Washington Wachira: For the love of birds
워싱턴 와키라 (Washington Wachira): 새를 향한 사랑을 위해
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,
of different sizes,
astonishing pieces of technology
has helped birds to keep dry,
마른 상태를 유지하고, 따뜻하게 하고
can actually make a feather.
깃털을 만들 수 있습니다.
who can make something
새들에게 별명을 지어주었는데
and any other animals we have on earth,
동물들 사이의 주된 차이점이고
you cannot call yourself a bird.
스스로 새라고 할 수 없습니다.
to conquer gravity
새들이 중력을 이겨내고
in an extraordinary way.
you could fly like a bird?
바라지 않나요?
each one of you thinks about them.
생각하는 방식을 바꾸고 싶습니다.
is because they are beautiful.
그들이 아름답기 때문입니다.
is uniquely beautiful.
to all the birds of the world.
part of our lives and cultures
일부였습니다,
이야기를 가지고 있죠.
childhood stories of different birds
다양한 새들의 이야기들과
들어왔을 것입니다.
would follow flocks of vultures
have been dropped by large carnivores,
and eat part of that meat.
찾아 먹었습니다.
and labels all over the world.
사용되었습니다.
emblem for the US
선택되었습니다.
in virtually all habitats of this earth,
these beautiful penguins
you can imagine.
다른 새들까지 말입니다.
have conquered this world.
정복했습니다.
we call the weaverbirds,
새의 무리이고
in which they weave their nests.
just like us humans.
데이트를 한다는 것입니다.
that males dress to impress the women,
수컷이 꾸민다는 점에 놀랄 겁니다.
평소 모습입니다.
just like humans.
wondering about this one.
to cheat on their spouses.
방법을 배우기도 합니다.
to find other males to mate with
to take care of the chicks.
내버려둡니다.
in our ecosystems each day.
중요한 역할을 하고 있습니다.
disease-causing pathogens,
소화시키면서 말이죠.
that would otherwise cost us lots of money
is capable of bringing down a carcass
the environments of rodents
제거하는데 도움을 줍니다.
because it saves us money --
돈을 아끼게 해주고
to buy harmful chemicals
we see in our environments
아름다운 태양새는
pollinators like insects,
that we depend on for many years.
농작물을 수확할 수 있게 하죠.
is by far not perfect.
그리 완벽하지만은 않습니다.
every day wherever they live.
다양한 도전에 날마다 직면합니다.
especially migratory species
특히 철새나
to flocks that like to stick together,
are electrocuting birds
새들을 감전시키고
of climate change
헤드라인을 만들어낸
from better breeding and feeding grounds
더 좋은 곳에서 떠나야 하기 때문이죠.
where they used to live
towards birds was changed
작은 소년이었을 때
of a bird we called the augur buzzard.
in a similar situation,
상상했습니다.
헤쳐나갈 수 없기 때문이죠.
any biologist by then,
and we decided to house the bird
새를 거둬들이기로 했습니다.
and then let it free.
풀어줄 때까지 말입니다.
to feed on beef from our school kitchen,
나온 소고기를 먹었고
for its dinner every day.
구내의 흰개미를 사냥했습니다.
changed the way we looked at birds.
보는 관점을 바꿔주었습니다.
within our own high school.
made me the conservationist I am today.
오늘날의 보호주의자로 만들었습니다.
should especially matter for Africa
특히 중요합니다.
of the most amazing bird species
놀라운 종의 새들이
상상해보세요.
in highest numbers of diversity
최고의 다양성을 가진 대륙을
to provide the continent
services that Africa needs.
in avian tourism.
커다란 잠재력이 있습니다.
will benefit from groups of tourists
새를 보기 위해 마을을 방문하는
just to see the endemic birds
얼마나 많은 주민들이
to their continued survival,
기여하는 것으로 바꿀 기회가요.
by becoming a citizen scientist.
그 일을 해낼 수 있습니다.
around the world,
증가하는 추세이고
where people are sharing information
about traffic updates,
정보를 공유할 수 있는
we realized as bird-watchers,
새 관찰자로서 발견한 것입니다.
are found everywhere,
발견될 수 있기 때문에
and everyone else in Africa
아프리카의 모든 사람들이
they find where they live,
or even where they work,
새에 대해 말해준다면
with a map of every single species,
지도를 만들 수 있고
conservation efforts
보존 노력의 우선 순위를
보겠습니다.
in the continent of Africa,
대한 지도를 만들고 있고
that occur in my country, Kenya.
종에 대한 지도를 만들고 있습니다.
now have online databases
온라인 데이터베이스를 갖고 있는데
into very interactive websites
결정을 내릴 수 있는
and make decisions from.
웹사이트로 전환됩니다.
there was a big challenge.
큰 문제가 있었습니다.
from bird-watchers,
많은 불평들을 받았는데
and I cannot access a computer.
컴퓨터에 접속할 수 없어요.
what birds live in my home,
어떤 새들이 살고 있는지
and come up with a sustainable solution.
지속가능한 해결책을 생각해야 했습니다.
common in Africa
있다는것을 즉시 깨달았습니다.
could get access to one.
휴대폰에 접근할 수 있었습니다.
mobile phone applications
어플을 생각해냈습니다.
and on your Android phone,
이용할 수 있는 어플 말입니다.
enthusiast out there.
있도록 만들었습니다.
which is used by the Kenya Bird Map,
BirdLasser를 고안해냈고
the African Raptor Observations,
관찰을 하고 있습니다.
by the African Raptor DataBank.
데이터 은행에 사용되고 있죠.
enormous amounts of data
모든 사람들로부터
out there in the regions.
that citizen science
citizen science is adaptive.
가능하기 때문입니다.
convert many bird-watchers
새로운 정보를
변화시킬 수 있었습니다.
could be a huge gateway
다른 동물의 보존에 접근할 수 있는
of other forms of animals.
생각을 못했습니다.
in the Virtual Museum for Africa,
아프리카의 가상박물관에서는
and damselflies,
지도가 있습니다.
we are even mapping mushrooms.
we've created a community of people
신경을 쓰는 사람들로 이뤄진
함께 해주세요.
새들에 대해 말해주세요.
to love and care for that which we know.
마음을 기울이는 것을 말이죠.
in your free time
at school, or maybe at home,
사용해 주세요.
and see which beautiful birds are there.
어떤 아름다운 새들이 있는지 봐주세요.
in the places where you visit.
장소에서 찾은 새들을 말해주세요.
how beautiful these birds are.
아름다운지에 대해 감사하게 해주세요.
they will want to care
자신이 알고 사랑하는 것을 위해
to love our feathermakers,
사랑하도록 가르칩시다.
to appreciating all forms of nature.
큰 관문이 될 수 있기 때문입니다.
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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