A picture tells more: "Satoyama Initiative: Taiwanese Case of Knowledge-Based Action" box set of picture books published by the Soil and Water Conservation Bureau (SWCB) - Soil and Water Conservation Bureau, Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan

How should human society live in harmony with nature? Rural villages can provide different perspectives and answers. The "Satoyama Initiative: Taiwanese Case of Knowledge-Based Action" box set of picture books published by the Soil and Water Conservation Bureau (SWCB) tells the stories and ideas of how four rural villages revived their SEPLES, with hand-drawn illustrations and touching texts. The book set, which is printed in Chinese, Japanese and English, was officially released on 12, December 2021.

The four picture books include "The Spring on the Highland" which depicts the journey of Gonglaoping community from stream improvement to the revival of local orange industry; "Farming village Co., Unlimited" which shows the empowered Gongrong community actively safeguard their environment and implement eco-friendly farming; "Letters the Blue Sea to the Land of Coastal Terrace" which demonstrates how Fuxin and Xinshe tribes value their indigenous culture and traditional knowledge of the elders; "Shining Herb Village" portrays how Shangde community, together with the youth and elders, restored local herb industry and rebuilt the eco-friendly economy.

Since 2017, the SWCB has shared 4 case studies with IPSI members around the world. These case studies are based on the achievement of the Rural Regeneration Program. This year, with the collaboration of other IPSI members in Taiwan, including the Forest Bureau, Hualien District Agricultural Research and Extension Station, National Dong-Hwa University, SWAN International and Taiwan Landscape Environment Association (TLEA), through the coordination of the SeeDesign Ltd. Co., the SWCB successfully released these beautiful picture books. It is our hope that the wonderful illustrations and simple, everyday words and phrases in the books will help the public better understand the "Satoyama Initiative" in Taiwan and worldwide.

The box set of picture books can be purchased at
‧https://www.books.com.tw/products/0010908437
‧https://www.kingstone.com.tw/bookpublish/publist?pubno=85146

用溫暖的筆觸 紀錄臺灣農村的美好生活

如何達到與自然和諧共處的目標，臺灣農村提供不同的作法與成果。行政院農業委員會水土保持局12日辦理《你知我行·里山倡議》新書發表，一套以臺灣農村為主角實現自然與人類社會共好的繪本正式亮相。

《你知我行 里山倡議》繪本由四處農村、四個故事組成，包含「高台上的水源地」描繪台中豐原公老坪社區從溪流整治到山頭橘子結實纍纍的歷程；「農村事業無限公司」呈現新北三芝共榮社區以友善耕作的方式重新賦予農村新活力；「海梯田的藍色家書」展現花蓮豐濱鄉復興部落及新社部落，靠著耆老以編織手藝延續部落文化的未來；「銀閃閃的香草村」刻畫台東東河尚德社區的老人及青年，如何攜手恢復昔日與生態共好的香草山村。為臺灣農村與人民帶來的美好生活，重新牽起人與土地的親緣關係。

水土保持局長李鎮洋致詞時表示，「里山倡議」的目的是為了建立人與生態共存共榮、永續發展的生活模式，水保局推動的農村再生計畫，就是希望能透過「里山倡議」的方式，促進農村活化；特別以繪本的方式呈現4個社區的故事及理念，讓我們的下一代以及阿公阿嬤了解「里山倡議」在做什麼，未來希望還能有更多台灣農材的案例讓全世界看到。

台大生態學與演化生物學研究所教授李玲玲致詞時表示，過去關於「里山倡議」的理念多半以論文方式發表，這次能以插圖及精簡文字來呈現，介紹台灣這些以「里山倡議」的精神轉變農村的成功案例，可以說是一項創舉，希望能透過這樣的繪本跟更多人分享台灣農村的經驗。

會中亦邀請國際里山倡議夥伴關係網絡(The International Partnership for the Satoyama Initiative, IPSI)秘書處副處長錄影致詞，柳谷牧子女士對於水保局對里山倡議的推廣與貢獻表達感謝，並對於里 山繪本的發行深具信心，相信能夠大幅提升世界對於里山倡議的認識。

水土保持局與種籽設計合作透過臺灣里山倡議繪本套書分享專屬於臺灣農村社區的美好與土地的芬芳，使人有悠游幽深的太平洋，漫步在臺灣清冽水梯田以及滿地橙紅的柿橘丘陵的體會，深刻體驗臺灣身為富饒之島的美好。