The Agency of Rural Development and Soil and Water Conservation (), formerly the Soil and Water Conservation Bureau, is an agency of the

Ministry of Agriculture An agriculture ministry (also called an agriculture department, agriculture board, agriculture council, or agriculture agency, or ministry of rural development) is a ministry charged with agriculture. The ministry is often headed by a minister f ...

of Taiwan (ROC) in charge of soil and

water conservation Water conservation aims to sustainably manage the natural resource of fresh water, protect the hydrosphere, and meet current and future human demand. Water conservation makes it possible to avoid water scarcity. It covers all the policies, strateg ...

, watershed management and erosion control.

History

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.

Organizational structure

Operation units

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

Administrative units

* Secretariat Office * Personnel Office * Accounting Office * Civil Service Ethics Office

Branch offices

Soil and Water Conservation Bureau Nantou Branch

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

List of Director-Generals

* Lee Chen-yang (15 January 2015 - ) * Huang Ming-Yao (30 May 2010 - 15 January 2015) *

Wu Huei-Long Wu may refer to: Places * Wu (region) (), a region roughly corresponding to the territory of Wuyue ** Wu Chinese (), a subgroup of Chinese languages now spoken in the Wu region ** Wuyue culture (), a regional Chinese culture in the Wu region *Wu ...

(2 May 2001 - 30 May 2010) *

Chen Chih-ching Chen Chih-ching (; born 11 January 1952) is a Taiwanese lawyer. He was the Minister of Council of Agriculture in 2016. He was the Acting Magistrate of Nantou County from Deputy Magistrate position since 30 November 2012 until 25 December 2014 ...

(16 July 1996 - 2 May 2001)

References

External links

* {{Official website, https://www.swcb.gov.tw/Home/eng/ 1952 establishments in Taiwan Executive Yuan Government agencies established in 1952 Organizations based in Nantou County