Save the spoonbill.

Earth Island Journal | June 22, 1998| | Copyright

Taiwan -- One of the rarest birds in the world, the black-faced spoonbill (Plataleaminor) winters in the coastal wetlands of Chi-gu Lagoon at the mouth of the Tsengwen River. Although more than half the world's remaining 550 black-faced spoonbills migrate to this area, the Taiwan government is poised to approve plans to build a petrochemical complex in these wetlands. If built, the plant will destroy one-third of the spoonbill's habitat -- nudging this unique bird along the path to extinction.

Chi-gu Lagoon is the most critical habitat in the world for the ...

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