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English to Swahili: Reconnecting with an environment both rich and fragile General field: Social Sciences Detailed field: Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.
Source text - English Reconnecting with an environment both rich and fragile
An interview with Silvia Calvó, Minister of Environment, Agriculture and Sustainability of Andorra
An interview with Silvia Calvó, Minister of Environment, Agriculture and Sustainability of Andorra
What do you think is the most pressing environmental issue today and why?
I think the most important environmental problem that we're facing today is humanity's irrational and unsustainable over-exploitation of natural resources. This is contributing to water and air pollution, climate change, reduced biodiversity and all the other environmental issues that have been observed in recent decades.
This problem is probably due to the fact that humanity has become completely disconnected from its relationship with nature, mistakenly assuming that, with the aid of technology, we can free ourselves of the limits which nature imposes on us. Andorra, a mountain country of less than 500 km2, has an environment that is both rich and fragile. We welcome some eight million tourists a year, so we must be very alert to the pressure which we can exert on our natural resources.
What do you think are some of the practical ways to address it?
We who live in the most highly developed countries should probably give up part of our way of life with respect to the consumption of fossil fuels (for transportation, heating and air conditioning), food consumption (in relation to an excess of meat in our diet and food waste) and other aspects of this type. This would have a very direct effect on our consumption and would jump-start the so-called "green economy", which includes everything from the principles of the circular economy to the production of clean energy.
It would be very important for the countries that have not experienced this type of development, which is so aggressive towards nature, to achieve the same development level without going through all the stages which are known to have disastrous effects on the environment and on people's health. This would involve the direct development of models of society which consume less resources, making a determined commitment to sustainable mobility, renewable energies and more responsible consumption, in the aim of giving rise to exemplary innovative societies whose members will surely face fewer health problems.
How would you encourage the public to support environmental causes?
To achieve a change of model it is indispensable to have the support of society as a whole for a way of doing things that is respectful of the environment. People need to be correctly informed, they need innovative and accessible solutions, and they will probably need to make an effort if they are to run counter to the attractive dominant consumerist model. I am sure that the change will be made with the new generations and it is with them that we must work. In Andorra, near 70 per cent of our school-going children and young people attend green schools, which are organized to face, by means of education and in all spheres of school life, the new challenges and values of sustainability.
Above all, however, we should recognize the priceless value of the ecosystem services provided to us by biodiversity, and we should recover the respect for nature which is indispensable if humans are to rediscover the place they should rightly hold on our planet. Andorra is a mountain country where a large part of the people live with their backs to the mountains. In order for our society to recover its contact with nature, we are building a network of green paths that connect urban areas with protected spaces, allowing our citizens, families and elderly people to enjoy our natural and rural landscape in full safety.
Translation - Swahili Kujiunganisha tena na mazingira kwasi na dhaifu
Mahojiano na Silvia Calvó, Waziri wa Mazingira, Kilimo na Ustawi wa Andorra
Mahojiano na Silvia Calvó, Waziri wa Mazingira, Kilimo na Ustawi wa Andorra
Je, ni suala lipi unalodhani kuwa ndilo kuu leo na ni kwa nini?
Ninadhani kuwa tatizo kuu la kimazingira tunalokumbana nalo sasa ni utumiaji mbaya na usio wa ustawi wa rasilimali za asili wa binadamu. Hii inachangia uchafuaji wa maji na hewa, mabadiliko ya hewa, upungufu wa viumbe hai na masuala mengine yote ya mazingira yaliyoshuhudiwa katika miongo ya hivi karibuni.
Tatizo hili labda ni kutokana na ukweli kuwa wanadamu wametenganishwa kabisa na uhusiano wao na asili, wakichukulia kimakosa kuwa, kwa usaidizi wa teknolojia, tunaweza kujiweka huru kutokana na mipaka ambayo asili hutuwekea. Andorra, nchi ya milima ya chini ya 500 km2, ina mazingira kwasi na yaliyo dhaifu. Hukaribisha watalii milioni nane kwa mwaka, hivyo ni lazima tuwe macho sana kwa shinikizo tunaloweza kuzipa rasilimali zetu za asili.
Je, ni zipi unazodhani kuwa njia za utendaji za kushughulikia suala hili?
Sisi tunaoishi katika nchi zilizokua zaidi labda tunapaswa kutoa sehemu ya jinsi tunavyoishi kwa kuzingatia utumiaji wa fueli za kitambo (kwa usafiri, kupasha joto na hali ya hewa), utumiaji wa chakula (kuhusiana na nyama nyingi zaidi katika chakula chetu na utupaji chakula) na mambo mengine ya aina hii. Hii inawezakuwa na athari ya moja kwa moja sana kwa matumizi yetu na ingeanzisha kile kiitwacho "uchumi wa rangi ya manjano", ambao hujumuisha kila kitu kutoka kwa kanuni za uchumi wa mviringo hadi utengenezaji wa nishati safi.
Ingekuwa jambo la muhimu sana kwa nchi ambazo hazijapata maendeleo ya aina hii, ambayo ni kali sana kwa asili, kutimiza maendeleo ya kiwango sawa bila kupitia hatua zote zinazojulikana kuwa na athari mbaya kwa mazingira na kwa afya ya watu. Hii ingehusisha maedeleo ya moja kwa moja ya mifano ya jamii ambayo hutumia rasilimali chache, ikileta ahadi ya kujitolea ya uhamaji endelevu, nishati zinazoweza kutumiwa tena na utumiaji kwa njia ya uwajibikaji zaidi, katika lengo la kuongeza jamii bunifu za kimfano ambazo wanachama wake hakika watakumbana na matatizo machache ya afya.
Ni vipi unavyoweza kuhimiza umma kuunga mkono mafundisho ya kimazingira?
Ili kufikia mabadiliko ya mfano ni muhimu kuungwa mkono na jamii kwa jumla kwa njia ya kufanya kazi inayoheshimu mazingira. Watu wanapaswa kuarifiwa kwa njia sahihi, wanahitaji suluhu za ubunifu na zinazofikika, na huenda wakahitajika kutia bidii iwapo wataenda kinyume na mfano wa kuvutia unaotawala wa utumiaji. Nina uhakika kuwa mabadiliko yatafanyika kwa kizazi kipya na kuwa ni wao tunaopaswa kufanya kazi nao. Nchini Andorra, karibu asilimia 70 ya watoto wetu wanaosoma na vijana huudhuria shule za kijani kibichi, ambazo zimepangwa kukumbana na changamoto mpya na dhamana za ustawi, kwa njia zozote na kwa nyanja zote za maisha ya shuleni.
Zaidi ya yote, tunapaswa kutambua dhamana kuu ya huduma za mfumo wa ikolojia unaotolewa kwetu na viumbe hai, na tunapaswa kurejesha tena heshima iliyo muhimu kwa asili iwapo wanadamu watatambua tena nafasi waliyo nayo duniani kwetu. Andorra ni nchi ya milima ambapo sehemu kubwa ya watu huishi karibu na milima. Ili jamii yetu iweze kurejesha tena uhusiano wake na asili, tunajenga mfumo wa njia za rangi ya kijani kibichi unaounganisha maeneo ya mjini na sehemu zilizolindwa, ikiwaruhusu wananchi, familia na watu waliozeeka kufurahia mandhari yetu ya asili na ya mashambani kwa usalama kamili.
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