乌干达野生动物管理部门周二启动了一项迁移行动，将12只濒危努比亚长颈鹿从穆奇森瀑布国家公园转移到106公里外的阿贾伊野生动物保护区 1。这一举措旨在保护该物种免受公园内石油钻探活动的威胁 1。
穆奇森瀑布国家公园内蕴藏着乌干达约40%的石油储量 1。2023年6月，能源企业TotalEnergies在公园内启动了天然气项目的钻探工作 1。为了维护物种种群、增加生物多样性并支持保护区的生态恢复，乌干达野生动物管理部门决定进行这次迁移 1。
乌干达野生动物管理部门助理专员Patrick Atimnedi表示，这个迁移目的地距此约100公里，"在同一保护区、同一区域内，是正确的保护决定" 1。
阿贾伊野生动物保护区成立于1937年，占地166平方公里 1。努比亚长颈鹿体型庞大，身高可达6米，体重可达2000公斤 1。
Uganda's wildlife authority began moving 12 endangered Nubian giraffes from Murchison Falls National Park to Ajay Wildlife Reserve, located approximately 106 kilometers away, on Tuesday 1. The relocation aims to protect the species from oil drilling operations threatening their habitat within the park 1.
Murchison Falls contains roughly 40 percent of Uganda's oil reserves 1. TotalEnergies commenced drilling for a natural gas project within the park in June 2023 1. By relocating the giraffes to Ajay Wildlife Reserve, Uganda's wildlife authority seeks to safeguard the species population, increase biodiversity, and contribute to ecological restoration efforts in the reserve 1.
According to Patrick Atimnedi, Assistant Commissioner of Uganda's Wildlife Authority, the decision represents appropriate conservation strategy: "There is a population location about 100 kilometers from here, within the same reserve and same region, which is the right conservation decision" 1.
Ajay Wildlife Reserve, established in 1937, spans 166 square kilometers 1. Nubian giraffes can reach heights of up to 6 meters and weigh as much as 2,000 kilograms 1.
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