China in Kenya to build railway protests: prevent animal migration
According to the BBC (United Kingdom broadcaster), September 17, few Kenya angry people Friday (16th) held a demonstration in the capital Nairobi, protesting Chinese construction of elevated railways in the National Park, threatening wildlife migration, including lions, leopards and giraffes.
Road and bridge group of China's State-owned railway in Kenya Nairobi National Park across the longest 6 km.
Dozens of protesters carrying placards reading: "do not rape our parks."
Kenya people held a demonstration.
World famous paleontologist, and Kenya Wildlife Service Chairman chade·liji said earlier in the week, elevated railway will not harm the animal, so was the best option.
He said, "once the project is completed, wild animals can be free through, including flies and a giraffe. ”
But environmental groups and other groups have vowed to overturn the plan.
Local community activist Nkamunu Patita said Friday that "this is our heritage. ”
Wildlife Conservation Union Secretary Kitili Mbathi wildlife conservation submitted a petition letter requires change of railway engineering construction lines.
Mbathi said he welcomed the public "different".
The railway project is undertaken by China communications construction company limited and China Road and bridge group.
Kenya Railway Corporation is also the consent of the national environment management authority, the works can commence.
Observer Network noted that the elevated railway for construction activities will affect the migration of animals considered China as early as the construction of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway would have resolved the problem, through the construction of viaducts, including some of their animals section to provide a corridor for wildlife.
Turns out, along the Qinghai-Tibet Railway, the migration of wild animals such as Tibetan Antelope has been basically adapted to the Qinghai-Tibet Railway wildlife corridor.
Wildlife channel pattern.
As the body responsible for evaluation of effect of Qinghai-Tibet Railway on plateau wildlife zoologist Yang Qisen, since 2003, he has led his team in "ecological effect of Qinghai-Tibet Railway" project, internationally renowned zoologist George b. Schaller, wildlife protection organizations with the help of WCS, the Qinghai-Tibet Railway continuous on-site monitoring of wildlife.
They found that although in the Qinghai-Tibet railway construction phase, the Tibetan Antelope is affected by a number of disturbances, but they soon adapted by adjusting the migration route and railway engineering leads to changes in the local environment.
The Qinghai-Tibet Railway passage of wildlife.
Qinghai-Tibet railway construction many viaducts,-happy in the Kunlun mountain ridge about 259 km of major Tibetan antelope migrated sections longer than 100 meters of the bridge there are 143 bridges total length of 46 kilometres, the bridge there are also available. In 2006, for example, fetches them a total of 2,952 observed Tibetan antelope, which 98.17% from the wildlife corridor through the shows migrating Tibetan Antelope has been adapted to the Qinghai-Tibet Railway wildlife corridor.
(Editors: Xu Yonggang UN006)
2016-09-17 19:34:08
Observer network
中国在肯尼亚承建铁路遭抗议：阻碍动物迁徙
据BBC（英国广播公司）网站9月17日报道，少数肯尼亚愤怒民众周五（16日）在首都内罗毕举行游行示威，抗议中资在国家公园承建的高架铁路，威胁野生动物迁徙，其中包括狮子，豹子和长颈鹿。
中国国有的路桥集团承建的铁路在肯尼亚历史最久的内罗毕国家公园跨越6公里。
几十名抗议者高举的标语牌写着：“不要强暴我们的公园”。
肯尼亚民众举行游行示威。
世界著名的古生物学家理、肯尼亚野生动物保护局的现任主席查德·利基本周稍早表示，高架铁路不会伤害动物，因此是最佳方案。
他说，“一旦工程竣工，野生动物都可以自由通过，其中包括苍蝇和长颈鹿。”
但是环保组织以及其他团体都发誓要推翻这项计划。
当地社区活动人士Nkamunu Patita周五表示，“这是我们的遗产。”
野生动物保护联盟主席向野生动物保护局局长Kitili Mbathi提交一封请愿信，要求铁路工程改变施工线路。
Mbathi表示，他欢迎公众提出“不同的建议”。
这个铁路项目是由中国交通建设股份有限公司和中国路桥集团承建。
肯尼亚铁路公司目前还要得到国家环境管理局的同意，有关工程才能正式动工。
观察者网注意到，出于建设高架铁路会影响动物迁徙活动的考虑，中国早在修建青藏铁路时就已经解决这个问题，通过在部分动物迁移区段建设高架桥等方式来为野生动物提供通道。
事实证明，在青藏铁路沿线，藏羚羊等野生动物的迁徙活动也已基本适应青藏铁路野生动物通道。
野生动物通道模式图。
作为负责评价青藏铁路对高原野生生物影响的动物学家杨奇森，自2003年起，他就带领着他的研究组在“青藏铁路的生态效应”项目、国际著名动物学家George B。 Schaller、野生动物保护组织WCS的帮助下，对青藏铁路野生动物的情况进行了连续的实地监测。
他们发现，尽管在青藏铁路建设阶段，藏羚羊的行为受到了一些扰动，但它们很快通过调整迁徙路线而适应了铁路工程导致的局部环境变化。
通过青藏铁路通道的野生动物。
青藏铁路修建了很多高架桥，在昆仑山—开心岭约259公里的藏羚羊主要迁移区段，长度超过100米的大中桥就有143座，桥梁累计总长度达46公里，此外 还有一些可供利用的小桥。以2006年为例，他们共观测到2952只藏羚羊的回迁，其中98.17%从野生动物通道中穿过，说明藏羚羊迁徙已基本适应了青 藏铁路野生动物通道。
(责任编辑：徐永刚 UN006)
2016-09-17 19:34:08
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