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【氣候暖化 70%國王企鵝世紀末前恐消失】
法國生態學者今天警告，由於全球暖化導致覓食難度升高，全球70%的國王企鵝恐將在本世紀結束前消失，使得這種無法飛行的鳥類可能滅絕。
英國「每日電訊報」（Daily Telegraph）和法新社報導，氣候變遷導致國王企鵝賴以生存的魚類和魷魚遠離，牠們因此必須游到離群棲地更遠的地方覓食，以補給陸地上嗷嗷待哺的幼企鵝。
法國史特拉斯堡大學（University of Strasbourg）暨法國國家科學研究中心（CNRS）種群生態學家勒伯耶克（Celine Le Bohec）表示：「在大部分群棲地，國王企鵝父母夏季覓食很快將變得更長久，以至於企鵝寶寶在等待過程可能就餓死了。」
勒伯耶克還說：「若全球暖化以目前速度持續，這個物種可能將消失。」她共同撰寫的研究刊登在「自然氣候變遷」（Nature Climate Change）月報。
勒伯耶克和同事計算出，短短數十年內將有110萬隻國王企鵝父母被迫放棄目前的哺育群棲地，這些地點主要位在克羅塞群島（Crozet）、愛德華王子島（Prince Edward）和克格倫島（Kerguelen）。
問題是其他合適的棲地非常少，造成哺育或繁殖必須二選一的兩難局面。
新聞來源：CNA
畫面來源：USA TODAY
The Struggle for LGBT Rights in Taiwan, A Discussion with Victoria Hsu
Speaker: Victoria Hsu
Date: 9 June 2016 Time: 1:00 PM
Finishes: 9 June 2016Time: 3:00 PM
Venue: Russell Square: College Buildings Room: KLT（University of London)
Type of Event: Seminar
Abstract
The development of LGBT Rights in Taiwan in recent years can be explained in the following aspects:
1. Legislative: Two bills proposing marriage equality were raised in Taiwan’s Legislative Yuan in 2012 and 2013. The bill proposed in 2013 was drafted by the Taiwan Alliance to Promote Civil Partnership Rights (TAPCPR). Victoria Hsu was the principal author of TAPCPR’s bill. This version of the bill aims to give any two people, regardless of gender, sexual orientation or gender identity, equal rights to marriage, as well as to allow same-sex spouses to adopt children. These two bills passed the first reading in the Legislative Yuan, but despite the fact that opinion polls show that more than half of the people of Taiwan support these bills, they continue to be vigorously opposed by several religious organizations.
2. Judicial: The TAPCPR’s legal team maintains that the Civil Code’s prohibition of same-sex marriage is unconstitutional. Therefore, on 20 August 2015, the TAPCPR lawyers led by Victoria Hsu have applied for a constitutional interpretation from the Council of Justices on behalf of Mr. Qiu Jia-Wei. The TAPCPR has also initiated three other administrative lawsuits in connection with marriage equality cases since 2014.
3. Participation in politics by LGBT organizations and organizations opposing LGBT rights: In the 2016 general elections, organizations both supporting and opposing LGBT rights are engaging in the elections as a means toward achieving their desired ends. Victoria Hsu was an openly lesbian candidate of the Green Party/Social Democratic Party alliance, running for the position of legislator-at-large. This is a new situation worth analyzing for Taiwan society.
4. Local Governments: There have been many changes over the past two years among some of the local city and county governments in Taiwan. These include allowing same-sex partners to participate in collective weddings held by city governments, allowing same-sex partners to register with the household registry, and even advocating that same-sex partners have the right to sign surgical consent forms. The Taipei City government has, moreover, petitioned the Council of Justices to issue a constitutional interpretation regarding whether or not same-sex partners can marry.
5. Other: With regard to LGBT rights, Taiwan already has had some achievements and continues to proactively push for further progress. These areas include the laws and policies in connection with the prevention of domestic violence, the Anti-discrimination Laws, the changes to the legal gender, and the implementation of LGBT inclusive education in the curriculum of middle schools and elementary schools.
Speaker's Bio
Victoria Hsu is Co-founder and CEO of Taiwan Alliance to Promote Civil Partnership Rights (TAPCPR) which is one of the most important lgbt organizations in Taiwan. Victoria is Attorney-at-Law (admitted in Taiwan in 1999) and PhD candidate in the Faculty of Law at Université Paris X (France). She has two Master of Law degrees from the Université Strasbourg III (France) and from National Taipei University (Taiwan). She was also an openly lesbian candidate in Taiwan’s 2016 legislative election.
Victoria Hsu will also be speaking at the Queer Asia Conference at SOAS on 11 June 2016
https://queerasia2016.wordpress.com/schedule/
Organiser: Centre of Taiwan Studies
Contact email: bc18@soas.ac.uk
http://www.soas.ac.uk/taiwanstudies/events/09jun2016-the-struggle-for-lgbt-rights-in-taiwan-a-discussion-with-victoria-hsu.html
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