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Soil and Water Conservation Bureau

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Jurisdiction
  
Republic of China

Parent agency
  
Council of Agriculture

Employees
  
480

Soil and Water Conservation Bureau

Formed
  
1952 (as China Rural Reviving United Committee) 1989 (as SWCB)

Headquarters
  
Nantou City, Nantou County

Agency executive
  
Huang Ming-yao, Director-General

The Soil and Water Conservation Bureau (SWCB; Chinese: 行政院農業委員會水土保持局; pinyin: Xíngzhèngyuàn Nóngyè Wěiyuánhuì Shuǐtǔ Bǎochíjú) is the agency of the Council of Agriculture of the Republic of China with the main tasks of soil and water conservation, watershed management and erosion control in Taiwan.

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HistoryEdit

SWCB was originally established as the China Rural Reviving United Committee in 1952. In 1961, it became the Mountain Agricultural Resources Development Bureau and in 1989 it was restructured to become the Soil and Water Conservation Bureau.

Operation unitsEdit

  • Planning Division
  • Watershed Conservation and Management Division
  • Rural Development Division
  • Monitoring and Management Division
  • Debris Flow Disaster Prevention Center

    • Administrative unitsEdit

  • Secretariat Office
  • Personnel Office
  • Accounting Office
  • Civil Service Ethics Office

    • Branch officesEdit

  • Taipei City
  • Taichung City
  • Nantou County
  • Tainan City
  • Taitung County
  • Hualien County

    • List of Director-GeneralsEdit

  • Huang Ming-yao (30 May 2010 -)

    • References

    Soil and Water Conservation Bureau Wikipedia
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