Taiwan and US Establish Regional Environmental Data Sharing and Technology Exchange Platform

摘要

From 27-28 October 2011, the EPA held the 2011 Regional Environmental Data Working Conference, which marked the establishment of the first environmental data and technology exchange platform for the Asia-Pacific region. The conference was jointly hosted by EPA Minister Stephen Shu-hung Shen and Malcolm D. Jackson, the US EPA's Assistant Administrator for the Office of Environmental Information and Chief information Officer. Senior environmental protection department officials representing the governments of Indonesia, the Philippines, and Thailand were also in attendance at the conference. The delegates held fruitful discussions on regional cooperation and the future development of environmental data collecting technology.