演讲MP3+双语文稿:保护野生动物，人类能做些什么
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【演讲者及介绍】Moreangels Mbizah
莫丽格尔·姆比扎——狮子保护者，是野生动物保护行动(Wildlife Conservation Action)的创始人，该组织致力于保护生物多样性，促进人类和野生动物共存，以及增强当地社区的能力。
【演讲主题】当地社区在保护野生动物中的作用
【中英文字幕】
Translation by Lipeng Chen. Reviewed by psjmz mz.
00:14
I'm a lion conservationist. Sounds cool,doesn't it? Some people may have no idea what that means. But I'm sure you'veall heard about Cecil the lion.
我是名狮子保护人士。听起来很酷，不是吗？有些人对狮子保护人士完全没概念。但是我相信你们都听说过一头名叫塞西尔的狮子。
00:24
[Cecil the Lion (2002-2015)]
【狮子塞西尔（2012 - 2015）】
00:25
(Lion roaring)
（狮子吼叫）
00:32
He roars no more. On the second of July,2015, his life was cut short when he was killed by a trophy hunter.
然而，他不会再吼叫了。在2015年7月2号，他的生命在被战利品狩猎者射杀时戛然终止。
00:41
They say that you can become attached tothe animals you study. That was the case for me with Cecil the lion, havingknown him and studied him for three years in Hwange National Park. I washeartbroken at his death. But the good thing to come out of this tragedy is theattention that the story brought towards the plight of threatened wild animals.
人们说你会对你研究的动物产生感情。我对狮子塞西尔就是这样，在万基国家公园，我了解并研究它长达三年。我对它的死悲痛万分。但是好的一面是这场悲剧给许多身陷囹圄的濒危动物带去了关注。
01:04
After Cecil's death, I began to ask myselfthese questions: What if the community that lived next to Cecil the lion wasinvolved in protecting him? What if I had met Cecil when I was 10 years old,instead of 29? Could I or my classmates have changed his fate? Many people areworking to stop lions from disappearing, but very few of these people arenative to these countries or from the communities most affected. But thecommunities that live with the lions are the ones best positioned to help lionsthe most.
在塞西尔死后，我开始询问自己这些问题：如果居住在狮子塞西尔周边的居民参与到保护它的行动中去会怎么样？如果我在10岁而不是 29 岁遇到了塞西尔会怎么样？我或是我的同学会改变它的命运吗？许多人都致力于阻止狮子的消失，但是很少有人来自当地国家，或是来自最受影响的群体。但是和狮子共居的群体处于保护狮子的最佳位置。
01:43
Local people should be at the forefront ofthe solutions to the challenges facing their wildlife. Sometimes, change canonly come when the people most affected and impacted take charge. Localcommunities play an important role in fighting poaching and illegal wildlifetrade, which are major threats affecting lions and other wildlife.
当地居民应当站在解决野生动物面临的挑战的前线。有时，只有当最受影响的人们负起责任，变革才会发生。当地团体要在抵抗盗猎和非法野生交易上扮演重要角色，这是对狮群和其他野生动物的最主要威胁。
02:05
Being a black African woman in the sciences,the people I meet are always curious to know if I've always wanted to be aconservationist, because they don't meet a lot of conservationists who looklike me. When I was growing up, I didn't even know that wildlife conservationwas a career. The first time I saw a wild animal in my home country was when Iwas 25 years old, even though lions and African wild dogs lived just a fewmiles away from my home. This is quite common in Zimbabwe, as many people arenot exposed to wildlife, even though it's part of our heritage.
身为一名黑人女性科学家，我遇到的人们总是好奇知道我是不是一直都想成为保护人士，因为他们没有遇到过很多像我一样的保护人士。当我年少时，我甚至不知道野生动物保护者可以是个职业。我第一次在我的家乡见到野生动物是我 25 岁的时候，尽管狮子和非洲野狗就生活在离我家几英里的地方。这在津巴布韦很常见，许多人都没有接触过野生动物，尽管这是我们的文化遗产。
02:41
When I was growing up, I didn't even knowthat lions lived in my backyard. When I stepped into Savé Valley Conservancy ona cold winter morning 10 years ago to study African wild dogs for my master'sresearch project, I was mesmerized by the beauty and the tranquility thatsurrounded me. I felt like I had found my passion and my purpose in life. Imade a commitment that day that I was going to dedicate my life to protectinganimals.
当我年少时，我甚至不知道狮子就生活在我家后院。当我在 10 年前一个寒冷的冬天早晨踏入萨菲谷保护区去为我的硕士科研项目研究非洲野狗时，我为围绕着我的美丽和宁静所着迷。我感觉我找到了人生的热情和目的所在。在那天我做了一个承诺，我要为保护动物奉献我的一生。
03:10
I think of my childhood school days inZimbabwe and the other kids I was in school with. Perhaps if we had a chance tointeract with wildlife, more of my classmates would be working alongside menow. Unless the local communities want to protect and coexist with wildlife,all conservation efforts might be in vain. These are the communities that livewith the wild animals in the same ecosystem and bear the cost of doing so. Ifthey don't have a direct connection or benefit from the animals, they have noreason to want to protect them. And if local communities don't protect theirwildlife, no amount of outside intervention will work.
我想起我在津巴布韦的小学时代，还有和我一起上学的其他孩子。如果我们有机会接触野生动物，更多我的同学现在就会和我并肩工作。除非当地居民想要保护并和野生动物共存，否则所有的保护努力都会付之东流。这些居民和野生动物生活在同一个生态系统中，需要承担相应的责任。如果他们没有和动物有直接的联系，或是从动物身上获益，他们就没有理由去保护动物。如果当地居民都不保护他们的野生动物，任何外界的干预都不会有效。
03:54
So what needs to be done? Conservationistsmust prioritize environmental education and help expand the community's skillsto conserve their wildlife. Schoolchildren and communities must be taken tonational parks, so they get a chance to connect with the wildlife. At everyeffort and every level, conservation must include the economies of the peoplewho share the land with the wild animals. It is also critical that localconservationists be part of every conservation effort, if we are to build trustand really embed conservation into communities. As local conservationists, weface many hurdles, from outright discrimination to barriers because of culturalnorms.
所以需要做些什么呢？保护人士必须将环境教育摆在首位，并帮助民众发展保护野生动物的技能。学校学生和居民必须被带到国家公园里，这样他们才有机会和野生动物建立联系。在各种努力和各个层级上，保护措施必须把那些和野生动物共享家园的人们的经济体纳入进来。同样重要的是，如果我们想要建立信任，并且真正将保护行动融入当地群体之中，就要让当地的保护人士成为各种保护行动的一部分，作为当地保护人士，我们面临着许多障碍，从赤裸裸的歧视到文化规范造成的障碍。
04:40
But I will not give up my efforts to bringindigenous communities to this fight for the survival of our planet. I'm askingyou to come and stand together with me. We must actively dismantle the hurdleswe have created, which are leaving indigenous populations out of conservationefforts.
但是我不会放弃让当地居民融入到为地球生存而战的努力。我呼吁你们和我并肩作战。我们必须积极消除人类制造的阻碍，这些阻碍将本地人群排除在保护行动之外。
04:59
I've dedicated my life to protecting lions.And I know my neighbor would, too, if only they knew the animals that livednext door to them.
我将我的生命奉献给了保护狮子。我知道，如果我的邻居了解和他们共居的动物，他们也会这么做。
05:09
Thank you.
谢谢。
05:10
(Applause)
（掌声）
