Pet dogs help seed nature reserve in the UK 英國一自然保護區通過寵物犬播種植物種子

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Pet dogs help seed nature reserve in the UK

英國一自然保護區通過寵物犬播種植物種子

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Dry and bare – signs this woodland’s been well used and loved.

幹燥又光禿禿的土地，說明這片樹林被頻繁使用且受人喜愛。

Well, bringing it back to life is a mission of the wildlife trust that runs this nature reserve.

讓它重新煥發生機是管理這個自然保護區的野生動植物基金面臨的一個任務。

Hundreds of years ago, wolves would have roamed the countryside and spread wild seeds. But now extinct, the team here are turning to help from local pet dogs.

數百年前，狼群還曾在英國鄉間遊走，傳播瞭野生植物的種子。但在狼群已經消失瞭的今天，提出這個環境野化項目的團隊轉而向當地的寵物狗們尋求幫助。

Dylan Walker, Railway Land Wildlife Trust
“So, the idea is that we replicate the impact that wolves used to have on this landscape, here in this small urban nature reserve. We don’t have wolves in the UK anymore, sadly. They went extinct around about 1740, so not that long ago. But in this particular nature reserve we have kind of lots of wolf proxies, really, we have lots of dogs.”

迪倫·沃克 Railway Land Wildlife Trust（鐵路用地野生動植物基金）工作人員
“我們希望能夠復制狼群曾經對這片地區產生的影響，就在這一小塊城市自然保護區裡。令人遺憾的是英國已經沒有狼瞭。它們在 1740 年前後滅絕瞭，並不是很久以前。不過在這片自然保護區裡，我們有很多狼的替代品，這附近有很多狗。”

The idea is simple. Dog walkers collect a backpack full of seeds, the pack is clipped on, and dogs are left to run around and sprinkle the seed as they go.

這個項目團隊的方案很簡單。遛狗的人會拿到一個裝滿種子的背包，把背包扣在狗身上，狗在自由跑動的同時四處播撒種子。

Helen Meade, CEO of Railway Land Wildlife Trust
“It’s been a wonderful way to engage the local dog walking community really positively in this trial area, because they’re part of the solution rather than being seen as a bit of a problem. And then the dogs can really run around off the leash in this area. And they get into little nooks and crannies, spreading the seed, and sort of randomising the spread of the seed in a way that wouldn’t happen when humans are doing it.”

海倫·米德 Railway Land Wildlife Trust（鐵路用地野生動植物基金）首席執行官
“這是一個非常好的方法，吸引瞭本地遛狗的人積極參與這裡的野化項目。因為這樣他們能成為解決方案的一部分，而不是被視為問題的來源。這樣寵物狗們也可以脫掉牽引繩在這片區域自由地奔跑。並且狗狗們還能鉆到各種小角落和縫隙中散播種子，從而讓種子的傳播更加隨機，這是人工播種無法達到的效果。”

Victoria Cook, AYYBLOG correspondent
“The team here hope this trial could even inspire others, maybe other nature reserves, to try something similar, perhaps use their own rewilding project to help increase biodiversity.”

維多利亞·庫克 AYYBLOG 通訊員
“這個項目團隊希望本次試驗能對其它自然保護區有所啟發，比如嘗試類似的方法，設立他們自己的環境野化項目來幫助增加生物多樣性。”