Tapang Village, which sits at an elevation of 900 meters about half an hour's drive south from the junction near the 49 kilometer marker on the Mt. Ali Highway (Provincial Route 18), learned from the example of the Taomi Ecological Community in Puli, Nantou County. On their own initiative, the villagers began to protect their rivers and forests in 2001.
位於阿里山公路四十九公里處以南約半小時車程、海拔九百公尺的達邦村，受到南投埔里桃米生態社區啟發，從二○○一年開始，自發性地展開護溪、守護森林行動。