Liouciou

In the case of Liouciou township, most of the residents are engaged in fishing related industries, so their living conditions and background are very similar and thus they usually encounter the same living and health issues such as dieting, drinking and disease management.

2012, Chung-Ling Ouyang, “THE ASSESSMENT OF AND ADAPTATION TO DISEASE RISK IN LIOUCIOU TOWNSHIP, TAIWAN”, in Human Geographies – Journal of Studies and Research in Human Geography, volume 51, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 Mar 2024, page 36, column 2

Liouciou Township in Pingtung County, a small tourist island off Taiwan's southwestern coast, has not been able to dispose of its garbage for four months due to a shortage of funds, officials said Friday.

2015 April 10, “Garbage piling up on Liouciou Island”, in Focus Taiwan, archived from the original on 30 Sep 2022, Society

The Liouciou Township (琉球) Tourism Association, Liouciou Township Business District Association and the Pingtung County Liouciou Township Environmental Conservation Association were among the groups that cosigned the statement.

2021 August 17, Chen Yen-ting, Jonathan Chin, “COVID-19: Siaoliouciou groups call for exemptions for tourism”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 13 Mar 2024, Taiwan News, page 3

Third, expand direct marine transporation. At present, marine transportation not included in the "three mini links" has to stop at Liouciou Island, which increases costs.

2008, Beijing Review, volume 51, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 21, column 3

More tourists are visiting Liouciou during the summer vacation, and so there is more trash. The township office anticipates this year will be a record year for trash dumped on the island: over 2,000 tons of trash, a lot of trash for a small island.

Visitors leave 2,000 tons of trash in Liouciou

2016 July 27, “小琉球觀光熱潮 垃圾恐破2千公噸 [Visitors leave 2,000 tons of trash in Liouciou]”, in Public Television Service, archived from the original on 28 Jul 2016

Operation of gill nets is not allowed in coastal waters of Liouciou Island to avoid entanglement and drowning of foraging green turtles there, but the island is not formally a marine protected area.

2018 October, Connie Ka Yan Ng et al., “Insights into Identifying Habitat Hotspots and Migratory Corridors of Green Turtles in the South China Region”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), volume 28, number 5, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 Mar 2024, page 16