The Taiwan Forestry Research Institute (TFRI; ) a research institute under the

Council of Agriculture The Council of Agriculture (COA, ) is the official government body in the Republic of China ( Taiwan) under the Executive Yuan in charged with overseeing affairs related to agriculture, forestry, fishery, animal husbandry and food affairs. CAO is ...

of the

Taiwan (ROC) Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northea ...

dealing with forest.

History

Empire of Japan

TRFI was originally established as a nursery on 6 January 1896 during the

Japanese rule of Taiwan The island of Taiwan, together with the Penghu Islands, became a dependency of Japan in 1895, when the Qing dynasty ceded Fujian-Taiwan Province in the Treaty of Shimonoseki after the Japanese victory in the First Sino-Japanese War. The shor ...

. In October 1900, a new plot of land was purchased at the present location of

Taipei Botanical Garden The Taipei Botanical Garden () is located in the Nanhai Academy on Nanhai Road in Zhongzheng District, Taipei, Taiwan. The Botanical Garden covers an area of about 15 hectares and includes over 1,500 plant species. History The Taipei Botanical ...

and the nursery was named the Taipei Nursery. In 1911, on the foundation of Taipei Nursery, the Forestry Experimental Station was established to handle the management of forest in Taiwan. In 1921, the Japanese government unified all research institutes in Taiwan and established the Central Research Institute which included the Forestry Experimental Station but was named the Forestry Division of the Central Research Institute. In 1939, the Central Research Institute was reorganized and the Forestry Division was made independent named Forestry Research Institute.

Republic of China

After the handover of Taiwan from Japan to the Republic of China, it was later renamed to Taiwan Forestry Research Institute on 1 November 1945 and placed under the Taiwan Provincial Government. In September 1949, the research institute was transferred under the Agriculture and Forestry Administration. In July 1999, the research institute was formally renamed Taiwan Forestry Research Institute, Council of Agriculture (COA), Executive Yuan.

Organizational structures

Technical units

* Botanical Garden Division * Forest Chemistry Division * Forest Management Division * Forest Protection Division * Forestry Economics Division * Forest Utilization Division * Silviculture Division * Technical Service Division * Watershed Management Division * Wood Cellulose Division

Administrative units

* Accounting and Statistics Office * Ethics Morality Office * Personnel Office * Secretariat Office

Research centers

* Chungpu Research Center * Fushan Research Center *

Hengchun Hengchun Township is a township located on the southern tip of the Hengchun Peninsula in Pingtung County, Taiwan. It is the southernmost township in Taiwan. Hengchun is also the only urban township in the southern part of Pingtung County. Hengch ...

Research Center * Lienhuachih Research Center * Lioukuei Research Center * Taimalee Research Center

References

External links

* {{authority control Executive Yuan 1896 establishments in Taiwan Forest research institutes Forestry in Taiwan Organizations established in 1896 Research institutes in Taiwan