尼泊尔最高法院禁止在保护区内进行大型商业开发
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Nepal's Supreme Court has struck down disputed laws that permit waterpower centers, visitor housing such as hotels, and other business development in protected natural areas.
尼泊尔最高法院废除了有争议的法律，这些法律允许在水电中心、酒店等游客住宿设施以及保护自然区的其他商业开发。
Environmental defenders say the January 15 ruling is a victory for efforts to protect the country’s natural areas.
环保捍卫者表示，1月15日的裁决是该国自然保护区保护工作的一次胜利。
Nepal has recognized one fifth of its territory as protected natural areas.
尼泊尔已将其五分之一的领土认定为自然保护区。
The country has 12 national parks and six conservation areas.
该国有12个国家公园和6个保护区。
They include lowland areas such as Chitwan National Park.
它们包括奇特旺国家公园等低地地区。
The park is home to many wild animals such as tigers and rhinos.
这个公园是许多野生动物的家园，比如老虎和犀牛。
Other protected areas include Sagarmatha National Park, home to Mount Everest.
其他保护区包括萨加玛塔国家公园，这里是珠穆朗玛峰的所在地。
Waterpower, or hydropower, and tourism represent major economic sources for Nepal.
水力发电和旅游业是尼泊尔的主要经济来源。
Last year, its government passed laws to permit development of large projects in some parts of national parks, forests and other protected areas.
去年，该国政府通过了法律，允许在国家公园、森林和其他保护区的某些区域开发大型项目。
Padam Bahadur Shrestha is a Nepalese environmental activist who took legal action against the laws.
帕达姆·巴哈杜尔·什雷斯塔是一位尼泊尔环保活动家，他曾对相关法律采取法律行动。
He told Agence France Press that the laws’ passage showed that the government lacked insight and was only seeking to please business investors.
他告诉法新社，这些法律的通过表明政府缺乏远见，只是为了取悦商业投资者。
Shrestha praised the Supreme Court’s ruling, saying it "preserves ecology and biodiversity.
什雷斯塔对最高法院的裁决表示赞赏，称其“保护了生态和生物多样性”。
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Nepal is recognized worldwide for its actions to protect its wild animal and plant life.
尼泊尔因其保护野生动植物的行动而受到全世界的认可。
Nepal's environmental protection laws have helped the local tiger population increase from 121 animals in 2010 to 355 in 2023.
尼泊尔的环境保护法促使当地老虎数量从2010年的121只增加到2023年的355只。
And while only about 100 one-horned rhinos were living in Nepal in the 1960s, their number increased to 752 in 2021.
而在20世纪60年代，尼泊尔仅存约100头独角犀牛，到2021年，它们的数量已增至752头。
Nepal also increased its tree cover by almost 100 percent between 1992 and 2016.
尼泊尔在1992年至2016年间，其树木覆盖率也几乎增长了一倍。
Wood industry activities, or logging, had deforested many areas of the country for tens of years earlier.
木材工业活动，即伐木，早在这之前几十年就已经导致该国许多地区森林被砍伐殆尽。
Rampreet Yadav is a former conservation officer of Chitwan National Park, Nepal's largest protected area.
拉姆普里特·亚达夫是尼泊尔最大的保护区奇旺国家公园的前保护官员。
He said the recent laws “should never have been passed.
他说，最近通过的这些法律“根本就不应该被通过”。
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"If development projects are allowed in protected areas, they will destroy our nature and animal habitats," he added.
他补充道：“如果允许在保护区进行开发项目，将会破坏我们的自然环境和动物栖息地。”
The Nepalese government wants to develop its hydropower industry, especially along rivers in the Himalayan mountains.
尼泊尔政府希望发展其水电产业，尤其是在喜马拉雅山脉的河流沿岸。
Last October, it signed agreements with India and Bangladesh to export thousands of megawatts of hydropower.
去年10月，该国与印度和孟加拉国签署了协议，将出口数千兆瓦的水电。
Nepal also earns much money from tourism.
尼泊尔也从旅游业中赚取大量收入。
Last year, around one million foreign visitors came to Nepal, and the government has been spending money on the development of its airports.
去年，约有100万外国游客来到尼泊尔，政府一直在出资发展机场。
I’m Andrew Smith.
我是安德鲁·史密斯。
Andrew Smith adapted this story based on reporting from Agence France Press.
安德鲁·史密斯根据法新社的报道改编了这个故事。
