National Park Service (Taiwan)
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| 內政部國家公園署 | |
| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | 2023-09-20 |
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| Headquarters | Daan, Taipei, Taiwan |
| Parent agency | Ministry of the Interior |
| Website | www.nps.gov.tw |
The National Park Service (NPS; traditional Chinese: 內政部國家公園署; simplified Chinese: 内政部国家公园署; pinyin: Nèizhèng Bù Guójiā Gōngyuán Shǔ) is the government agency of the Ministry of the Interior of Taiwan responsible for the management of national parks, national nature parks, wetlands, and coastal areas.[1]
National Park Service was established on 20 September 2023, in accordance with the Organization Act of the National Park Service, Ministry of the Interior.[1]
The agency was established under the Ministry of the Interior after the National Parks Division was separated out of the former Construction and Planning Agency (CPA). The nine national park headquarters of Kenting, Yushan, Yangminshan, Taroko, Shei-Pa, Kinmen, Taijiang, Marine National Parks and Natural National Park, which were previously under the CPA, were now merged into the National Park Service.[2]
Other operations of CPA regarding wetlands and coastal areas were also merged into the National Park Service, this included:
- Coastal Management Section of the Integrated Planning Division
- Coastal Restoration Section of the Urban and Rural Development Branch
Achievements
- On 18 August 2024, the National Park Service formed a cross-agency task force in order to tackle starfish overpopulation problem in the Dongsha Atoll National Park.[3] The task force deployed their first volunteer group on 23 August, and as of 13 September, a total of 11,044 crown-of-thorns starfish had been removed.[4]
- On 10 September 2024, the National Park Service organized a meeting with representatives from the leading national parks to reduce the increasing human and Formosan macaque conflicts.[5] After the meeting, new guidance were issued on tourist to remain alert when visiting known areas of macaque activity, refrain from feeding macaques and maintain a distance of five meters from all macaques.[6]
