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Green World Ecological Farm
Pelicans of Green World Ecological Farm
24°41′57″N 121°04′02″E / 24.6993°N 121.0671°E / 24.6993; 121.0671
Date opened	1 May 2004
Location	Hsinchu, Taiwan
Land area	70 ha (170 acres)
No. of species	2,250
Annual visitors	800,000
Website	www.green-world.com.tw

The Green World Ecological Farm (Chinese: 綠世界生態農場; pinyin: Lǜ Shìjiè Shēngtài Nóngchǎng) is a theme park in Hsinchu, Taiwan that focuses on ecological education.

The park combines an educational farm, zoo, and botanical garden that occupies about 70 hectares (173 acres) and hosts over 2,000 species of plants and animals. Green World is divided into six themed areas ("theme parks"): Discovery Land, Bird Ecological Park, Butterfly Ecological Park, Water Plants Park, Biodiversity Adventure Area, and the Swan Lake Area. Around 800,000 visitors are estimated to visit the park every year^{[citation needed]}.

The park claims to preserve most of the site's original landscapes and habitats, claiming to have been built according to ecological engineering methods.^[1] However, although the name suggests that Green World is an ecological farm, it does not strictly follow the definition of ecological farming or produce any type of food. The park also serves as an accredited animal sanctuary for wounded or abandoned animals.

Green World is the first ecological farm^{[note 1]} in Taiwan, and is run by Amazon World Co. Ltd. The construction of the park started in 1999 and finished in 2004. It received Taiwan Leisure Farm License^{[note 2]} from the Council of Agriculture on January 13, 2004. The farm is officially open to the public on May 1, 2004, originally with five of its six themed areas ("theme parks"). In July 2007, the sixth themed area, Biodiversity Adventure Area, was opened.

Green World is composed of six themed areas. These themed areas are called "theme parks (主題公園)," and, though similar, are not equivalent to theme parks.

• Discovery Land

Includes: Lovely Animal Area, Sportive Plants Area, Taiwan Native Fern Area, Orchid Land (Taiwan Native Orchid / World Orchid), Air Plants Area, Herbs Area, Cactus & Succulent Green House, Amazon Rainforest Area, Magic Seeds Area, Carnivorous Plants Area, Rainforest Café, Porcupine Home, and the Poisonous Plants Area.

• Bird Ecological Park

Home to over 100 species of birds, including: Macaw, Bird of Paradise, Great Curassow, Blue-crowned Pigeon, Green Touraco, Channel-Billed Toucan, Toco Toucan, Golden Pheasant, Vulturine Guineafowl, Wood Duck, Emerald Dove, Violet Turaco, Asian Fairy Bluebird, Red-and-yellow Barbet, Taiwan Sibia, Finch-billed Bulbul and Eclectus Parrot.

• Butterfly Ecological Park

Includes: Insect World, Insect Interactive Zone, Beetles Area, Butterfly Breeding Room, Outdoor Butterflies Path, Outdoor Butterflies Garden and the Aquatic Insects Area.

• Water Plants Park

Includes: Water Plants Area (collection of 506 species of native and world water plants), International Conference Center, Landscape Toilet II & IV, Bees Museum, Waterplants Café, Tropical Curio Shop, Eastern Beauty Bridge, Hakka Ancient House Restaurant, Mountain Pass Gate and The Four Seasons Garden.

• Biodiversity Adventure Area

Includes: Reptiles & Amphibians Zone (collections include Anaconda, Reticulated Python, Aldabra Tortoise, Snapping Turtle, Tree Frog, Salamander), Biodiversity Museum (including Sloth, Flamingo, Squirrel-monkey, Red-legged Pademelon), Alpaca House (Alpaca Walking Hour), Green World Grassland Plaza and the Rainforest Sky Walk.

• Swan Lake Area

Includes: Bird Watching Area I & II, Lakeside Café, Visitor Center, Administration Center, Landscape Toilet I, CoCo Bar, Macaw Area, Animal Star Shows, Pelican Feeding Hour, Dino Souvenir Shop and Emu Area. [1]

Green World claims to preserve the original landscapes and habitats at the site. The parks serves as a temporary nursery for endangered indigenous species, including Taiwan Yellow Water Lily, Taiwan Quillwort and Formosan Reeve's Muntjac. However, the more than 2,000 species of plants and animals the park hosts are mostly non-indigenous species. Green World also serves as an accredited animal sanctuary for wounded or abandoned animals.

Green World preserves a historic residential complex, ‘Kao Ping Tong.’ This ancient '3-in-1' complex was built by local Hakka people over 100 years ago. A number of antiques used by previous residents of the complex are on permanent exhibition within the complex.

Green World claims that the construction of the park is in accordance with ecological engineering methods and that the construction is done so that it produced the lowest possible carbon footprint. The park sees its use of natural air-convection and daylight illumination, as well as the water-saving devices implemented in its public restrooms, as a prominent achievement in being eco-friendly.

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