by Charles Batte

翻譯：寒星

Planting Trees and Growing Opportunity

樹木，樹新機(jī)

by Charles Batte

翻譯：寒星

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當(dāng)一片片郁郁蔥蔥的森林逐漸在我們的視野中消失，你會(huì)怎么想，你又會(huì)怎么做？森林的減少對(duì)我們的生態(tài)環(huán)境及農(nóng)作物種植無(wú)疑是百害而無(wú)一利，說(shuō)好的可持續(xù)發(fā)展又該如何繼續(xù)？看看這個(gè)真實(shí)的故事，里頭的主人公或許會(huì)帶給你更多的啟示。

Today, I fear for the future of our forests and the people in my country. I worry about people like my mother, Florence, a1)peasant farmerwho is no longer sure about when to plant her corn because of the changing seasons and land.

Six years ago, we lost 102)hectaresof corn. Now our land lackswindbreakstoprotectour cropsfrom3)hail storms. My life journey has led me to ask: How might we keep future generations of Ugandans from repeating our mistakes?

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windbreak（防風(fēng)林）是利用森林的防護(hù)、綠化、凈化、防風(fēng)固沙、水土保持及涵養(yǎng)水源等功能，以防御自然災(zāi)害、維護(hù)基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施、保護(hù)生產(chǎn)、改善環(huán)境，以及維持生態(tài)平衡等為主要目的的森林群落。根據(jù)其防護(hù)目的和效能，又可以將其分為水源涵養(yǎng)林、水土保持林、防風(fēng)固沙林、農(nóng)田牧場(chǎng)防護(hù)林、護(hù)路林、護(hù)岸林、海防林及環(huán)境保護(hù)林等。

1) peasant farmer 個(gè)體農(nóng)民，小農(nóng) 2) hectare [,hektɑ?] n. 公頃（10000平方米） 3) hail storm 冰雹風(fēng)暴

This question inspired me to start Tree Adoption Uganda, or TAU in 2012. TAU is an organization that creates new forests andfocuses on4)conservingwhat’s left of our precious5)natural ecosystems.

In 2014, I started the Tree Capital program within TAU to provide6)start-up capitalto7)unemployedyoung people who plant trees and learn about how to best protect our country’s forests.

Our Tree Capital program helps people like Nasa, a 20-year-old single mother who grew up in a poor farming community. Nasa dreamed of8)foundinga successful9)agribusinessin Uganda.

As soon as the team from TAU and I met Nasa, we began searching for a way to help. We worked with her to found a fruit tree10)nurseryin her backyard, andequippedherwiththe tools to care for it. As the trees grew, we secured funds from environmentally responsible companies to buy back the trees from her nursery. Nasa used this11)earnedmoney to plant more trees on her farmland, which are used as windbreaks to protect her farm.

Because of TAU, Nasa can now fully support her children, and is well on her way to realizing her dream of12)runninga successful agribusiness.

Nasa and other people like her are helping regrow Uganda’s forests. Our Tree Capital program isn’t only supporting Ugandan youth, it’s also teaching a new generation the importance ofenvironmental responsibility. Our goal is to support the next generation and to ensure a13)sustainablefuture for our forests.

For the sake of my mother’s community and that of many other14)threatenedcommunities, I urge us all to be leaders intaking action againstclimate change. Planting a single tree may seem like a small action with little15)impact, but without that action, we might never enjoy the full forest.

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protectfrom使……免于……，防止……遭受……

focus on集中注意力于，以……為重點(diǎn)

equipwith配備，備有……

environmental responsibility環(huán)境責(zé)任

take action against采取行動(dòng)防止……

4) conserve [k?n,sз?v] v. 保護(hù)，保存

5) natural ecosystem 自然生態(tài)系統(tǒng)

6) start-up capital 啟動(dòng)資金

7) unemployed [?n?m,pl??d] adj. 失業(yè)的

8) found [fa?nd] v. 建立，創(chuàng)辦

9) agribusiness [,?gr?b?zn?s] n. 農(nóng)業(yè)綜合企業(yè)

10) nursery [,nз?s?r?] n. 苗圃

11) earned [з?nd] adj. 掙得的

12) run [r?n] v. 經(jīng)營(yíng)，管理

13) sustainable [s?,ste?n?bl] adj. 可持續(xù)的

14) threatened [,θret?nd] adj. 受到威脅的

15) impact [,?mp?kt] n. 影響

如今，我為我國(guó)的森林和同胞們的未來(lái)感到擔(dān)憂。我擔(dān)心像我母親弗洛倫斯一樣的個(gè)體農(nóng)民，因?yàn)榧竟?jié)和土壤的變化，她已經(jīng)不再確定該何時(shí)種植她的玉米了。

六年前，我們損失了十公頃的玉米。如今，我們的耕地正缺乏防風(fēng)林來(lái)保護(hù)農(nóng)作物免受冰雹風(fēng)暴的摧殘。我的人生經(jīng)歷讓我苦苦尋思著一個(gè)問(wèn)題：我們?cè)撊绾巫屛磥?lái)一代又一代的烏干達(dá)人不再重蹈我們的覆轍？

這個(gè)問(wèn)題激發(fā)了我在2012年啟動(dòng)烏干達(dá)樹木種植計(jì)劃（TAU）。TAU是一個(gè)創(chuàng)造新森林、以保護(hù)我們寶貴的自然生態(tài)系統(tǒng)遺珍為重點(diǎn)的組織。

2014年，我在TAU內(nèi)部啟動(dòng)了種植資金項(xiàng)目，以提供啟動(dòng)資金給那些致力于種植樹木、并學(xué)習(xí)如何能夠最好地保護(hù)我們國(guó)家森林資源的無(wú)業(yè)青年們。

我們的種植資金項(xiàng)目幫助到了像納莎這樣的人。20歲的納莎是一個(gè)在貧窮的農(nóng)村公社里長(zhǎng)大的單親媽媽，她一直夢(mèng)想著在烏干達(dá)創(chuàng)建一家成功的農(nóng)業(yè)綜合企業(yè)。

我和TAU團(tuán)隊(duì)與納莎見(jiàn)面后，我們便開始尋找提供援助的方式。我們和她一起在她的后院建立了一個(gè)果樹苗圃，并為她提供了打理苗圃所需的工具。隨著樹木的慢慢生長(zhǎng)，我們一直在確保有環(huán)保責(zé)任心的企業(yè)出資回購(gòu)她苗圃中的樹苗。納莎用這些賺來(lái)的錢在她的農(nóng)場(chǎng)里栽種了更多的樹木，同時(shí)，這些樹木也充當(dāng)了其農(nóng)場(chǎng)的防風(fēng)林。

有賴于TAU，納莎現(xiàn)在完全可以養(yǎng)活她的孩子，并且正順利地逐步實(shí)現(xiàn)自己的夢(mèng)想—經(jīng)營(yíng)一家成功的農(nóng)業(yè)綜合企業(yè)。

納莎同其他像她一樣的人正協(xié)助于重建烏干達(dá)的森林。我們的種植資金項(xiàng)目不僅支持了烏干達(dá)的青年們，還教會(huì)了新一代人承擔(dān)環(huán)境責(zé)任的重要性。我們的目標(biāo)是支持下一代人，同時(shí)確保我們的森林擁有一個(gè)可持續(xù)發(fā)展的未來(lái)。

為了我母親的社區(qū)及其他眾多受到威脅的社區(qū)，我敦促我們所有人都成為應(yīng)對(duì)氣候變化的行動(dòng)帶頭人。種植一棵樹或許看起來(lái)只是一個(gè)作用不大的小舉動(dòng)，可倘若沒(méi)有這樣的小舉動(dòng)，我們將永遠(yuǎn)無(wú)法擁有一片完整的森林。