Graduate Institute of Wildlife Conservation 　

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History
The Institute of Wildlife Conservation was established in 2001, as the only institution focusing on wildlife in Taiwan. The predecessor of our institute, Department of Wildlife Conservation Technology, was a two-year under-graduate program and upgraded to a graduate program for the new academic mission of our institution.

Features
Wildlife conservation has become an important environmental issue recently worldwide, as well as in Taiwan. Endowed with diverse fauna and flora, well-trained wildlife specialists are increasingly demanded in Taiwan, especially in environmental administration and enforcement agencies, management of protected areas and natural resources, education and research institutions. The objectives of our institute are to help graduate students to familiar with various skills required for the successful implementation of conservation, such as administration in wildlife conservation, management on wildlife populations and their habitats, foundation of man-power for wildlife researches, and integration of stakeholder and participators in nature resource management. Furthermore, actions of preservation, maintenance, sustainable use, restoration and enhancement on threaten or endangered wildlife is expected to improve the proximal and sustainable benefits for people on the island and adjacent regions.

Curriculum
Courses in our institute are designed to emphasize both of the critical knowledge and practical ability for field researches and empirical skills in wildlife conservation and management. The theoretical courses will cover various fields of animal biology (e.g., mamma logy, ornithology, and herpetology), landscape ecology, wildlife population ecology, behavior ecology, conservational biology, and others. The applied courses are diverse in disciplines, such as international affair on natural conservation, human dimensions of natural resources management, wildlife habitat management, ecosystems management, and wildlife damage management. It specifically focuses on the conservation and management of non-marine megafauna, such as raptors, carnivores, primates, and reptiles.

Facilities
Our institute has included biological laboratories, an animal specimen storage house, a laboratory of automated wildlife data collection, a wildlife product identification laboratory, Wildlife Management Information Center (Taber’s Library), a 4-hectare Pingtung Rescue Center for Endangered Wild Animals (PTRC). Recently, an experimental wetland for the rehabilitation of a rare frog species is also transferred to our institute.

Websitehttp://wildmic.npust.edu.tw/bin/home.php?Lang=zh-tw