Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 69.92
Liaison Chang Tzau-Chau
Submission Date March 3, 2022

STARS v2.2

National Taiwan Normal University
OP-9: Landscape Management

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.82 / 2.00 Chang Tzau-Chau
Professor
Graduate Institute of Environmental Education
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Total campus area:
55.25 Hectares

Figures required to calculate the total area of managed grounds:
Area (double-counting is not allowed)
Area managed organically, without the use of inorganic fertilizers and chemical pesticides, fungicides and herbicides 45.25 Hectares
Area managed in accordance with an Integrated Pest Management (IPM) program that uses selected chemicals only when needed 10 Hectares
Area managed using conventional, chemical-based landscape management practices 0 Hectares
Total area of managed grounds 55.25 Hectares

If the total area of managed grounds is less than the total campus area, provide:

A brief description of any land excluded from the area of managed grounds:
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Organic program

Percentage of grounds managed organically:
81.90

If reporting an organic program, provide:

A brief description of the organic landscape management program:
No chemical fertilizers or chemicals are used for campus planting, and no herbicides are used for grassland. The organic management method of artificial weeding is adopted.

Integrated Pest Management (IPM) program 

Percentage of grounds managed in accordance with an IPM program:
18.10

If reporting an IPM program, provide:

A copy of the IPM plan or program:
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A brief description of the IPM program:
No chemicals or fertilizers are used.

Optional Fields 

A brief description of the institution's approach to plant stewardship:
The flowers and trees planted are all native species, and no alien species are planted. When invasive alien species are found, they will be removed.

A brief description of the institution's approach to hydrology and water use:
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A brief description of the institution's approach to landscape materials management and waste minimization:
The flower technicians are responsible for the management, and the replaced flowers are concentrated and piled up as natural fertilizers to nourish the land.

A brief description of the institution's approach to energy-efficient landscape design:
Use permeable pavement to maintain campus green coverage

A brief description of other sustainable landscape management practices employed by the institution:
A campus landscape planning team was established in 2018, with members including experts from outside the campus, as well as administrative units and academic units on campus, to conduct overall campus landscape planning and review

Website URL where information about the institution’s sustainable landscape management program is available:
http://www.ga.ntnu.edu.tw/law_file/%E6%A0%A1%E5%9C%92%E6%99%AF%E8%A7%80%E8%A6%8F%E5%8A%83%E5%B0%8F%E7%B5%84%E8%A8%AD%E7%BD%AE%E8%A6%81%E9%BB%9E1071219%E6%A0%B8%E5%AE%9A%E7%89%88.pdf

Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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