A Study on National Park Volunteer System in Taiwan
Date Issued
2009
Date
2009
Author(s)
Lin, Ling
Abstract
There is a complete national park volunteer system in Taiwan. Volunteers assist the national park management in diverse ways. When they grow by more than 4,000 in the National Park Administrations, it will become a new social force that could challenge its authority. The study assessed volunteer system from four Dimensions, which are volunteer opportunities, motivations, relational of mutual trust between volunteers and administrations, and volunteer organization network. The study areas included Kenting, Yushan, Yangmingshan, Taroko, Shei-Pa and Kinmen National Parks of Taiwan. As the articles about volunteers of national park are relatively few and emphasis on psychology and sociology fields. The study used five data analysis method including archival research, questionnaire research, focused interview research, depth interview research and participant observation research.he study finding: the management of national park, especially large-scale activities and environmental education turning routine programs, affected volunteer opportunities. The institutional process of national park volunteer system is divided into building phase, construction phase and maturity phase. The major motivation of volunteer in national park is ‘like national park’. The key reason for continuing to be volunteer is also ‘like national park’. The relationship of mutual trust between volunteers and administrations relies on the role of volunteer manager, training and empowerment. There are two volunteer organizations in national parks, Volunteer Association and the League of Volunteer Association. The former one is the most important organization to the volunteers and administration, social activities is its main function. The latter one couldn’t improve forward a formal organization because of unclear position and lack of support.he research also discussed the national park volunteer systems Including the United States, Japan, Germany, Australia and South Korea and compared with Taiwan national park volunteer system. We found that national park volunteer systems in US is most sound institution, followed by Germany, the third is Taiwan''s.inally, explaining the results of the analysis and discussion, this study brings the conclusions and recommendations, to provide follow-up studies and practical reference for the national park authorities
Subjects
National park
Volunteer
Volunteer Association
League of Volunteer Association
Volunteer Opportunity
SDGs
Type
thesis
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