《肯尼亚的重点鸟区(IBA):现状和未来》

《肯尼亚的IBA:现状和未来》

http://www.birdlife.org/news/news/2006/12/iba_kenya.html肯尼亚IBA保护指明方向非洲的IBA第一次出版类似调查报告。此外，非法采集燃木和植被破坏也是主要的威胁因素。许多因素是非洲所有IBA面临的共同问题，但这些危险并不是不能消除或者减轻的。国际鸟盟肯尼亚会员一直在采取措施减轻此类压力，比如和政度以及当地社区合作推广使用速生林等。非洲IBA有叫做Site Support Groups的组织，他们是独立的志愿者社团，致力于在IBA推广保护和可持续发展措施。更多信息请访问：http://www.birdlife.org/action/capacity/africa_ssgs/index.html

This is the first time that African IBAs have been monitored and the results have given a valuable insight into the issues that surround wildlife conservation in East Africa. Two threats of particular concern were found to be overgrazing and illegal grazing - both of which were deemed a serious threat to 57% (34 out of 60) of the IBAs in Kenya.

“Many IBAs in Africa face similar threats, but our results hint that these threats are reversible,” said Paul Matiku, Executive Director, NatureKenya. “The state of our IBAs has not changed dramatically between 2004 and 2005. Indeed, in some cases, pressure may have reduced slightly; often a result of the hard work that NatureKenya and its Partners, particularly in the relevant government departments, have been putting on educating, monitoring and building local constituencies for conservation, in particular the Site Support Groups”

“The results from our work on IBAs in Kenya have given us a basis on which we can build,” said Enock Kanyanya, IBA Programme Manager, Nature Kenya. “Discovering that firewood collection is a widespread threat allows people, governments, and other BirdLife Partners in Africa, to further invest in solutions”.

“IBAs are valuable places for birds and many other groups of species; not least for people and their livelihoods.” said Hazell Shokellu Thompson, Head of BirdLife’s Africa Partnership Secretariat. “Finding out more about our IBAs and the issues that surround their conservation has allowed us to ‘keep stock’ of our IBAs, and to focus our efforts where they’re needed - most often by working with local people and communities."

For more information visit:  BirdLife: African Site Support Groups