The Wangan Green Turtle Tourism and Conservation Center (traditional Chinese: 望安綠蠵龜觀光保育中心; simplified Chinese: 望安绿蠵龟观光保育中心; pinyin: Wàng'ān Lǜxīguī Guānguāng Bǎoyù Zhōngxīn) is a conservation center for green sea turtles in Tungan Village, Wangan Township, Penghu County, Taiwan.
| Wangan Green Turtle Tourism and Conservation Center 望安綠蠵龜觀光保育中心 | |
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| 24°04′07″N 120°56′40″E / 24.06861°N 120.94444°E | |
| Date opening | 1997 |
| Location | Wangan, Penghu, Taiwan |
History
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The center was set up in 1997.[1] Up to 2015, the center has taken care of more than 250 rescued sea turtles, in which 150 of them have then been released back to the sea.
Architecture
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editThe center exhibits the natural ecology in Wangan and exhibitions on turtles, environment and ecology.[4] It often conduct sea turtle release events and sea turtle ecological conservation promotion.[5]
See also
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edit- ^ CNA (19 July 2015). "Conservationists raise awareness of endangered turtles in Penghu". WantChinaTimes. Archived from the original on 22 November 2015.
- ^ "Green Turtle Tourism and Conservation Center". Taiwan Medical Travel. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
- ^ "Green Turtle Tourism and Conservation Center". Penghu National Scenic Area Administration, Tourism Bureau, MOTC. 20 October 2020. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
- ^ "tour.penghu.gov.tw/link/discover_penghu/en/wanan.html".
- ^ "Wangan Pacific Green Turtle Conservation Center conducts Sea Turtle Releasing Event on 10/25, Promot". penghu-nsa.gov.tw.
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