中国专家发起倡议,利用公民科学数据和保护战略降低城市道路死亡率。 Experts in China launch initiative to reduce urban roadkill using citizen science data and conservation strategies.

12月14日,南京召开的论坛汇集了来自19个机构的60多名专家,以应对中国城市道路上的死亡人数的增加,这一事件是由2020年一名教授目睹西伯利亚在城市街道上被杀害的事件所激发的. A December 14 forum in Nanjing gathered over 60 experts from 19 institutions to tackle rising urban roadkill in China, spurred by a 2020 incident where a professor witnessed a Siberian weasel killed on a city street. 这导致中国于2023年11月发表了首份关于城市道路死亡的研究论文,并于2023年底启动了一个以WeChat为基础的全国性公民科学项目,该项目收集了2,000多名撰稿人8000多份道路死亡报告。 This led to China’s first research paper on urban roadkill, published in November 2023, and a nationwide WeChat-based citizen science project launched in late 2023 that has collected over 8,000 roadkill reports from more than 2,000 contributors. 这些数据正被用于监测生物多样性,确定风险物种,并为野生动物过境和生物栅栏等养护解决方案提供信息,强调科学家、决策者和公众之间的协作,以减少快速发展中城市中与道路有关的野生生物死亡。 The data is being used to monitor biodiversity, identify at-risk species, and inform conservation solutions like wildlife crossings and biofences, emphasizing collaboration between scientists, policymakers, and the public to reduce road-related wildlife deaths in rapidly developing cities.