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Lin Ching-feng, a naturalist ecological observer in Taiwan, has been the host of two Taiwanese-made TV Programs called "Taiwan Ecological Notes" and "Taiwan Ecological Blog." He later published his autobiography "Barefoot Afeng", which was called "Taiwan Fabre" by academics. He has also served as a research assistant for the Taipei Zoo for seven years. In 2016, he was selected to Sanli's "Taiwan True Heroes Campaign".

History
Lin Ching-Feng grew up in rural Pingtung in a town called Wandan and graduated from the Pingtung Chemical Engineering Department of the National Pingtung Senior Industrial Vocational School. He practiced ecology with companions in the mountains of Pingtung for nearly ten years after graduation [1]. In 1998, his life was filmed by the Taiwanese director Chen Shuoyi in the documentary "Under the Mountain," which won the Grand Prize in the first Taipei Film Festival. During the shooting process he ended up meeting the love of his life and was later married to her following a divorce from his first wife [2].

It wasn't until the early 2000s that Taiwan TV's “Taiwan Ecological Notes” Working Team heard that there was a master in the south who tracked wildlife. They turned to Lin Ching-feng to offer him a guest position on the show and he later became the host of the show. One day when filming in Hengchun, an area of Kenting National Park in Pintung County, Lin Cheng-Feng met Lin Hwa-Ching, the current Director of the Forestry Bureau who was at the time the leader of the Zoological Group of the Taipei Zoo. Lin Hwa-Ching was highly impressed with Lin Ching-Feng’s field observation skills and believed that his skills were more advanced than the vast majority of wildlife researchers working in Taiwan at the time. This fact, in addition to Lin Ching-Feng’s knowledge and passion for snakes of Taiwan, lead Lin Hwa-Ching to offer Lin Ching-Feng a research assistant position on the Cobra Research Project that was being run by the Taipei Zoo. This opportunity opened the way for Lin Ching-Feng to become recognized as a researcher nation-wide by giving him experience working on many different research projects with many different wildlife species using a variety of field research methodologies.[D. C1] [k2]  This opportunity also honed his field observation skills and wildlife biology knowledge, paving the way for him to become the esteemed naturalist he is today and also allowing him to nurture his skills as a nature photographer and specimen collecter.

After working for the Taipei Zoo for seven years, Lin Ching-Feng decided to take on a new endeavour that would allow him to promote the conservation of Taiwan’s lands through educating local farmers about sustainable farming methods. The Mercy Foundation entrusted Lin Ching-Feng with the task of leading the indigenous Xibao Tribe on learning how to manage their agricultural lands for the benefit of both humans and wildlife through the use of chemical-free organic farming and sustainable agriculture methods. In addition to working with this tribe he also began his career as an ecological guide, bringing interested Taiwanese citizens to see this project and spread the word of organic farming to a wider audience. This message reached the Nan’an Tribe at the foot of Yushan Mountain, who also began to adopt organic and wildlife-friendly farming methods following Lin Ching-Feng’s tutelage. Throughout this time, Lin Ching-Feng continued to grow his skills as a naturalist and while working with the Nan’an Tribe in the Yushan area, rediscovered the assumed extinct endemic freshwater fish Aphyocypris kikuchii [1]. Throughout these last years, Lin Ching-Feng has continued to work as an ecological guide, bringing eco-tourists to other biodiverse areas of Taiwan to teach them about their biodoverse country, as well as to Borneo and other wildlife watching hotspots of Asia.

Philosophy
Lin Ching-Feng has a fierce passion for Taiwan’s wildlife and its conservation. Mostly self-taught, he has become Taiwan's top naturalist and an outstanding nature photographer and specimen maker. He has dedicated his life to research as well as community outreach and education, and teaches skills and provides materials that allow people to learn how to coexist with animals in the natural world and achieve balance between humans and the environment. He is an advocate of ecological organic farming practices and promotes sustainable farming throughout Taiwan in order to preserve habitat for wildlife in a heavily modified agricultural landscape.

Expertise
Lin Ching-Feng can identify nearly every fauna species that can be found in Taiwan by sight and/or sound and he can also identify hundreds of species of flora. As Taiwan’s Forest Director and one of Lin Ching-Feng’s greatest admirers, Lin Hwa-Ching once said, "Mr. Lin Ching-feng is in my opinion Taiwan's most outstanding naturalist. Not only that, he is also a very outstanding nature photographer and he can make specimens of wild animals like no one else I have ever seen.” He has lead eco-environment-related programs in recent years, and has prepared the Xibao Tribe Ecological Survey Plan, which investigates ecology, environment, and wildlife species and counsels farmers who are accustomed to using conventional agricultural practices on how to switch to environmentally friendly farming methods

work experience
2012 ~ Present

Eco-Investigator and Research Fellow, Mercy Organic Agriculture Development Foundation, Ecological Counseling and Survey Program, Biota Monitoring in Organic Fields

2007 ~ Present

Eco-Lecturer Feng Nature Group - Leads parent and children groups outdoors to learn about Taiwan's ecology

2008 ~ Present

Research Project Assistant The Republic of China Stream Environment Association - Freshwater Fish Survey

2008 ~ Present

Research Project Assistant The Republic of China Greenfield Ecological Conservation Association - Assists with related conservation programs, owl survey research projects

2000 ~ 2007

Research Project Assistant, Taipei Municipal Zoo Wildlife Conservation Center - Cobra Research Project, Turtle Shell Flower Genetic Diversity Research, Red-tailed Green Bamboo Viper Biology Research, Taipei Red Frog Habitat Conservation

2001 ~ 2005

Research Project Assistant, Taipei Natural Ecological Education Foundation - Biodiversity Monitoring Survey

2005

Host of Ecological Program - Taiwan's Ecological Tribe - Weilai Comprehensive Introduction to Taiwan's Natural Ecology[k1]

Publications
2003, 赤腳阿峰, 2011 first investigation of owls to get started

Videos

 * 20190908【TVBS 優選頻道】一步一腳印-守護生態山野大叔(林青峰)
 * 20191228【鏡電視】鏡相人間 林青峰／蔡尚樺主持
 * 20161012【HERO@TAIWAN 台灣真英雄】頒獎典禮 善行義舉-林青峰
 * 20161219【三立電視台】2016 HERO@TAIWAN 生態真英雄-林青峰

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