National parks of Taiwan

Currently there are nine national parks in Taiwan. There is also one national nature park, which is designed for areas with fewer resources compared to a full national park. National Nature Park ==List of proposed national parks==

Five other national parks were proposed but the plans of formation were halted due to opposition: • 馬告檜木國家公園 ("Makauy National Park for Chamaecyparis formosensis", opposed by local indigenous peoples) • 能丹國家公園("Neng-Dan National Park", opposed by the Bunun people) • 蘭嶼國家公園 ("Ponso no Tao National Park", opposed by the Tao people) • 綠島國家公園 ("Green Island National Park", opposed by the inhabitants.) • 北方三島海洋國家公園 ("Three Northern Islets Marine National Park") Proposed national nature park Another national nature park was proposed but the plans of formation were halted due to opposition: • 美濃國家自然公園 ("Meinong National Nature Park", opposed by some inhabitants.) ==List of 1937 historical parks==

The first national parks were designated for establishment in 1937, when Taiwan was under Japanese rule, though never formally managed as such. The first in Taiwan were planned on December 27, 1937, by Governor-General . This was when Taiwan was under Japanese rule, thus the three national parks were to be national parks of the Empire of Japan. The legal basis for these national parks was no longer in force when Japan withdrew from Taiwan in 1945 after World War II. However, these planned national parks formed the basis for subsequent national park establishments. ==References==