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  • For centuries,

  • the Bote people have roamed through the Chitwan forest of south Nepal,

  • hunting, fishing and foraging for their survival,

  • and living their tribal traditions.

  • But now it is illegal for the Botes to enter the forest.

  • In 1973, Chitwan was designated a national park.

  • It is an area of rich biodiversity, and unique in Nepal

  • for its rhinoceros and tiger populations.

  • Now a World Heritage Site, Chitwan attracts thousands of visitors a year.

  • But the park has been a disaster

  • for the Bote people’s traditional way of life.

  • To preserve the park’s unique eco-system,

  • hunting and fishing in Chitwan is now illegal.

  • With the Botes cut off from their source of survival,

  • the government is trying to involve them in conservation and tourism.

  • Protection has been successful through people’s participation.

  • We are also creating opportunities for such communities and people.

  • Say for example the growing tourism industries, many hotels,

  • and there are certain routes where people can boat.”

  • But like many young people, Ramesh Bot feels trapped.

  • He works part time at a nearby tourist center,

  • but dreams of leaving the forest, and the traditional ways, for good.

  • My friends think the same as I do

  • because their situation isn’t all that different from mine.

  • Our common problem is poverty.

  • We all want to live in the city.”

  • But there is a law that could transform the lives of indigenous peoples

  • throughout Nepal.

  • Convention 169 of the International Labour Organisation

  • is the only legally binding international regulation

  • that deals exclusively with the rights of indigenous people.

  • In 2007, the Nepalese government ratified Convention 169 into law,

  • the first country in south Asia to do so.

  • Now the challenge is to implement the law successfully.

  • The Bote people could be guaranteed the right

  • to fish and access to the forest.

  • Their culture would be preserved.

  • And a traditional way of life in the forest would continue.

  • It won’t disappearit will remain.

  • We can speak our language and save our culture.

  • Our culture will not vanish.”

For centuries,

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返回奇特旺:尼泊爾的博特人。 (Return to Chitwan: the Bote people in Nepal)

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    阿多賓 發佈於 2021 年 01 月 14 日
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