※ 註1 :「50珊瑚礁計畫」(50 reef project):在彭博慈善(Bloomberg Philanthropies)、蒂芬妮基金(Tiffany & Co Foundation)與保羅艾倫家族基金會(Paul G. Allen Family Foundation)三大國際基金會贊助下,由澳洲昆士蘭大學全球變遷中心主任Ove Hoegh-Guldberg教授主持,邀請全球12位珊瑚礁科學家形成專家諮詢委員,同時結合了及由熱愛潛水攝影的澳洲專業經理人所創立的Ocean Agency非政府組織作為媒體、紀錄片與相關科技研發,預計在2018年選出全球50處的珊瑚礁招募經費進行面對氣候變遷衝擊下,未來保育的重點。詳請請見:https://50reefs.org。
※ 註2:Lin et al. (2015) ong-term monitoring dataset of fish assemblages impinged at nuclear power plants in northern Taiwan, Scientific Data. doi: 10.1038/sdata.2015.71
在金門,四聲杜鵑是活躍的夏候鳥,初夏的金門田野、聚落都可以聽到牠的叫聲:「ko ko to ko,ko ko to ko,ko ko to ko」,成了金門夏天最好的田園交響曲。但那天和八聲杜鵑的相遇,並沒有聽到牠的鳴唱,只是看牠時而眼觀四面,耳聽八方,時而從菜園子飛到馬路邊的林子裡,我們就這樣擁有短暫的快樂時光。
印尼的傳統捕鯨。圖片取自:Ellis, R. 2009. Whaling, Aboriginal. In "Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals" (Perrin WF, Würsig B, and Thewissen JGM, eds), pp. 1227—1235. Academic Press.
Nakamura, G., Kato, H., and Fujise, Y. 2012. Relative growth of the skull of the common minke whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata from the North Pacific in comparison to other Balaenoptera species. Mammal Study 37: 105—112.
In my healing journey and learning to attain the breath awareness, I become aware of the reality that all the creatures of the world are breathing the same breath. Take action, here and now. From my physical being to the every corner of this out of balance's planet.