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[生物][生態][科技政策] 副總統出席國際名家論壇─全球生物多樣拯救行動座談會

[生物][生態][科技政策] 副總統出席國際名家論壇─全球生物多樣拯救行動座談會

蕭萬長副總統於今(2009)年四月四日下午出席在台北市國家圖書館舉行,由龍應台文化基金會舉辦的國際名家論壇─全球生物多樣拯救行動,全程以英文致詞,歡迎論壇主講人彼得‧雷文(Peter H. Raven)教授的來訪,並肯定這位台灣的好友為台灣生物多樣性拯救與維護工作的貢獻。

副總統指出,雷文教授與台灣的淵源可回溯到1990年代,當時雷文教授正首度訪問亞洲地區,他建議台灣應該設置國家生物研發中心,很快地,這項建議被我國農委會所接受,並得到長期支助,此為台灣生物科技發展重要的奠基。2000年,雷文教授與李遠哲博士共同主持「台灣生物多樣的未來座談會」,催生了中央研究院「生物多樣性研究中心」的成立,串連生物學、生物科技、生態學等,為廣泛的生物多樣議題提供了實際的思維與運用模式。

副總統表示,在國家永續發展的目標下,政府相當重視生態維護與物種保存,因此將生物多樣科技的價值視為重要的經濟資源之一。另外,尤其相關研發成果可以促進生物科技的發展,而生物科技正是政府刻正積極推動的六大新興產業之一。

深入資訊:
總統府新聞稿 2009/04/04
龍應台基金會會議相關報導


[Biology][Ecology][Sci-Tech Policy] Vice President Attending “Global Action on the Rescue of Endangered Biodiversity”

Vice President Vincent SIEW attended Lung Yingtai Cultural Foundation's “Global Action on the Rescue of Endangered Biodiversity”conference at Taipei National Central Library Conference Hall on 4th-Apr., 2009. SIEW addressed in English welcoming the speaker Professor Peter H. RAVEN, approving this friend of Taiwan's contribution to the task of biodiversity conservation in Taiwan.

Vice President pointed out, the initial contact between Professor RAVEN and Taiwan could be traced back to 1990s, when RAVEN first visited Asia. He suggested Taiwan government to establish a national bio-tech research center, which was immediately accepted by the Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan and became a long-term executed project. This is regarded as a significant groundwork for the development of biotechnology in Taiwan. In 2000, Professor RAVEN and Dr. Yuan Tseh LEE co-held the conference “the Future of Biodiversity in Taiwan,” as a result of which Academia Sinica established the Biodiversity Research Institute, combining fields such as biology, biotechnology, ecology etc. and offering more practical models of idealization and applications on issues relevant to biodiversity.

Vice President addressed, too, that since national sustainable development is one of Taiwan's major goals, the government cares about the conservation of environment and biodiversity; the value of biodiversity technologies is of course regarded as one of the most important economic values. Besides, the results of the relevant researches can accelerate the development of bio-technologies, which is exactly one of Taiwan's Six Major New Industries in the government's plan.

Further Information:
Office of the President Newsletter 2009/04/04 (in Chinese)
Lung Yingtai Foundation News (Bilingual)