Biodiversity Lecture "Butterfly Revival – Protecting the Habitat of the Great Purple Emperor" | News

Nuvoton Technology X Hsinchu Branch of FANCA X The Butterfly Conservation Society of Taiwan X Sustainable Development Association of the Bairan Tribe in Wufeng Township, Hsinchu County

On August 25, Nuvoton Technology held an ecological lecture on the "Butterfly Revival – Protecting the Habitat of the Great Purple Emperor" at the Zhubei Building, inviting Jung-hua, Chang, honorary Chairman of the Butterfly Conservation Society of Taiwan, to give an in-depth introduction to the habitat environment and conservation challenges of the protected Great Purple Emperor in Taiwan. Nuvoton Technology invited Director General Rong-sheng, Xia and colleagues from the Hsinchu Branch of the FANCA, Chairman Ai-lun, Chiang and Event Director Chu-lan, Yan of the Taiwan Butterfly Conservation Society, Chairman Xu Anlin and Secretary-General Zhou Jingui of the Sustainable Development Association of the Bairan Tribe in Wufeng Township, to jointly participate, opening opportunities for exchanges between enterprises, government, academic institutions, and local indigenous culture and ecological conservation. Nuvoton Technology and Winbond Electronics employees, including up to 1,000 on-site and online participants, demonstrated the company's attention and dedication to ecology and local indigenous communities.

Participation in Natural Carbon Sequestration and Biodiversity Projects

FANCA invited experts and scholars in related fields to formulate the "Great Purple Emperor Endangered Species Conservation Action Plan," planning conservation action strategies from various aspects. They launched the "Butterfly Revival – Protecting the Habitat of the Great Purple Emperor" ESG conservation project through the "Carbon Sink and Biodiversity ESG Project Matching Platform" initiated by the Hsinchu Branch, matching the Taiwan Butterfly Conservation Society, which has been conducting population monitoring and habitat surveys in the Bairan Tribe for a long time. With the Bairan Tribe in Wufeng Township as the core, and with the cooperation of relevant scholars, they used drone aerial photography technology to establish data on the distribution of the Chinese Hackberry. At the same time, they promoted the empowerment of tribal residents to participate in the patrol and trait investigation of the Chinese Hackberry, hoping to make local residents participate and become key forces in ecological protection, and gradually expand to environmental education and community conservation actions. This project resonated with Nuvoton, and everyone worked together to make the Bairan Tribe and Wufeng Mountain Area a demonstration field and benchmark for the sustainable conservation of the Great Purple Emperor.

Sharing of Rare Butterflies Conservation Work

In the lecture, Honorary Chairman Jung-hua, Chang, of the Butterfly Conservation Society of Taiwan led everyone to understand rare butterflies and introduced the evolution, life history, and conservation crisis of butterflies, with a special focus on the research of the Great Purple Emperor in the Hsinchu indigenous area. He mentioned the challenges faced by volunteer partners during the survey process, such as searching for the Chinese Hackberry in cold and steep mountainous areas, flipping through fallen leaves to find overwintering larvae, and conducting measurements and data collection. These data became important bases for subsequent habitat conservation and educational promotion, allowing participants to deeply understand the hardships and value of conservation work. The participation of two tribal representatives demonstrated the local attention to butterfly conservation and laid the foundation for future tribal conservation empowerment and partnership.