Conservationists in Taiwan are angry over a draft plan to strengthen the country's environmental protection. They warn it does not do enough to prevent climate-related natural disasters or protect marine life.
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00:00Conservation groups have slammed proposed revisions to a plan to strengthen environmental
00:04protection in Taiwan.
00:06The National Environmental Protection Program is being self-sacrificed.
00:09The pace of improvement is very slow.
00:12It's just a turtle plan.
00:15Taiwan's environment ministry has been consulting with the groups on the plan, but opponents
00:20warned the amendments would remove important provisions on preventing climate-related natural
00:25disasters and marine life protections.