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Taiwan is an island located to the west of Pacific Ocean and the southeast edge of Mainland China. Taiwan has a total area is 36,192 km2. However, as much of the land comprises hills and mountains, only less than 40 % of this land area is suitable for farming, industrial, urban, and rural development. Nevertheless, Taiwan is host to a diversity of types of wetland including high-mountain lake and other natural ponds, fishponds and irrigation systems, creeks, and rivers, in addition to coastal mudflats, marshes, lagoons, and mangroves. These different types of wetlands form a network of ecological corridors across Taiwan. Politically, a complexity arises in that sovereignty of the islands is contested, though it is generally recognized as being part of the Republic of China.
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Wetland Conservation Act (WCA). http://law.moj.gov.tw/Eng/LawClass/LawAll.aspx?PCode=D0070209. Accessed 29 Apr 2014.
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Lee, T. (2016). National Wetland Policy: Taiwan. In: Finlayson, C., et al. The Wetland Book. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6172-8_163-1
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