paper" in 2006, the "Ocean Education White Paper" in 2007, and the "Blue Revolution and Ocean Nation" policy in 2008.

Chiau and Huang Huang-hsiung hosted the "Ocean and Taiwan Seminar" three consecutive times.

Chiau also participated in rescuing the Free China Junk.

Chiau was appointed the deputy director of the Environmental Protection Administration, Executive Yuan in August 2008.

In fact, Chiau drafted Taiwan's Environmental Education Act, which was passed in 2010.

This act Officially passed after the third reading on May 18, 2010, this act focuses on nationwide participation, lifelong learning and environmental education with the overall integration of science and technology and sets forth a thorough cure for Taiwan's environmental problems and worldwide climate change.

《The Wetland Conservation Act》

In 2011, he was nominated and ranked fifth by the Kuomintang Party as the 2012 legislator-at-large in November 2011.

It Officially passed on June 18, 2013, and becoming effective on February 2, 2015 (Wetland Day), this act advocates a wholehearted effort to protect wetland ecology and its diversified, comprehensive and multifaceted culture and biology, featuring the concepts of "intelligent utilization" and "zero impairment".

It also regulates the definition of wetland and any changes or revocation of a wetland and includes a plan for conservation and utilization, development prevention, compensation for wetlands, wetland funds, penalty clauses and the like.

《The Organization Act of the Council of Indigenous Peoples》

It Officially passed on January 14, 2014, this act sets forth that the nation and the government should appreciate and preserve the indigenous people's religious beliefs, ritual ceremonies, languages, culture and cultural assets, both tangible and intangible.

He was honored with the 2015 National Cheng Kung University Distinguished Alumni Award in November 2015 and the Lifetime Contribution Award by the Taiwan Institute of Landscape Architects in January 2016.

Chiau's specialties are environmental planning and management, especially with regard to the areas of city and regional planning, climate change, coastal zone management, wetland conservation, ecotourism, underwater heritage, ocean policies and environmental law.

Furthermore, Chiau was appointed as the President of "R.O.C. Parliamentary Association for Friendship with Germany" established in the Legislative Yuan on June 10, 2015.

Chiau advocates environmental sustainability and landscape and cultural heritage preservation and has also urged developing electronic maritime charts to maintain navigation safety.

Meanwhile, he advocates relevant countries to be self-restrained regarding disputes over the East China Sea and South China Sea.

He recommends upholding the concept of "peace" and "marine protected zones" so that Taiwan, China and Japan can temporarily put their dispute aside and negotiate with the "International Marine Peace Park" that is constructed jointly in the East China Sea and the South China Sea.

Academia

Chiau previously served as a professor and the director of the Institute of Marine Affairs and Resource Management, National Taiwan Ocean University.

He is currently an associate professor in the Department of Marine Environment and Engineering at National Sun Yat-sen University.

Government

Chiau's participation in the Taiwanese government has consisted of the following posts:

8th term of legislator-at-large,

Deputy Minister of Environmental Protection Administration,

Member, Commission on Marine Education, Ministry of Education

Council Member, National Council for Marine Affairs Advancement, Executive Yuan Cabinet) Member, Commission on Research and Planning, Taiwan Coast Guard Administration, Executive Yuan (Cabinet) Advisor, Advisory Commission on National Land Conservation and Development of the Presidential Hall Council Member, National Council for Sustainable Development, Executive Yuan (Cabinet) Advisor, Committee for Sustainable Development, Legislative Yuan (Congress) Member, Committee on Environmental Impact Assessment, Penghu County Government Advisor, Kaohsiung County Government Advisor, Kaohsiung City Government Advisor, Pingtung County Government Member, Advisory Commission on Wildlife Conservation, Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan (Cabinet) Delegate of Chinese Taipei, APEC Marine Resource Conservation Working Group Senior Specialist, Construction and Planning Administration, Ministry of the Interior.

NGOs

He is also involved in non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in the following capacities:

CEO, Foundation of Ocean Taiwan

President, Taiwan Association of Marine Pollution Control

President, Wetlands Taiwan

Board Member, Asia Environmental Council – Asia-Pacific NGOs Environmental.

《The Environmental Education Act 》