点评:Akagera is a very special place in Rwanda, and in Africa. It is an old but quite small national park in densely populated Rwanda that faces a high amount of air pollution (see air pollution apps like Air Vision).
A great new and commendable initiative was launched to ban single use plastic in the park what should be implemented in all National Parks worldwide.
Rwanda has a very high burden of air pollution caused by heavy traffic, exhaust diesel fumes, old cars and busses but also massive charcoal burning where trees are widely chopped down. The evidence of deforestation can be seen everywhere in Rwanda. When you visit Rwanda, you very seldom see blue and clear skies.
Although the park management still adheres to outdated park management standards as they burn every year vast areas of the vegetation in the park. This leads to eyesore landscapes with no wild- and birdlife left. Small insects and amphibs such as lizards and frogs are burnt as well. Through the massive burning the air quality up to Kigali is broadly aggravated by these old management habits. New research indicates that this practice needs to be urgently changed as the field burning impacts on our health and fuels the climate crisis.
翻译:阿卡盖拉国家公园是卢旺达乃至整个非洲一个非常特殊的地方。它位于人口稠密的卢旺达,历史悠久,规模却很小,面临着严重的空气污染问题(请参阅“空气视野”等空气污染应用程序)。
一项值得称赞的全新举措已启动,旨在禁止在公园内使用一次性塑料制品,全球所有国家公园都应该效仿。
卢旺达的空气污染问题非常严重,这主要源于交通拥堵、柴油废气、老旧汽车和公共汽车,以及大规模的木炭焚烧和树木砍伐。在卢旺达,森林砍伐的痕迹随处可见。在卢旺达,你很少能看到湛蓝晴朗的天空。
然而,公园管理部门仍然坚持过时的公园管理标准,每年焚烧公园内大片植被。这导致公园内野生动物和鸟类灭绝,景观变得丑陋不堪。小型昆虫和两栖动物,如蜥蜴和青蛙,也被烧毁。大规模焚烧导致基加利等地的空气质量普遍因这些旧的管理习惯而恶化。新的研究表明,这种做法亟待改变,因为田间焚烧不仅危害我们的健康,还会加剧气候危机。