Taiwan Wildlife Conservation List

Checklist
Latest version published by Taiwan Biodiversity Information Facility (TaiBIF) on Aug 1, 2024 Taiwan Biodiversity Information Facility (TaiBIF)

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Description

Former title: COA Wildlife Conservation List Taiwan's unique geographical location and varied topography resulted in diverse fauna on this beautiful island. However, excessive land development and resource utilization have incessantly squeezed the space for the survival of wildlife. Wildlife conservation is not just a simple act of protection, it warrants reasonable and sustainable use of natural resources. The Wildlife Conservation Act, enacted by Ministry of Agriculture (MOA, former as Council of Agriculture, COA), is an important legal basis for wildlife management and habitat protection. Its purpose is to maintain species diversity and ecological balance. The government and related conservation organizations have designated 17 wildlife refuges. Not only are they the subject of academic researches, they are also the indicators of environmental quality. The checklist of Taiwan (TaiCOL) lists 398 endangered, rare, and other protected species of wildlife in Taiwan. The database also provides information on these species, such as their scientific names (including authors and years), common names, and synonyms. Through Taiwan Biodiversity Information Facility (TaiBIF), the information can be shared and exchanged with other GBIF participants. Users can use keywords to link to other websites with relevant information. All these efforts will result in the circulation of information in the fields of research, education and conservation, which in turn will arouse global attention to the protection of wildlife.

Data Records

The data in this checklist resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 398 records.

2 extension data tables also exist. An extension record supplies extra information about a core record. The number of records in each extension data table is illustrated below.

Taxon (core)
398
Description 
398
Distribution 
398

This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.

Versions

The table below shows only published versions of the resource that are publicly accessible.

How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

Chung KF, Shao KT (2021): COA Wildlife Conservation List. v1.5. Taiwan Biodiversity Information Facility (TaiBIF). Dataset/Checklist. https://ipt.taibif.tw/resource?r=taibnet_coa_wildlife_consev&v=1.5

Rights

Researchers should respect the following rights statement:

The publisher and rights holder of this work is Taiwan Biodiversity Information Facility (TaiBIF). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC 4.0) License.

GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 86e2cb47-46df-4e40-ad76-cdc65a663bcf.  Taiwan Biodiversity Information Facility (TaiBIF) publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by Taiwan Biodiversity Information Facility.

Keywords

Checklist; Conservation; protected species; Checklist

Contacts

Kwang-Tsao Shao
  • Originator
Research Fellow (Retired)
Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica
128 Sec 2, Academia Rd., Nangang Dist.
115 Taipei
TAIWAN
Kuo-Fang Chung
  • Metadata Provider
Associate Research Fellow
Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica
128 Sec 2, Academia Rd., Nangang Dist.
115 Taipei
TAIWAN
Sz-Yi Tsai
  • Point Of Contact
Database Administrator
Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica
128 Sec 2, Academia Rd., Nangang Dist.
115 Taipei
TAIWAN
+886 2 27872220 28
Jack Lin
  • Programmer
115
TAIWAN
Chihjen Ko
  • Processor
Lai Kun-Chi
  • Processor
Jason Mai
  • Programmer
Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica
TAIWAN

Geographic Coverage

Taiwan island and adjacent islets.

Bounding Coordinates South West [19.78, 115.51], North East [26.93, 126.02]

Additional Metadata

Alternative Identifiers 86e2cb47-46df-4e40-ad76-cdc65a663bcf
https://ipt.taibif.tw/resource?r=taibnet_coa_wildlife_consev