ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Washington Wachira - Wildlife ecologist, nature photographer and safari guide
Birder 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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Washington Wachira: For the love of birds

Washington Wachira: Pelo amor às aves

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Da gloriosa fraca-cristata ao adúltero jaçanã-africano e aos abutres, capazes de limpar uma carcaça de zebra em 30 minutos, Washington Wachira quer que todos nós possamos conhecer as maravilhosas espécies de aves com as quais dividimos o nosso planeta. Se você ainda não é um fã dos "produtores de penas" da Terra, ou se ainda não preocupa com a preservação deles, você vai, depois de assistir a esta palestra encantadora.
- Wildlife ecologist, nature photographer and safari guide
Birder and ecologist Washington Wachira started the Youth Conservation Awareness Programme to nurture young environmental enthusiasts in Kenya. Full bio

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With me here today
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Trouxe algo lindo comigo hoje.
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I brought something beautiful.
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This is a feather from one of the most
beautiful birds we have in Kenya,
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Esta é uma pena de uma das aves
mais lindas do Quênia,
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the crested guinea fowl.
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a fraca-cristata.
00:24
But this feather is more than just that.
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Mas essa pena é mais do que isso.
00:27
If you've taken time when you are outdoors
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Se parar para olhar as penas ao seu redor,
quando estiver ao ar livre,
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to look at the feathers around you,
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you'll have noticed
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você vai notar uma enorme
variedade de tamanhos,
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that there is this huge variety
of different sizes,
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shapes and even colors.
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formas e até cores.
00:39
The feather is one of the most
astonishing pieces of technology
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A pena é uma das tecnologias
mais impressionantes
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invented by the natural world,
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já inventadas pela natureza
00:47
and for centuries, this feather
has helped birds to keep dry,
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e, durante séculos, a pena ajudou
as aves a permanecerem secas,
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to keep warm and even power flight.
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a se manterem aquecidas e até a voar.
00:56
Only one section of the tree of life
can actually make a feather.
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Apenas uma parte da árvore da vida
pode produzir penas.
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Among all the world's animals,
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De todos os animais do mundo,
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birds are the only ones
who can make something
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as aves são as únicas capazes de produzir
algo parecido com isto aqui.
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like what I'm holding today.
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01:07
I personally have given them a nickname,
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Eu particularmente dei um nome a elas:
gosto de chamá-las de produtoras de penas.
01:10
and I like to call them the feathermakers.
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01:14
It is the major difference between birds
and any other animals we have on earth,
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A pena é a maior diferença entre as aves
e os demais animais da Terra
01:19
and if you can't make a feather,
you cannot call yourself a bird.
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e, se você não consegue produzir uma pena,
não pode se considerar uma ave.
01:23
(Laughter)
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(Risos)
01:25
For us humans, who are earthbound,
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Para nós, humanos,
que somos animais terrestres,
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birds represent freedom.
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as aves representam liberdade.
01:31
This feather has enabled birds
to conquer gravity
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A pena permitiu que as aves
vencessem a gravidade
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and take to the air
in an extraordinary way.
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e voassem de forma extraordinária.
01:37
Don't you sometimes wish
you could fly like a bird?
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Você às vezes não gostaria
de voar como um pássaro?
01:42
Birds are my passion,
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As aves são para mim uma paixão,
01:45
and I want to change the way
each one of you thinks about them.
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e quero mudar a forma
como cada um de vocês pensa sobre elas.
01:49
The easiest reason I love them so much
is because they are beautiful.
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A razão mais óbvia pela qual
gosto tanto delas é sua beleza.
01:54
There are 10,000 species in the world,
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Há 10 mil espécies no mundo,
01:57
and each one of them
is uniquely beautiful.
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e cada uma delas tem uma beleza única.
As aves são incríveis,
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Birds are amazing,
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and this talk is dedicated
to all the birds of the world.
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e esta palestra é dedicada
a todas as aves do mundo.
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(Laughter)
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(Risos)
02:09
(Applause)
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(Aplausos)
02:13
Indeed, these birds have been
part of our lives and cultures
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As aves na verdade fazem parte
da nossa vida e cultura há séculos,
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all over the world for centuries,
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no mundo inteiro,
02:20
and every society has a story about birds.
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e cada comunidade humana tem
uma história pra contar sobre elas.
02:23
You probably have heard
childhood stories of different birds
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Você provavelmente já ouviu
histórias infantis sobre aves
02:27
and how they relate with man.
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e sobre como elas convivem com o homem.
02:29
I personally recently learned
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Recentemente aprendi
02:31
that our human ancestors
would follow flocks of vultures
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que nossos ancestrais
seguiam bandos de abutres
02:35
and then they would help them
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que os ajudavam a identificar
02:36
to identify where carcasses
have been dropped by large carnivores,
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onde havia carcaças deixadas para trás
por grandes carnívoros,
02:40
and these humans will scavenge
and eat part of that meat.
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e esses humanos recolhiam
e comiam parte dessa carne.
02:45
Birds have been used as brands
and labels all over the world.
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As aves já foram usadas como marca
e símbolo no mundo inteiro.
Lembra da águia-de-cabeça-branca?
02:49
You know the bald eagle?
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It was chosen as the national
emblem for the US
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Ela foi escolhida como símbolo dos EUA
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because of its majestic strength,
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por causa de sua força majestosa,
de sua beleza e de sua longevidade.
02:55
beautiful looks
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02:57
and even a long lifespan.
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And just like us humans
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Assim como nós, humanos,
03:01
who have managed to live
in virtually all habitats of this earth,
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que conseguimos sobreviver em praticamente
todos os habitats da Terra,
03:05
birds have also conquered the world.
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as aves também conquistaram o mundo.
03:09
From birds such as
these beautiful penguins
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Desde aves como esses lindos pinguins,
que vivem em calotas polares,
03:12
that live in the cold ice caps
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a outras aves como as cotovias,
03:14
to even others like the larks,
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03:16
who live in the hottest deserts
you can imagine.
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que vivem nos desertos mais quentes
que você possa imaginar.
03:19
Indeed, these species
have conquered this world.
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Essas espécies realmente
conquistaram este mundo.
03:23
Birds also build houses like us.
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As aves também constroem casas como nós.
03:26
The real pros in housebuilding
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Os verdadeiros profissionais nesse aspecto
03:28
are a group of birds
we call the weaverbirds,
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são um grupo de pássaros
chamados tecelões.
Ganharam esse nome por causa da forma
como "tecem" seus ninhos.
03:31
and this name they were given
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03:32
because of the way
in which they weave their nests.
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03:35
An interesting one:
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Uma informação interessante:
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birds also love and date
just like us humans.
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as aves também amam e namoram,
como os humanos.
03:40
In fact, you'll be surprised to know
that males dress to impress the women,
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Na verdade, veja só, os machos se arrumam
pra impressionar as fêmeas,
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and I'll show you how.
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Vou mostrar.
03:48
So here we have a long-tailed widowbird,
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Aqui temos uma viúva-rabilonga,
e é assim que são normalmente.
03:50
and this is how they would normally look.
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03:53
But when it comes to the breeding season,
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Quando chega a época de acasalamento,
03:55
everything changes,
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tudo muda, e veja só o macho.
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and this is how he looks.
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03:59
(Audience murmurs)
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(Plateia sussurra)
04:01
Yeah?
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Viu só?
04:03
Birds also, multiple species of them,
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As aves, diversas espécies de aves,
04:07
do love to touch and cuddle
just like humans.
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também adoram o toque
e o carinho, como os humanos.
04:10
And I know you're
wondering about this one.
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Sei que você está imaginando...
04:12
Yes, they kiss too,
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Sim, elas também se beijam,
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sometimes very deeply.
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às vezes apaixonadamente.
04:17
(Applause)
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(Risos) (Aplausos)
04:20
Some have even learned
to cheat on their spouses.
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Em alguns casos, até aprenderam
a trair seus parceiros.
04:22
(Laughter)
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(Risos)
04:23
For example, the African jacana:
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Por exemplo, o jaçanã-africano:
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the females will mate with multiple males
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as fêmeas acasalam com vários machos
04:28
and then she takes off
to find other males to mate with
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e voam procurando
novos machos para acasalar,
04:31
and she leaves the male behind
to take care of the chicks.
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deixando sempre o macho
tomando conta dos filhotes.
04:34
(Laughter)
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(Risos)
04:36
(Applause)
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(Aplausos)
04:40
And birds help us so much,
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As aves nos ajudam muito
04:42
and they play very crucial roles
in our ecosystems each day.
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e têm papel fundamental
no ecossistema todos os dias.
04:46
Vultures clean up our environment
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Os abutres limpam o ambiente,
literalmente digerindo patógenos,
04:48
by literally digesting
disease-causing pathogens,
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04:52
and they finish carcasses
that would otherwise cost us lots of money
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e devoram carcaças
que nos custariam muito dinheiro
04:56
to clear from the environment.
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para tirarmos do ambiente.
04:58
A sizable flock of vultures
is capable of bringing down a carcass
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Um bando razoável de abutres
consegue devorar uma carcaça
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the size of a zebra straight to the bone
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do tamanho de uma zebra,
deixando apenas os ossos,
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within just about 30 minutes.
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em apenas cerca de 30 minutos.
05:07
Owls help to rid
the environments of rodents
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As corujas ajudam a livrar
o ambiente de roedores
05:10
and this helps us a lot
because it saves us money --
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e isso nos ajuda muito,
pois nos poupa dinheiro,
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we don't lose our crops --
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não perdemos plantações,
05:15
and secondly, we don't have
to buy harmful chemicals
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e, além disso, não precisamos
comprar produtos químicos
05:18
to handle these rodents.
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para controlar esses roedores.
Os belos pássaros da família Nectariniidae
que vemos em nosso ambiente
05:21
The beautiful sunbirds
we see in our environments
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05:24
are part of nature's pollination crew,
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fazem parte da equipe
de polinização da natureza,
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and they help our plants to form fruits.
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ajudando vegetais a darem frutos.
05:30
Together with other
pollinators like insects,
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Junto com outros polinizadores,
como os insetos,
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they have actually helped us
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eles na verdade nos ajudaram
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to get most of the food crops
that we depend on for many years.
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a termos a maior parte das plantações
de alimentos das quais dependemos há anos.
05:39
Unfortunately, the story of birds
is by far not perfect.
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Infelizmente, a história das aves
é de longe nada perfeita.
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They are faced by numerous challenges
every day wherever they live.
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Elas enfrentam diversos desafios
todos os dias onde quer que vivam.
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Top on the threats facing birds
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As maiores ameaças às aves
são a perda de habitat
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is habitat loss
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05:52
and reduced food availability.
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e a redução da
disponibilidade de alimento.
05:55
Birds are also hunted,
especially migratory species
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As aves também são caçadas,
especialmente as espécies migratórias,
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and ducks that congregate in water bodies.
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assim como patos que se reúnem
em lagoas e poças d'água.
Bandos que preferem andar juntos
vêm sendo envenenados,
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Poisoning is happening
to flocks that like to stick together,
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06:06
especially in places like rice schemes.
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principalmente em locais
como plantações de arroz.
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Moreover, power lines
are electrocuting birds
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Além disso, fios de alta tensão
têm eletrocutado pássaros
06:13
and wind farms are slicing birds
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e usinas eólicas os têm fatiado
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when they fly through the blades.
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quando voam por entre as hélices.
06:18
Recently, we've heard the talk
of climate change
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Recentemente, vimos a questão
da mudança climática
06:21
making a lot of headlines,
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render muitas manchetes,
06:23
and it's also affecting birds,
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e ela também afeta as aves
06:25
because birds are being forced to migrate
from better breeding and feeding grounds
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porque as aves são forçadas a abandonar
bons locais pra comer e acasalar
06:29
because unfortunately
where they used to live
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por infelizmente
não serem mais habitáveis.
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is no longer habitable.
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06:34
My own perspective
towards birds was changed
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Minha própria visão
a respeito das aves mudou
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when I was a small boy in high school,
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quando ainda era jovem, no ensino médio,
06:38
and there was this boy who struck,
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e vi um rapaz, por acidente,
06:40
injuring the wing and the leg
of a bird we called the augur buzzard.
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ferir a asa e a pata de uma ave
da espécie Buteo augur.
06:44
I was standing there,
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Eu estava lá, parado,
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just a mere 14-year-old,
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apenas um menino de 14 anos,
06:48
and I imagined a human being
in a similar situation,
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e imaginei um ser humano
na mesma situação da ave,
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because this bird could not help itself.
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porque ela precisava de ajuda.
06:54
So even if I was hardly
any biologist by then,
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Mesmo ainda não sendo
exatamente um biólogo na época,
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I gathered with three of my friends
and we decided to house the bird
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me juntei a três amigos meus
e decidimos abrigar a ave
07:02
until it had regained strength
and then let it free.
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até que recuperasse sua força
e pudéssemos libertá-la.
07:05
Interestingly, it accepted
to feed on beef from our school kitchen,
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Ela aceitou se alimentar da carne
da cozinha da nossa escola,
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and we hunted termites around the compound
for its dinner every day.
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e caçamos cupins por todo o complexo
para dar a ela como jantar todos os dias.
07:14
After a few days, it had regained strength
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Após alguns dias, ela havia recuperado
sua força e nós a soltamos.
07:16
and we released it.
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07:17
We were so happy to see it flap its wings
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Ficamos muito felizes
por vê-la bater as asas
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and fly off gracefully.
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e voar para longe, de forma graciosa.
07:22
And that experience
changed the way we looked at birds.
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Aquela experiência mudou
nossa visão a respeito das aves.
07:26
We went on to actually make a magazine,
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Acabamos depois criando uma revista,
07:29
and we called it the Hawk Magazine,
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que chamamos de "Hawk Magazine",
07:31
and this was in honor of this bird
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em homenagem à ave
que havíamos ajudado em nossa escola.
07:34
that we had helped
within our own high school.
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Aquelas experiências no ensino médio
me tornaram o conservacionista que sou.
07:37
Those experiences in high school
made me the conservationist I am today.
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07:43
And a passion for birds
should especially matter for Africa
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Ter paixão pelas aves deveria ser
especialmente importante para a África
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and all Africans,
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e para todos os africanos
07:48
because among all other continents,
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porque, de todos os continentes,
07:50
Africa hosts some
of the most amazing bird species
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a África abriga algumas das espécies
de aves mais incríveis
07:53
you can find anywhere in the world.
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existentes no mundo.
07:55
Imagine having a name like "shoebill."
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Imagine ser chamado de "bico-de-sapato".
07:58
That's the name of that bird.
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Esse é o nome dessa ave.
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And there are countries like DR Congo,
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Alguns países como
a República Democrática do Congo,
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Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya
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a Tanzânia, Uganda e Quênia
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who are leading the continent
in highest numbers of diversity
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são campeões no que se refere
à diversidade das espécies de aves.
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when it comes to the species.
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These birds continue
to provide the continent
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Essas aves continuam oferecendo
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with very crucial ecosystem
services that Africa needs.
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alguns serviços ecossistêmicos
cruciais para a África.
08:20
Moreover, there is huge potential
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Além disso, existe um enorme potencial
08:22
for Africa to lead the world
in avian tourism.
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para que a África seja líder mundial
em turismo de observação de aves.
08:27
The economy will definitely benefit.
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A economia com certeza
vai ganhar com isso.
08:30
Imagine how many communities
will benefit from groups of tourists
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Imagine quantas comunidades
se beneficiarão com grupos de turistas
08:34
visiting their villages
just to see the endemic birds
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visitando seus vilarejos
só para ver as aves endêmicas,
08:37
that can only be found in those villages.
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aves só existentes nesses locais.
08:41
How can we help birds together?
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Como podemos ajudar as aves juntos?
08:43
There is now a chance for all of you
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Agora todos vocês têm a chance
08:46
to turn your passion for birds
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de transformar sua paixão pelas aves
na contribuição para sua sobrevivência,
08:48
into contributing
to their continued survival,
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08:51
and you can do that
by becoming a citizen scientist.
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e vocês podem fazer isso
se tornando cientistas cidadãos.
08:56
Citizen science is a growing trend
around the world,
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A ciência cidadã é uma tendência
crescente no mundo todo,
09:00
and we are having scenarios
where people are sharing information
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e temos visto cenários em que
as pessoas compartilham informação
09:03
with the rest of the community
about traffic updates,
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com o restante da comunidade,
sobre o tráfego das aves,
sinais de alerta e por aí vai.
09:06
security alerts and so on.
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09:08
That is exactly what
we realized as bird-watchers,
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Foi exatamente o que percebemos
como observadores de aves,
09:12
and we thought, because birds
are found everywhere,
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e pensamos que, como existem
aves em toda parte,
09:15
if we've got all of you
and everyone else in Africa
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se conseguíssemos que todos
vocês e todos na África
nos informassem sobre as aves
que encontram onde moram,
09:18
to tell us the birds
they find where they live,
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09:21
where they school,
or even where they work,
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onde estudam ou onde trabalham,
09:23
then we can be able to come up
with a map of every single species,
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conseguiríamos criar
um mapa de cada espécie,
09:28
and from there scientists will be able
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a partir do qual os cientistas
poderiam, na verdade,
09:30
to actually prioritize
conservation efforts
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direcionar melhor
seus esforços de conservação
09:33
to those habitats that matter the most.
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aos habitats mais importantes.
Veja por exemplo esses dois projetos,
09:36
Take for example these two projects,
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09:38
the Africa Raptor DataBank,
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o "Africa Raptor DataBank",
09:40
which is mapping all birds of prey
in the continent of Africa,
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que mapeia todas as aves de rapina
no continente africano,
09:44
and the Kenya Bird Map,
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e o "Kenya Bird Map",
09:45
which is mapping about 1,100 species
that occur in my country, Kenya.
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que mapeia cerca de 1,1 mil espécies
endêmicas do meu país, o Quênia.
09:50
These two projects
now have online databases
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Esses dois projetos agora possuem
bases de dados on-line
09:53
that are allowing people to submit data,
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que permitem que as pessoas enviem dados
09:55
and this is converted
into very interactive websites
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que são convertidos em sites interativos
09:58
that the public can consume
and make decisions from.
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que o público pode utilizar
para tomar decisões.
Mas, quando começamos,
encontramos um grande desafio.
10:02
But when we started,
there was a big challenge.
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10:04
We received many complaints
from bird-watchers,
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Recebemos muitas reclamações
de observadores, que diziam:
10:07
and they will say,
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"Estou num vilarejo,
sem acesso a um computador.
10:08
"I'm in a village,
and I cannot access a computer.
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10:11
How do I tell you
what birds live in my home,
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Como dizer a vocês que aves
vivem em minha casa,
10:13
or where I school, or where I work?"
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onde estudo ou onde trabalho?"
10:16
So we were forced to renovate our strategy
and come up with a sustainable solution.
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Fomos forçados a renovar nossa estratégia
e criar uma solução sustentável.
10:21
It was easy:
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Foi fácil:
10:23
we immediately realized that mobile phones
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percebemos imediatamente
que os celulares estavam se tornando
cada vez mais comuns na África
10:25
were becoming increasingly
common in Africa
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10:28
and most of the regions
could get access to one.
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e que a maioria das regiões
permitia o acesso a um aparelho.
10:31
So we came up with
mobile phone applications
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Então, criamos aplicativos de celular
10:35
that you can use on your iPhone
and on your Android phone,
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disponíveis para iPhone e Android,
10:38
and we made them freely available
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gratuitamente,
10:40
for every bird-watching
enthusiast out there.
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para qualquer observador de aves
que se interessasse.
10:44
So we came up with BirdLasser,
which is used by the Kenya Bird Map,
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Então, criamos o BirdLasser,
usado pelo Kenya Bird Map,
10:49
and also we have
the African Raptor Observations,
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e também temos
o African Raptor Observations,
10:52
which is now used
by the African Raptor DataBank.
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que agora é usado
pelo African Raptor DataBank.
Essa foi uma grande descoberta
em nosso trabalho
10:55
This was a huge breakthrough in our work
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10:58
and it made us get
enormous amounts of data
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e nos possibilitou obter
enormes quantidades de dados
11:00
from every birder
out there in the regions.
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de cada passarinheiro por aí.
11:04
With this, we realized
that citizen science
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Assim, percebemos que a ciência cidadã
é realmente muito poderosa,
11:06
is indeed very powerful,
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11:08
the reason being,
citizen science is adaptive.
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porque ela é adaptável.
11:12
And we were able to actually
convert many bird-watchers
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E na verdade conseguimos convencer
muitos observadores de aves
11:16
to start sharing new information with us.
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a começarem a compartilhar
novas informações conosco.
Quando começamos,
11:22
When we were starting,
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não sabíamos que as aves podiam
ser uma enorme oportunidade
11:23
we didn't know that birds
could be a huge gateway
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11:26
to approaching conservation
of other forms of animals.
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de atuarmos na conservação
de outros animais.
11:29
Interestingly, now
in the Virtual Museum for Africa,
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O interessante é que agora,
no "Virtual Museum for Africa",
11:32
we have maps for dragonflies
and damselflies,
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temos mapas de libélulas e donzelinhas,
11:36
butterflies and moths,
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borboletas e mariposas,
11:37
reptiles, frogs, orchids, spiders,
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répteis, sapos, orquídeas,
aranhas, escorpiões
11:42
scorpions, and yes,
we are even mapping mushrooms.
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e, sim, estamos mapeando
inclusive cogumelos.
11:45
Who could have imagined mapping mushrooms?
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Quem imaginaria mapear cogumelos?
11:48
So this showed us that indeed
we've created a community of people
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Então, isso nos mostrou que realmente
criamos uma comunidade
11:53
who care about nature in Africa.
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que se importa com a natureza na África.
11:56
I hereby call upon all of you
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Peço a todos vocês
11:58
to join me in promoting the value of birds
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que se juntem a mim na divulgação
do valor que as aves têm
12:02
within your communities.
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em suas comunidades.
12:04
Please just tell your friends about birds,
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Por favor, falem com seus
amigos sobre as aves,
12:06
for we are always inclined
to love and care for that which we know.
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porque sempre tendemos a amar e cuidar
daquilo que conhecemos bem.
Por favor passem alguns minutos
do seu tempo livre
12:11
Please spend a few minutes
in your free time
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12:14
when you are at work,
at school, or maybe at home,
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quando estiverem no trabalho,
na escola, ou quem sabe em casa,
12:17
to at least look around you
and see which beautiful birds are there.
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e pelo menos olhem em volta e vejam
os lindos pássaros presentes no local.
12:20
Come join us in citizen science
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Juntem-se a nós na ciência cidadã
12:22
and tell us the birds you're finding
in the places where you visit.
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e nos informem sobre as aves que vocês
encontrarem nos locais que vistarem.
12:26
Even simpler,
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Melhor ainda,
12:28
you could buy your child or your sibling
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vocês podem comprar um binóculo
para os seus filhos ou irmãos,
12:30
a pair of binoculars
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12:32
or a bird book
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ou um livro sobre aves,
12:34
and let them just appreciate
how beautiful these birds are.
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e deixá-los apreciarem
a beleza dessas aves,
12:37
Because maybe one day
they will want to care
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porque, um dia, talvez eles decidam cuidar
daquelas aves que eles conhecem e amam.
12:40
for that one which they know and love.
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12:43
The children indeed are our future.
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As crianças são de fato o nosso futuro.
12:46
Let us please teach them
to love our feathermakers,
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Por favor, vamos ensiná-las a amar
os produtores de penas,
12:49
because the love of birds
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porque amar as aves
12:51
can be a huge gateway
to appreciating all forms of nature.
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pode ser um enorme passo
para a valorização de toda a natureza.
12:55
Thank you very much.
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Muito obrigado.
12:57
(Applause)
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(Aplausos)
13:02
Thank you.
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Obrigado.
Translated by Leonardo Silva
Reviewed by Maricene Crus

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Washington Wachira - Wildlife ecologist, nature photographer and safari guide
Birder 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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