科学美国人60秒 SSS Toll-Free Number Stems Human–Wildlife Conflicts
时间：2018-12-24 作者：英语课 分类：2016年Scientific American(十一)月
“I have now worked in seven states across India, and we’ve looked at human-wildlife interactions, particularly human-wildlife conflict ranging from crop loss, livestock 1 predation, human death, human injury and property damage.”
Krithi Karanth, a Wildlife Conservation Society researcher also affiliated 2 with India’s Centre for Wildlife Studies and Duke University in the U.S.
“Fortunately most of the losses are crop losses and to a much lower extent livestock predation, property damage, human injury and human death occur…the policies and procedures for compensation varies hugely among states in India, but there is a compensation process in most states. What we also found is that less than 30 percent of affected 3 people are filing. They’re very frustrated 4 with the bureaucracy…so in 2013 I thought of an idea, because I travel for hundreds of villages across India for my research projects. And we realized that everybody had access to cell phones—it was very simple for people to call in and report and incident. So with my collaborator 5 Nikhil Velpanur, in 2013 we set up a web portal and a technology platform that integrates a toll-free number with the ability to address calls that came in.
“So the idea is very simple. Anybody experiencing a conflict incident calls in to the toll-free number and our field coordinator 6 assigns our field agents to go and evaluate the problem. Once the evaluation 7 is done we help them file the documentation…and so in 2015 we launched Project Wild Seve in Bandipore and Nagarahole National Parks. We covered over 300 villages by distributing 30,000 pamphlets. What we’ve been able to achieve I think has far exceeded my expectations and is pretty remSarkable. In a year, we’ve helped over 3,400 cases files and recorded with the government. This has allowed almost 1,000 families who have already achieved compensation and another 2,400 well on their way to receiving compensation.
“I feel that Wild Seve is scalable and adaptable 8 to any place or any country in the world where we see human-wildlife conflict. It’s a simple system that works off a toll-free number which can be established anywhere…it is not the only solution to addressing human-wildlife conflicts, but it’s certainly one tool we have in our toolbox, and certainly from an Indian perspective it’s very much part of our policies.”
—Steve Mirsky
- Both men and livestock are flourishing.人畜两旺。
- The heavy rains and flooding killed scores of livestock.暴雨和大水淹死了许多牲口。
- The hospital is affiliated with the local university. 这家医院附属于当地大学。
- All affiliated members can vote. 所有隶属成员都有投票权。
- She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
- His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。
- It's very easy to get frustrated in this job. 这个工作很容易令人懊恼。
- The bad weather frustrated all our hopes of going out. 恶劣的天气破坏了我们出行的愿望。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- I need a collaborator to help me. 我需要个人跟我合作，帮我的忙。
- His collaborator, Hooke, was of a different opinion. 他的合作者霍克持有不同的看法。
- The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, headed by the Emergency Relief Coordinator, coordinates all UN emergency relief. 联合国人道主义事务协调厅在紧急救济协调员领导下，负责协调联合国的所有紧急救济工作。
- How am I supposed to find the client-relations coordinator? 我怎么才能找到客户关系协调员的办公室？
- I attempted an honest evaluation of my own life.我试图如实地评价我自己的一生。
- The new scheme is still under evaluation.新方案还在评估阶段。