Who’s making an impact when it comes to Sustainable Development? The Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rankings was designed to figure it out. With 17 items of consideration, universities around the world are being sized-up based on how well they are performing in activities directly related to the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). And in the recently published 2021 Impact Rankings, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology (NPUST) was among the 35 universities in Taiwan to make the list.

National Pingtung University of Science and Technology (NPUST) and Green Hope Spring Social Enterprise joined forces on Earth Day 2021 to plant some trees and put the spotlight on the environment.

Over the years, the Department of Forestry’s Community Forestry Center has been working in cooperation with the Forestry Bureau to develop “Sotomaya Economies”, such as eco-tourism and under-forest cultivation, in the tribal areas which were previously devastated by Typhoon Morokat. On April 13th, the duo, together with Ali Tribe members, jointly published the results of their “Natural and Cultural Ecological Landscape” work — work which has positioned them as the number one indigenous natural and cultural ecological landscape in the country and also made them home to the top professional team of ecotourism guides. On top of this, they also represent the first cultural ecological landscape in the country to be managed in cooperation with the Forestry Bureau.

Today (4/8) Global View Magazine held the second awards ceremony for “Outstanding University Social Responsibility Projects” and winning first prize for the Ecological Co-Benefit category was Associate Professor Mei-Hsiu Hwang of the NPUST Institute of Wildlife Conservation. NPUST President Chang-Hsien Tai accepted the award on Professor Hwang’s behalf.