英国威尔士一些最稀有的鸟类重新回归，保护人士指出，这归功于在斯诺登尼亚开展的对抗气候变化和洪水的工作。

 

Wales hosts 4% of the world's blanket bog¹ habitat, which is seen as important in the fight against climate change because it's very effective at storing carbon dioxide.

威尔士拥有全球4%的覆被泥炭沼泽栖息地，由于它在存储二氧化碳方面非常有效，因此被视为是抗击气候变化的重要一环。

 

But many of these peatland landscapes are in poor condition after being drained and dug up.

但是这些泥炭地中有很多因为被排干和挖起而现状不佳。

 

A pilot project near Ysbyty Ifan in Conwy saw local tenant² farmers block old drainage ditches and gulleys to bring back boggy³ conditions. Four years on and some of Wales's rarest birds, curlews, and golden plovers⁴, have returned to the site.

一个测试项目正在威尔士康威的伊斯比蒂伊凡村附近展开，当地的佃农把旧的引水渠道和冲沟堵住，从而恢复沼泽地原来的环境。测试项目实行至今已有四年，威尔士一些最稀有的鸟类品种，比如杓鹬和欧金鸻，纷纷返回这些沼泽地。

 

And now, conservation groups want more funding for this type of work made available as part of a big overhaul⁵ of farm subsidies⁶ that's currently underway.

现在，环境保护团体希望上述这类项目可获得更多的运作资金，纳入正在进行的农业补贴方案全面改革。

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