摘要
1998年，厄瓜多尔一小群赏鸟人专注地盯着一只在地面上飞奔的体型娇小的鸟儿。他们立刻意识到他们发现了若克蚁鸫，一种原本以为已经灭绝的鸟类。这个物种竟然好端端地活在厄瓜多尔西南部塔皮查拉卡的云雾森林里，这件事激励他们展开了行动。经过短短一段时间之后，这群人就创立了厄瓜多尔首要的非营利保育团体——若克保育基金会，并且募集了足够的款项买下那座云雾缭绕的森林里超过12000英亩的面积。
In 1998, a small group of bird-watchers in Ecuador stared intently as a diminutive bird darted along the ground. They soon realized they had discovered a Jocotoco Antpitta, which was thought to be extinct. The fact that this species was alive and well in Tapichalaca＇s cloud forest in southwest Ecuador galvanized them into action. Within a short time, the group founded one of Ecuador＇s leading nonprofit conservation groups, the Jocotoco Conservation Foundation, and raised enough money to buy more than 12,ooo acres of the steamy forest.
