Project Objective

The Black-faced Spoonbill is one of the world's endangered species and was classified as "National Vulnerable" in the 2024 Red List of Birds of Taiwan published by the Taiwan Biodiversity Research Institute. The Black-faced Spoonbill is an important winter migratory bird in Taiwan, and approximately two-thirds of the global population migrate to Taiwan as their wintering habitat each year. In 2024, we have partnered with the Taiwan Black-faced Spoonbill Conservation Association to assist in monitoring and improving the habitat of the Black-faced Spoonbill in Qigu, Tainan. In 2025, we upgrade our initiatives to further enhance and strengthen ecological conservation.

Project Implementation

AI Migratory Bird Image Recognition System: The AI model has been comprehensively upgraded, expanding image recognition capabilities from a single species, the Black-faced Spoonbill, in version 1.0, to 13 common wetland bird species, including winter migrants such as the Black-winged Stilt and summer migrants such as the Little Tern. This enhancement supports broader ecological monitoring and behavioral research.

AI Migratory Bird Acoustic Recognition: Capable of identifying up to 33 bird species by their calls, effectively complementing the blind spots of image recognition and enhancing monitoring coverage and completeness. The system also provides "audio track" and "spectrogram" modes, offering interactivity, visual appeal, and educational value for scientific learning.

AI Geofencing System: Accurately identifies intrusions (such as people or animals) and provides real-time alerts of potential threats, with an average of 160 intrusion incidents reported per month, reducing the need for approximately 100 community patrol personnel in the Dingshan community.

AIoT Platform Upgrade for Smart Water Monitoring: Building on the original system, which maintained appropriate water levels through water level monitoring and sluice gate control, additional water quality parameters have been incorporated, including dissolved oxygen, salinity, and pH. This ensures that the wetland environment can support a complete food chain for Black-faced Spoonbills.

Solar-powered water level gauge	Solar-powered water quality monitoring system

Migratory Route Tracking: For rehabilitated Black-faced Spoonbills that are released back into the wild, GPS trackers are installed to record their flight paths, temperature, air pressure, and altitude, providing a complete picture of their migratory dynamics and revealing transboundary migration routes as well as potential risks such as wind farm installations and avian influenza hotspot areas.

Citizen Science and Education Outreach: Leveraging AIoT, image recognition, and environmental monitoring outcomes, we have created a demonstration site that applies technology to ecological education, integrating teaching curricula and corporate volunteer-guided tours to encourage hands-on participation by students and local residents, foster community engagement, and deepen conservation awareness.

Project Objective

According to "The Red List of Vascular Plants of Taiwan", 989 species of vascular plants in Taiwan have been classified as critically endangered, endangered, or vulnerable. However, some of these plants grow in habitats close to areas of human activity and are not protected by protected areas legislation, resulting in rapid habitat loss due to development. These species represent the most urgent targets for conservation efforts. Therefore, we have launched a project to transform our operational sites into protection bases for threatened plant species that are not in protected areas, to improve the landscape and ecological environment at our service centers and aim to achieve the conservation of 100 threatened plant species over time.

Project Implementation

Conservation of Endangered Native Plant Species in Taiwan: In 2024, the Jinshan Building in Taipei, which features an ecological pond and a small flower garden with relatively high visibility, was selected as a demonstration site. Following an environmental ecological survey and inventory, as well as expert consultations, and after comprehensively considering the degree of threat, local cultural value, and feasibility of plantation, four rare plant species were chosen for conservation: Arundina graminifolia, Angelica pubescens, Asarum taitonense, and Hypericum subalatum. In 2025, we established a second conservation site at the Wuchang Building (Wuqing Service Center) of the Kaohsiung Branch, focusing on restoring habitats for endangered plant species such as Scutellaria taiwanensis, Scutellaria tashiroi, Scutellaria south-taiwanensis, and Salvia tashiroi. This initiative is integrated with the Wuchang Workplace Mutual Support Childcare Service Center to provide local education initiatives that enable young children to connect with plants and learn about ecological conservation.

Jinshan Building in Taipei	Wuchang Building in Kaohsiung

AIoT Real-Time Monitoring Platform: Utilizing advanced 5G communication and AIoT technologies, we have installed sensors and surveillance cameras to monitor the growth of plants around operational sites, including critical factors such as temperature, light intensity, and humidity ensuring optimal plant growth. Additionally, through our "CHT IVS (Intelligence Video Surveillance)" enabling continuous monitoring of plant growth patterns. By integrating technology into conservation efforts, we enable and achieve real-time monitoring and risk management.

Promotion of Nature-Positivity Principles: We conduct employee training programs covering topics such as species selection and care, conservation landscape design, and an introduction to AIoT monitoring equipment to cultivate and encourage employees to participate in plant care and act as advocates, sharing plant conservation efforts and nature-positive principles with customers and local communities to promote the mainstreaming of nature-positive practices.

Jinshan Building in Taipei	Wuchang Building in Kaohsiung

Project Objective

Chunghwa Telecom is the first company to promote a corporate volunteer program that incorporates the concept of "Citizen Scientists for Tree Carbon Sequestration." Upholding its corporate social responsibility and actively advancing its ESG vision, the Company continues to provide training, certification, and engagement opportunities for citizen scientist corporate volunteers in environmental sustainability initiatives, enhancing employees' understanding of tree carbon sequestration and their technical capabilities in this field. This program will generate scientific data on tree carbon storage and sequestration to support biodiversity conservation and climate change mitigation. It also aims to start from within the enterprise to raise public awareness and recognition of biodiversity conservation, promote the mainstreaming of nature-positive action, and extend environmental efforts beyond the Company to society at large.

Project Implementation

In 2025, we trained and certified 264 citizen scientists, who then collaborated with local education bureaus and the National Park Administration in Taipei, Taichung, Yunlin, Kaohsiung, and Pingtung to measure a total of 3,631 trees.