Taiwan East Coast Resort Development Prompts Protests
Indigenous and environmental activists continue to protest a controversial tourism development on Taiwan's east coast. They warn it will damage local ecosystems and harm Indigenous people's way of life.
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00:00Indigenous and environmental groups are again protesting plans to build a large resort on
00:05Taiwan's east coast.
00:07That's as the Ministry of the Interior holds its fourth meeting to review planning permission
00:11for the project.
00:12Nearly 10 hectares of land are earmarked for the development, near Pisirian Village in
00:17Taitung County.
00:19Developers say the resort will bring jobs to the indigenous community and not harm the
00:23environment.
00:24But, indigenous activists say it endangered their way of life.
00:29We are like animals in the zoo.
00:31We simulate indigenous culture in the Maldives culture and environment experience area for
00:35visitors.