Wangan Green Turtle Tourism and Conservation Center explained

Wangan Green Turtle Tourism and Conservation Center 望安綠蠵龜觀光保育中心
Date Opening:	1997
Location:	Wangan, Penghu, Taiwan

The Wangan Green Turtle Tourism and Conservation Center is a conservation center for green sea turtles in Tungan Village, Wangan Township, Penghu County, Taiwan.

History

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

• List of tourist attractions in Taiwan

Notes and References

1. Web site: CNA. 19 July 2015. Conservationists raise awareness of endangered turtles in Penghu. WantChinaTimes. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20151122172439/http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news/content?id=20150719000018&cid=1105. 22 November 2015.
2. Web site: Green Turtle Tourism and Conservation Center. Taiwan Medical Travel. 5 May 2021.
3. Web site: 20 October 2020. Green Turtle Tourism and Conservation Center. Penghu National Scenic Area Administration, Tourism Bureau, MOTC. 5 May 2021.
4. Web site: tour.penghu.gov.tw/link/discover_penghu/en/wanan.html.
5. Web site: Wangan Pacific Green Turtle Conservation Center conducts Sea Turtle Releasing Event on 10/25, Promot. penghu-nsa.gov.tw.