| 英文摘要 |
Asia-Pacific Economic Corporation (APEC) is one of high-level international organizations that our country has full membership in. The goal of this project is to assist member economies of APEC to develop new economy that is based on the knowledge of satellite applications and marine resource conservation. In the mean time, we may build up channels for science and technology exchange with other member economies of APEC, and enhance our image and influence in APEC. Both earlier projects “Ocean Models and Information System for the APEC Region” (OMISAR) and “Satellite Application on Knowledge-based Economy” (SAKE) were sponsored jointly by APEC and Environmental Protection Administration (EPA), for promoting the balance between the conservation of marine resources and the economic development. In OMISAR project, we helped neighboring countries to build small satellite ground stations and in return, we received the satellite data of southern South China Sea that was not available to anywhere else. Now, we jointly built the capacity on satellite application to marine resources conservation, by providing Formosat-2 satellite images to foreign participants, co-organizing training workshops in HoChiMinh City of Vietnam, in Jakarta and Lombok of Indonesia, in Bolinao of the Philippines, and in National Central University. Accomplishment of this project includes drafting APEC/MRCWG proposal BEAMS (based on suggestions and opinions from domestic and international experts), present our proposal in Lima, Peru during 23rd meeting of APEC/MRCWG. Formosat-2 images that we provided to our APEC friends have been used to monitor the number of fish cages near Bolinao, to study the marine ecosystem of Meikong River, and to survey the benthic types and water quality near coral islands, and the change of coastal zone in Indonesia. Their experience is also useful on the conservation of our marine environment and marine resources. Due to the change of emphases in APEC to trade-liberation and women employment, the future international exchanges along this line shall be dependent on our support of manpower and funding.
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