Wangan Green Turtle Tourism and Conservation Center
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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 |
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.
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
The center was constructed with a shape of a turtle.[2][3]
Exhibitions
The 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
References
- ^ 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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