Washington Wachira: For the love of birds
ワシントン・ワチラ: 鳥を想って
Birder and ecologist Washington Wachira started the Youth Conservation Awareness Programme to nurture young environmental enthusiasts in Kenya. Full bio
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beautiful birds we have in Kenya,
一番美しい鳥の一つ
意味があります
of different sizes,
astonishing pieces of technology
has helped birds to keep dry,
鳥は水に濡れず
得ることができました
can actually make a feather.
羽根を作ることができません
who can make something
作ることができるのは
and any other animals we have on earth,
他の全ての動物との違いだからです
you cannot call yourself a bird.
みなさんは鳥とは名乗れません
to conquer gravity
in an extraordinary way.
空中に舞い上がります
you could fly like a bird?
思ったことはありませんか?
each one of you thinks about them.
変えてみたいと思ってます
is because they are beautiful.
一番簡単な理由が美しいからです
is uniquely beautiful.
to all the birds of the world.
part of our lives and cultures
伝説があります
childhood stories of different birds
幼少期に様々な鳥の話や
聞いたことがあるでしょう
would follow flocks of vultures
ハゲタカの群れを追いかけ
have been dropped by large carnivores,
and eat part of that meat.
あさって食べたそうです
and labels all over the world.
ラベルとしても使われています
emblem for the US
in virtually all habitats of this earth,
適応できるのと同様に
these beautiful penguins
you can imagine.
have conquered this world.
まさに地球を征服しています
we call the weaverbirds,
in which they weave their nests.
just like us humans.
恋愛やデートもします
that males dress to impress the women,
おめかしすると聞くと 驚くかもしれませんが
just like humans.
ふれあい 寄り添うのを好みます
wondering about this one.
気になるかと思いますが
to cheat on their spouses.
to find other males to mate with
to take care of the chicks.
ヒナの世話をさせます
in our ecosystems each day.
重要な役割を果たしています
disease-causing pathogens,
that would otherwise cost us lots of money
莫大な費用がかかる死骸も
is capable of bringing down a carcass
the environments of rodents
because it saves us money --
費用の節約となり
to buy harmful chemicals
we see in our environments
美しいタイヨウチョウは
pollinators like insects,
昆虫類と協力して
that we depend on for many years.
協力してくれています
is by far not perfect.
問題が無いわけではありません
every day wherever they live.
毎日のように生存をかけ戦っています
especially migratory species
湿潤地帯に集まるカモ類は
to flocks that like to stick together,
群れを作って行動する鳥の
are electrocuting birds
of climate change
from better breeding and feeding grounds
餌場を求めて 移住を強いられるからです
where they used to live
towards birds was changed
ヨゲンノスリという鳥を叩き
of a bird we called the augur buzzard.
in a similar situation,
想像してみました
any biologist by then,
至っていませんでしたが
and we decided to house the bird
鳥が回復し 放鳥できるまで
and then let it free.
to feed on beef from our school kitchen,
学校の食堂の牛肉の残りを受け入れ
for its dinner every day.
捕まえました
優雅に飛び去る姿に
changed the way we looked at birds.
という名称にしましたが
within our own high school.
made me the conservationist I am today.
現在 動物保護活動家をしている私の起点です
should especially matter for Africa
特に重要であるべきです
of the most amazing bird species
名前の鳥までいます
in highest numbers of diversity
to provide the continent
アフリカが必要としている
services that Africa needs.
アフリカは鳥類の観光地として
in avian tourism.
will benefit from groups of tourists
その村にしか生息しない鳥を
just to see the endemic birds
そのコミュニティーが得る
to their continued survival,
チャンスを持っています
by becoming a citizen scientist.
可能となります
around the world,
普及が進んでいて
where people are sharing information
about traffic updates,
治安情報を
we realized as bird-watchers,
感じたことと全く同じです
are found everywhere,
鳥はどこにでも生息しているので
and everyone else in Africa
アフリカにいる全ての人々が
they find where they live,
仕事をする場所に
or even where they work,
with a map of every single species,
マッピングすることができ
conservation efforts
紹介します
(アフリカ猛禽類データベース)は
in the continent of Africa,
全ての猛禽類をマッピングし
(ケニヤ鳥類マップ)は
that occur in my country, Kenya.
約1,100種をマッピングしています
now have online databases
すでにオンライン化されており
into very interactive websites
対話型のウェブサイトを作り
and make decisions from.
計画を立てられるようになっています
there was a big challenge.
大きな障害がありました
from bird-watchers,
たくさんの苦情が届きました
and I cannot access a computer.
コンピュータが使えない
what birds live in my home,
どんな鳥がいるかを
and come up with a sustainable solution.
持続可能な解決策を思案しました
common in Africa
could get access to one.
なっていたことです
mobile phone applications
and on your Android phone,
enthusiast out there.
which is used by the Kenya Bird Map,
Kenya Bird Mapでも使用されており
the African Raptor Observations,
アプリも
by the African Raptor DataBank.
使われています
飛躍的に前進させ
enormous amounts of data
out there in the regions.
提供してもらえるようになりました
that citizen science
私たちが気づいたのは
citizen science is adaptive.
convert many bird-watchers
意識転換を促すことで
してもらえるようになりました
could be a huge gateway
有力な手段になるとは
of other forms of animals.
in the Virtual Museum for Africa,
(バーチャル・アフリカ博物館)では
and damselflies,
we are even mapping mushrooms.
キノコ類まで マッピングしてます
誰が想像したでしょう?
we've created a community of people
成功したことを表してます
参加を呼びかけます
鳥の大切さを広める活動を
伝えてください
to love and care for that which we know.
愛情を注ぎ大切にするのが心理ですから
in your free time
at school, or maybe at home,
and see which beautiful birds are there.
確認してみてください
in the places where you visit.
鳥のことを教えてください
how beautiful these birds are.
理解を深めてください
they will want to care
もしかしたらある日
保護したいと思うかもしれません
to love our feathermakers,
大切にすることを教えていきましょう
to appreciating all forms of nature.
大きなきっかけになるかもしれません
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Washington Wachira - Wildlife ecologist, nature photographer and safari guideBirder and ecologist Washington Wachira started the Youth Conservation Awareness Programme to nurture young environmental enthusiasts in Kenya.
Why you should listen
If you take a walk, the animals you're most likely see are birds. Birds are some of the most fascinating creatures on earth. We wake up to their songs in the morning; they're in our cities, farms and even schools. They are, however, facing many challenges, and we should do something to help them.
By age 14, Washington Wachira was already on a career path towards nature interpretation and conservation. Wachira holds a BSc in environmental science and is currently taking an MSc animal ecology from Kenyatta University. Washington founded Youth Conservation Awareness Programme (YCAP) to nurture young environmental enthusiasts in Kenya. He is a keen writer and has published multiple articles in a variety of local and international publications. As a result of his conservation passion, he has won many awards including Mr. Environment and Ambassador for Nairobi Province in 2012 and The Daisy Rothschild Award in 2015. He is a passionate and talented nature photographer featured in many publications worldwide. He has won multiple photo awards including the first position in the underwater category of the 2016 East African Wild Life Photo Competition and Honourable Mention in the Best of Nikon Kenya 2016 Photography Competition.
Wachira is an experienced safari guide and has led many expeditions and research projects across Kenya. He founded Cisticola Tours, a tour company that leads professional birding and nature tours across Kenya and the rest of East Africa. Through Cisticola Tours, he has been leading multiple sustainability projects to support bird conservation and help communities to appreciate birds and nature. He is also a member of the Bird Committee of Nature Kenya, Chair of the National Bird of Kenya Sub-committee, the Country Representative for Kenya at Youth Africa Birding and Manager for the Kenya Bird Map Project. He is a National Geographic Explorer for his work with African Crowned Eagles, and he is a birds of prey graduate student with The Peregrine Fund.
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