Dr. Wen-yan Chiau

Professor, Institute of Marine Affairs and Resource Management, 
National Taiwan Ocean University

Education

• Ph.D. in City and Regional Planning , University of Pennsylvania, U.S.A., 1991

• M.A. in Urban Planning, National Chung Hsing University, 1980  

• B.S. in Urban Planning, National Cheng Kung University, 1976

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Research Specialties

Marine Policy, Ocean Governance, Coastal Management, Wetland Conservation, Environmental Law, Environmental Planning and Management, Maritime Heritage, APEC Marine Resource Conservation Affairs

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Professional Experience

       Academia

• Professor and Director, Institute of Marine Affairs and Resource Management, National Taiwan Ocean  University. 

• Associate Professor, Dept. of Marine Environment and Engineering, National Sun Yat-sen University.
  
  Government 

• 8th term of legislator-at-large, convener of 8th session of Interior Committee

• Deputy Minister of Environmental Protection Administration

• Member, Commission on Marine Education, Ministry of Education

• Council Member, National Council for Marine Affairs Advancement, Executive Yuan  (Cabinet)

• Member, Commission on Research and Planning, Taiwan Coast Guard Administration, Executive Yuan  (Cabinet)

• Advisor, Advisory Commission on National Land Conservation and Development to the Presidential Hall

• Council Member, National Council for Sustainable Development, Executive Yuan (Cabinet)

• Advisor, Committee for Sustainable Development, Legislative Yuan (Congress)Member, Committee on  Environmental Impact Assessment, Penghu County Government

• Advisor, Kaohsiung County Government

• Advisor, Kaohsiung City Government

• Advisor, Pingtung County Government

• Member, Advisor Commission on Wildlife Conservation, Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan (Cabinet)

• Delegate of Chinese Taipei, APEC Marine Resource Conservation Working Group 

• Senior Specialist, Construction and Planning Administration, Ministry of the Interior 

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       NGOs

• CEO, Foundation of Ocean Taiwan

• President, Taiwan Association of Marine Pollution Control

• President, Wetlands Taiwan

• Board Member, Asia Environmental Council – Asia-Pacific NGOs Environmental Conference, Korea

• Member, Ramsar Center Japan, Japan

• Member, Association of Marine Affairs and Policy, Taiwan

• Member, Society of Environmental Education, Taiwan

• Permanent member, Society of Urban Planning, Taiwan

• Permanent member, Society of Environmental Engineering, Taiwan

• Permanent member, Society of Underwater Technology, Taiwan

• Permanent member, Green Association of Kaohsiung City, Taiwan

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Professional Experience

• Poland), COP20 (Lima, Peru), COP21(Paris, France)  (2013-2015)The leader of Executive Yuan Propaganda Delegation representing our country to attend the annual  meeting of “United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) “  COP19 (Warszawa,

• The leader of Executive Yuan Delegation representing our country to attend the annual meeting of “United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) “  COP15 (Copenhagen, Denmark), COP16 (Cancun, Mexico) 

• Attend “43rd annual meeting of “Asian Pacific Parliamentarians' Union (APPU)” Tokyo), 44th annual meeting (Taipei) and 77 and 78th board meetings, and served as the leader of delegation representing our country on behalf of President of Legislative Yuan, Jing-Ping Wang; attend “45th annual meeting and 79th board meetings (Majuro, Marshall), responsible for the preparation of report and proposals of the ROC (2013-2015)

• Attend “13th Forum of Speakers of the Legislative Bodies of Central American and Caribbean Basin/ Foro de”      and present the report “the role of parliament as facing the climate change” (2012)

• Attend “Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (“APEC”) meeting, ocean resources conservation group annual meeting, responsible for the Roundtable Meeting on the Involvement of the Business/Private Sector in the Sustainability of the Marine Environment and serve as the Editor-in-chief of APEC Bulletin on Marine                  Resource Conservation and Fisheries (1994-2008)

• Editor of SCI “Journal of Ocean and Coastal Management” (2012 - present)

• SCI Journal of Environmental Management essay review member

• The ROC member and representative in IUCN-WCPA 

• Director of Ramsar Center Japan

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