Knowledge accumulated by chance With the rapid development of environmental conservation in Taiwan over the last decade or so, the basic ecological surveying and research which had been interrupted when Taiwan returned to Chinese rule has been taken up again, like a relay baton that had been dropped and long ignored. Ecologists are now trying to press ahead, but the going is still difficult.
光復後中斷過的生態基礎調查、研究，在最近十幾年台灣生態保育如火如荼展開後，有如落地已久、無人聞問的接力棒總算又被重新拾起，生態學界試圖往前衝刺，但步履仍維艱。