Governance of Biodiversity Conservation in China And Taiwan

‘The Yangtze alligator – endemic to China – is a terrestrial species under the Wild Animal Conservation Act and managed by SFA, ...

The PATF report emphasizes the deleterious, often indirect, effect of ‘insensitive’ infrastructure development: ‘Unlike most dir ...

gardens. A recent estimate is that the central government allocates $30 million RMB (about US$3.7 million) annually to national- ...

Cash-starved managers of provincial and municipal-level PAs then become entrepreneurial. Managers of areas with charismatic faun ...

burning without a fire management plan, predator control, introduction of alien species, and forced relocation of local people.^ ...

percent had specialized secondary work or some college work (through adult education).^56 In summary observations, the authors s ...

In the competition between hungry humans and threatened non-human species, the former have won out consistently. As one official ...

Chinese and non-Han minority populations who may approach conservation in unorthodox ways, and who populate many PAs, especially ...

Gaoligong a national-level nature reserve.^71 It was the second area in Yunnan province to become a national PA, after Xishuangb ...

probably better financed than most PAs in China. The Macarthur Foundation supported the reserve by sending experts and establish ...

‘We want tourists to buy local goods in order to improve the local economy, and We want the local producers to improve the qual ...

changing the old style of being fighters and combative, and instead are emphasizing “love of nature and people”’. Overall, this ...

122 Governance of biodiversity conservation in China and Taiwan NATURE RESERVE Watzuwei NR Tamsui River Mangrove NR Kuantu NR P ...

Nature Reserves Following the Cultural Heritage Preservation Act of 1982, the Council of Agriculture (COA) has overseen the esta ...

protected within a conservation unit.^78 Along the west coast are numerous estuaries and shallow sea bays with many intertidal m ...

MOI, while national forests are under the jurisdiction of the COA. Overlaps of administrative functions, as well as contradictio ...

The proposal is noteworthy because it would encompass aboriginal villages. To the present day, national parks in Taiwan have use ...

park authority that began conducting evaluation research. The proposed park would cover 53000 hectares, including four aborigina ...

the government will help preserve aboriginal culture through restoration of relics and original buildings. To foster economic de ...

Problems of financing PAs are far greater in China than in Taiwan. This reflects primarily the difference in economic developmen ...