They are among the most incredible species I've ever worked with.

它們是我工作過的最不可思議的物種之一。

Yeah, my name is Paolo Boulais.

是的，我的名字是保羅・布萊瓦。

I'm a National Geographic Explorer and associate director of line conservation for Goran Goes a national park in Mozambique.

我是國家地理探險家，也是莫三鼻克Goran Goes國家公園的線路保護副主任。

When we began, nothing was known about how Maney lions we had, but was all about collecting data to really put this population on the map.

當我們開始的時候，對我們有多少馬尼獅子一無所知，但都是為了收集數據，真正把這個種群放在地圖上。

This country endured 16 years of civil war, and that war was centered in Gore in Gaza.

這個國家經歷了16年的內戰，而這場戰爭的中心是加沙的戈爾。

During that time, there was a lot of over hunting, so we lost about 95% of our large mammals in a very short time.

在那段時間裡，有很多過度的捕獵，所以我們在很短的時間內失去了大約95%的大型哺乳動物。

After the war, recovery began slowly, and by 2000 and six, the Greg Carr Foundation and the government of Mozambique forged a long term plan to restore this national park to the gym that it used to be.

戰爭結束後，恢復開始緩慢，到2000年和6年，格雷格-卡爾基金會和莫三鼻克政府制定了一項長期計劃，將這個國家公園恢復到過去的體育館。

Before, over the past decade, we've seen a remarkable recovery of wildlife populations.

之前，在過去的十年裡，我們看到了野生動物種群的顯著恢復。

With the exception of lions.

除了獅子之外。

They didn't make a strong comeback, and our research was specifically to ask why.

他們沒有強勢復出，我們的研究是專門問為什麼。

To be effective in conservation, you have to collect data which will guide you in the right direction.

要想有效地進行養護，就必須收集數據，這些數據將指引你正確的方向。

When we first got started, we knew we had to collect data on how maney lines we had.

當我們剛開始的時候，我們知道我們必須收集我們有多少條生產線的數據。

How many female, how maney males on what they were eating, where they were ranging.

雌性有多少，雄性有多少，他們在吃什麼，他們在哪裡。

So we collect data using a variety of techniques.

所以我們用各種技術收集數據。

One is we collect spatial data from the GPS satellite collars.

一個是我們收集GPS衛星領的空間數據。

So these colors, besides pinging with satellites, also have a radio signal that's picking off.

所以這些顏色，除了和衛星對接外，還有一個無線電信號的對接。

Every lion with the color has a unique number, so we can tune in on the dial on the radio and actually here where they are.

每一隻彩獅都有一個唯一的編號，所以我們可以通過收音機上的錶盤來收聽，其實這裡有他們的位置。

Secondly, we use camera traps to collect data on lions and other species across the park.

其次，我們使用相機誘捕器收集整個公園的獅子和其他物種的數據。

We collected so much data that we launched wild cam gore in Gaza, which allows anybody with the WiFi connection to log on and help us identify species.

我們收集了很多數據，以至於我們在加沙推出了野生凸輪戈爾，它允許任何有WiFi連接的人登錄，幫助我們識別物種。

Okay, in conservation these days, you need to be able to react fast.

好吧，這年頭做養護，你要能快速反應。

We don't have time on our side.

我們這邊沒有時間。

Mhm.

嗯

And thirdly, we are actually on the ground without teams collecting data in the field.

第三，我們實際上是在實地，沒有團隊在實地收集數據。

Throughout data collection, we learned that snares with the biggest threat to lions.

通過數據收集，我們瞭解到，對獅子威脅最大的陷阱。

The snare is a piece of wire or a steel trap that are set by hunters in the park to catch Buffalo Warthog.

陷阱是獵人在公園裡設置的捕捉水牛疣豬的鐵絲或鋼製陷阱。

But, incidentally, lions are in these very same places, and they become entrapped.

但是，順便說一句，獅子也是在這些地方，它們就會被套牢。

And so we began to intervene.

於是我們開始介入。

Patrols go out and sweep areas clean of devices that lions and other wildlife are getting trapped in.

巡邏隊出去掃除獅子和其他野生動物被困的裝置的區域。

They can come back with 20.

他們可以帶著20個回來。

Sometimes they come back with 200.

有時他們會回來200。

But they're actually collecting data on where these snares and traps of set because there are patterns closer to water, forced edges closer to the boundary.

但他們實際上是在收集這些陷阱的數據，因為有的模式更接近水，逼近邊界的邊緣。

So where before, sneers with such a threat?

所以之前哪裡有這樣的威脅，譏諷？

Today, thanks to the lion patrols and data that we've collected, we've been able to reverse that trend we're looking for.

今天，由於獅子的巡邏和我們收集的數據，我們已經能夠扭轉這種趨勢，我們正在尋找。

A couple are very large line I since one is very, very pregnant, and the other has come see you can my baby.

一對夫婦是非常大的行我因為一個是非常非常懷孕，另一個已經來看看你可以我的寶寶。

Over the past year, we've seen such high cut production.

在過去的一年裡，我們看到了這樣的高切割生產。

Wherever we look, all the lionesses we've been studying have cups.

無論從哪裡看，我們所研究的母獅都有杯子。

At this point, we feel like we're on the path to recovery.

在這一點上，我們覺得自己已經走上了康復之路。

Yeah, the time is now.

是啊，現在是時候了。

If we don't act today in 20 years, we could lose lions on this continent.

如果我們今天不採取行動，20年後，我們可能會失去這片大陸上的獅子。

That's why we care.

這就是我們關心的原因。

And we believe we can do something to better the situation.

我們相信我們可以做一些事情來改善這種情況。

Yeah.

是啊。

Data collection will always be important in conservation.

在保護工作中，數據收集永遠是重要的。

New threats will emerge.

新的威脅將會出現。

They won't be the same as threats we encountered five or 10 years ago.

它們不會和我們5年或10年前遇到的威脅一樣。

They may.

他們可以：

But in the meantime, as we bring data in, we can act on that data.

但與此同時，當我們把數據帶進來的時候，我們可以對這些數據採取行動。

And that's the most important thing for us now.

而這也是我們現在最重要的事情。

Yeah.

是啊。