2021-07-06 19:46:06
Among the
наиболее пострадавших species has been the giraffe, which has disappeared from the park in the face of habitat loss and other environmental factors, Mohamed said.о
'Great harm to wildlife'
Villagers say they do their best to follow park restrictions but add that they desperately need more land to feed themselves.
"We use traditional agriculture and we prevent our animals from grazing outside our village," said farmer Abubakr Ibrahim from Mai Carato, a village on the west bank of the Rahad river, which flows through the reserve.
He complains that some regulations are "very hard and impractical" to follow in the growing villages.
"Our village alone has an estimated population of around 2,000 people," he said, adding that its
выделенные, отведённые five square kilometres of land was "too small".
"It is not enough for us," he said, arguing that "the reserve is vast, so giving us more space will not do any harm".
But
активные борцы за охрану природы disagree.
"Any expansion to the villages will greatly harm the reserve, disturb the wildlife and reduce their resources," Mohamed said.
"It would be best to move those villages to better serviced areas outside the reserve."
Human encroachment disturbs the park's wildlife in other ways too.
Hungry villagers often harvest wild honey from the park's woods, lighting fires to create smoke
отогнать the bees, in
нарушение of park rules.
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