Ecotourism / Sinophone and Taiwan Studies Bd.7 (PDF)

Wei-Ta Fang was born in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, on February 14, 1966. He received a B.A. degree in Land Economics and Administration from National Taipei University (Taipei, Taiwan) in 1989. He received his first master's degree in Environmental Planning (MEP) from Arizona State University, the USA, in 1994, and a second master's degree in Landscape Architecture in Design Studies (M.Des.S.) from the Graduate School of Design, Harvard University, the USA, in 2001. He obtained a Ph.D. from the Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, Texas A&M University, the USA, in 2005. His interest is quite broad, determined to participate in the United Nations' environmental affairs by strengthening environmental security, and laying the ground based on the foundation of human peace forever to achieve enduring social, economic, and environmental sustainability. He lives in Taipei City with his wife, Chia-Ying Ho, and two sons, Cheng-Jun (June) and Cheng-Shun (Sam).




Arba'at Hassan, Ph.D., was born at Sungai Leman, the "rice-bowl area" in Selangor, on May 16, 1952. He started his teaching science career in high school (1970-1979) and was later appointed as a science education lecturer at a teachers' training college in Tuaran (1980-1982). He was mentored and guided by Prof. Harold Hungerford and Prof. Tudi Volk, the most well-known professors in environmental education. Upon graduation, he taught environmental education at various universities in Malaysia (1994-2012), and the longest was at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Bangi, (2006-2012). At UKM, he participated in international conferences and collaborated with universities, examiners, and evaluator graduates at international levels, besides the university that he served. He trained and coached them in leadership and citizenship for the world. He was awarded the Scout Woodbadge (1979) and then the Excellent Merit Award from the Malaysian Scout's Chief Commissioner a few months later