National Parks and Reserves

Yushan National Park (1,055 km²)

-          Include high mountains

-          Support mammals (Taiwan Serow, blackbear, Mikado pheasant, Swinhoe’s pheasant)

Shei-Pa National Park (769 km²)

-          Relatively new

-          Set aside for ecological protection rather than mountain tourism

-          Support endemic landlocked salmon and Taiwanese salamander

Tsenwen Estuary (3km²)

-          Small reserve on southwest coast

-          Provides critical habitat for black faced spoonbills

-          Important wintering habitat for other waterbird species

        Kenting National Park (326 km²)

-          Protects natural habitat at the southern tip of Taiwan

-           Includes both marine and terrestrial habitat

-          Heavily affected by tourism

-           Provides winter habitat at Lungluan Lake for shorebirds

-          And waterfowl that migrate from breeding areas in Japan and the Russian Far East

-           Larger mammals in the park include Taiwan Silka deer and Taiwanese macaque

Tawu Shan (470 km²) is Taiwan’s largest nature reserve

-          Lies within the South Taiwan monsoon rainforest ecoregion

-          Habitat here is montane subtropical to temperate

-          Does not support tropical forest

-          Does provide habitat for several mammals and birds rare in Taiwan (Sambar deer, Taiwan black bears, Winhoe’s pheasant)