[Wildlife Conservation] Changhua County and National Chung Hsing University Form Alliance to Protect Wildlife

[Wildlife Conservation] Changhua County and National Chung Hsing University Form Alliance to Protect Wildlife (Chinese Version)

CNA News & China Times E-paper (2010/06/24) Changhua County government and National Chung Hsing University signed an alliance contract on June 24, according to which both parties will establish a wildlife conservation parks in Chunghua together. The establishment will be finished in five years, and in the first stage, a park in Bagua Mountain area will be established first.

Bagua Mountain area has rich biodiversity. It is the stop station for some precious migration birds including Grey-faced Buzzard Eagle and Sparrow Hawk. Euploea butterflies also have to pass the area when they migrate north. This area is also the habitat of Formosan macaque, pangolin, Atlas moth, Allomyrina dichotoma, Lucanidae etc. It is surprising that no research teams have been stationed in this area. The county government stresses, with the help of National Chung Hsing University, the government hopes that the area could become a halfway house for the wildlife, and that the area could develop its multiple functions in terms of education, wildlife-conservation and resort.

The county government originally planned to build a zoo in Bagua Mountain area, but, after consulting with the environmental groups, changed the mind and instead chose the low-density development option – the wildlife conservation park. The government and the university have completed a five-year development plan, and the first-stage construction is a 6.5-hectare site in Bagua Mountain area. A park to conserve wildlife as well as with educational function for the students and the adult, will be established here.


Further Information:
CNA News 2010/06/24 (Chinese)
China Times E-paper 2010/06/24 (Chinese)



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