Taipei City Geotechnical Engineering Office

“Neishaungxi Nature Center”, with its unique forest ecosystem and rich resources of animals, plants, geology and hydrology, passed the certification of Environment Education Facility by the Environmental Protection Administration, Executive Yuan on October 31, 2013, becoming the first forest-based educational facility in Taipei City.

Huang Li-Yuan, Director of the Geotechnical Engineering Office, said that Neishuangxi Nature Center has decided on the core spirit of environmental education promotion to be “Forest Lohas, sharing with the earth”, and will launch 40 promotional sessions of “Forest Life Courses”. The courses include field teaching and school sharing programs, which are popular among many teachers, inviting children to observe insects at night in the course “A date with nighttime animals in midsummer”; parents can learn about seeds of different colors and shapes in the course “The secrets of tree seeds”, and so on. In addition, some courses are designed for adults, including “Forest in the palm”, a popular gardening course for senior citizens, “Cool Neishuangxi”, a refreshing observation course of the water body on hot summer days, and so on. All courses are loaded with knowledge, fun and excitement.

He Ming-Yu, the Chief of the Forest Recreation Section, Geotechnical Engineering Office, said that since 2009, Neishuangxi Nature Center has been continuously providing promotional courses on environmental education, and during the 4 years of environmental education promotion from 2009 to 2012, has conducted 225 environmental education activities which were attended by 8,078 people. After compiling the site condition and the characteristic natural and cultural resources, the Center proposed 7 curriculum programs of environmental education to submit an application to the Environmental Protection Administration, Executive Yuan, for the certification of the Environment Education Facility at the end of 2012. The certification was passed on October 31, 2013, after the site survey conducted by the review committee and 3 meetings of the review panel.

Cai Zheng-Fa, the Head in the Forest Recreation Division, said that the “Forest Life Courses” of Neishuangxi Nature Center offer diversified experiences and learning themes. For more information regarding the courses of Neishuangxi Nature Center, please visit “Neishuangxi Nature Center Blog” at http://neishuangxi.blogspot.tw/.(中文網) Neishuangxi Nature Center also provides guided tours of soil and water conservation in Neishuangxi conducted by the volunteers for groups of 15 people or more. Citizens who are interested must apply 2 weeks in advance, and the opening hours are from 9 to 12 in the morning and from 1 to 4 in the afternoon. Medicinal Botanical Garden is open to the public during the weekends; details can be found at Geotechnical Engineering Office’s website http://www.tcge.taipei.gov.tw.(中文網)

Transportation Information of Neishuangxi Nature Center
1. Address: No.27, Lane 150, Section 3, Zhishan Road, Shilin District, Taipei City
2. Transportation Information:
(1) By car: From Taipei downtown towards Waishuangxi; from Section 3, Zhishan Road along Bixi Industrial Road to Neishuangxi Nature Center (with parking lots).
(2) Public transportation: MRT Jiantan Station and transfer to
- Bus M1: alight at Xishan Nursery.
- Bus S18: alight at Bixi Bridge, and walk to Neishuangxi Nature Center (about 30 minutes).
3. The parking space is quite limited at Neishuangxi Nature Center. Citizens are advised to make use of the public transportation in order to reduce carbon emission and save energy. Thank you for your cooperation!