VOA慢速英語:50萬美元征集減少偷獵野生動物建議

The U.S. Agency for International Development is launching a competition to fight wildlife poaching and trafficking. USAID is asking people to submit ideas that use science and technology to reduce the illegal activities. The agency will pay the winner up to $500,000.

美國國際開發(fā)署正在與偷獵和販賣野生動物的偷獵者進(jìn)行抗?fàn)?。USAID正在向人們征集主義利用科學(xué)和技術(shù)減少非法狩獵活動。該機構(gòu)將支付最佳提意見者50萬美元。

People or groups can write a short description of their ideas and submit them to wildlifecrimetech.org by the end of this month.

個人或者組織團(tuán)體可以在本月底前向wildlifecrimetech.org提交簡短的解決辦法建議。

Michael Yates is the USAID mission director in Asia. He says individuals and organizations that fight the traffickers want help discovering where the criminals travel. They also want to learn ways to strengthen evidence against traffickers. And they want to learn how to reduce the demand for wildlife, as well as how to stop corruption.

Michael Yates是USAID亞洲項目的主任。他說個人和組織對抗非法狩獵者可以幫助發(fā)現(xiàn)犯罪分子的蹤跡。他們還想學(xué)習(xí)掌握犯罪證據(jù)來指正狩獵者。同時他們希望能夠?qū)W會怎樣減少對野生動物的需求，以及如何防止腐敗。

"They're all interlinked. And it's going to take concerted action in each one of these areas to really address this issue. And it's something that needs to be addressed with urgency. The trend lines are just enormously troublesome with respect to the increase in poaching."

他們之間都是相通的。這還需要采取共同行動來真正解決這個問題。這是非常迫切需要解決的問題。這一增長趨勢遵守偷獵行為所帶來麻煩的增加趨勢。

Mr. Yates says every member of society must help if a solution is to be found. Governments cannot solve the issue on their own, he says. Instead, USAID is seeking ideas from the public.

Yates說當(dāng)找到一個解決方案的時候每一位社會成員必須提供幫助。他說，政府不能靠自己解決好這個問題。所以，USAID需要向公眾尋求意見幫助。

USAID is working with the National Geographic Society, the Smithsonian Institution and the wildlife tracking network TRAFFIC on the project. The agency says an idea will be judged on its possible effect on trafficking and whether it can be used in large-scale actions against criminals. The strongest ideas will then be placed into the competition.

USAID與美國國家地理雜志，史密森學(xué)會和野生動物追蹤網(wǎng)絡(luò)TRAFFIC就這一項目共同工作。該機構(gòu)表示一個意見的提出將會被判斷是否能夠有效影響偷獵者，和是否能夠用于大規(guī)模抓捕犯罪分子行動中。最有效的方法將會被運用到實踐中。

I'm Kelly Jean Kelly.

VOA Asia Correspondent Steve Herman reported this story from Bangkok. Christopher Jones-Cruise adapted it into VOA Learning English. Kelly Jean Kelly was the editor.

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Words in This Story

concerted – adj. done in a planned and deliberate way, usually by several or many people

address – v. to give attention to something; to deal with a matter, issue or problem

trend lines – n. (informal) a line indicating the general course or tendency of something; direction