Taiwan has been suffering from various natural disasters. The peculiar geological and metrological features of Taiwan has resulted in high frequency of natural disasters. Taiwan is located in between euroasia and Philippine continentals and is one of the highest earthquake occurring area. The sharp mountains and drastic changes in weather also results in great erosion of the surface rock and soil. All these have resulted in great risk potential for losses of people life and properties. Furthermore, the excessive utilization of land also resulted in more problem during a natural disaster. When a major disaster occurred, the pollutant increased rapidly and may causing environmental impact, affecting community health, and impacting the ecology. The recovery will take great time and efforts and thus planning is necessary for reducing the impact from these disasters. It is thus necessary to estimate the necessary resources for manpower and equipment at the time of disaster such that recovery work can use. The Environmental Protection Administration of Taiwan has thus contracted the National Kaohsiung First University of Science and Technology (NKFUST) to perform the research projects - “Environmental Pollution Prevention Plan after Disaster and its Execution Mechanism (2,3)”. The project scopes included:  Collect case studies from local and international information on pollution prevention, recovery and emergency plans.  Prepare standard operating procedures for earthquake, landslide, and cold weather disasters for local EPA on the pollution prevention.  Proposed monitoring indicators for environmental recovery work.  Held training meetings with local EPA officers to explain how to use the standard operating procedures.  Provide recommendation for the EPA for future disaster recovery planning.

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