Earlier, in April the same year, a Minister in the Executive Yuan (Cabinet), Chang Feng-hou, had established the Taiwan Environmental Protection Association to bring together scholars and specialists to do research and collect information on Taiwan's ecology and natural resources. Since that time wildlife refuges have been set aside for rare or endangered species.
為促使更多人瞭解台灣的歷史文物、本地存在的動植物及它們對人的影響，以喚起正視生態保育問題，中華民國自然生態保育協會計畫今年十月出版「大自然」雜誌，由韓韓擔任總編輯，以傳達正確的保育訊息。