Tree · Meinong District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Meinong Lake Jacana Habitat (護雉蓮盟)
Hakka lotus farmers and bird volunteers bringing a wetland and its pheasant-tailed jacanas back to Meinong
Since 2017Works locally
- wetland restoration
- satoyama
- Hakka
- friendly farming
- pheasant-tailed jacana
- citizen science
Since 2017, residents and the Kaohsiung Wild Bird Society have restored Meinong Lake by clearing invasive plants, improving the water, replanting floating vegetation and building gentle nesting slopes, and the pheasant-tailed jacana now breeds there year-round. Since 2022, Meinong's water-snowflake lotus farmers have run a monthly bird-count patrol and sell jacana-friendly produce under the 護雉蓮盟 label. The project won 2025 CommonWealth City Governance and PwC Sustainable Impact awards.
The Kaohsiung Wild Bird Society formally adopted the site in February 2021 and runs a container workstation by the lake hosting free monthly outreach days, a 'hatching day' event, leg-flag sighting reports and volunteer guiding. About 90% of Taiwan's water-snowflake lotus is grown in Meinong. Documented as an IPSI Satoyama Initiative case study.
What they need
Can you help? We'll take it to them.
- Donations for jacana conservation
- Buyers for jacana-friendly produce
- Volunteers
What they offer
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- Free monthly outreach days
- Jacana-friendly vegetable boxes
- Volunteer bird counts
- Eco-tours and environmental education