e/APOPO

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has gloss	eng: APOPO, a non-profit organization, trains African Giant Pouched Rats, also known as giant pouched rats or Gambian pouched rats (genus Cricetomys), to detect land mines and tuberculosis. Bart Weetens, a Belgian national, founded APOPO to provide a low-technology solution to the global land mine problem. Once the effectiveness of the rats had been proven, he further realized that they are capable of detecting active tuberculosis in human sputum samples. APOPO calls these rats HeroRATS because this technology is cheaper and more efficient than most widely available mine clearance and TB detection techniques. APOPO's overall objective is to use sniffer rats to save human lives.
lexicalization	eng: APOPO
instance of	(noun) an explosive mine hidden underground; explodes when stepped on or driven over land mine, booby trap, ground-emplaced mine

Meaning
German
has gloss	deu: Apopo (Antipersoonsmijnen Ontmijnende Productontwikkeling) deutsch etwa: Entwicklung von Produkten zur Landminenräumung ist weltweit die erste Organisation, die Ratten (sogenannte HeroRATS ) für die Suche nach Landminen und zur Tuberkulose-Schnellerkennung abrichtet. Die gemeinnützige Non-Profit-Organisation forscht diesbezüglich seit 1997. Sie arbeitet weitgehend auf Basis von Spendenmitteln.
lexicalization	deu: Apopo
Italian
has gloss	ita: La APOPO è una ONG belga, con la sede principale a Morogoro, in Tanzania, che studia le possibilità offerte dalladdestramento specifico di ratti per la ricerca delle mine terrestri e per altre attività umanitarie. Opera in collaborazione con altre organizzazioni internazionali (per esempio Menschen gegen Minen e Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining) e con le forze armate tanzaniane (che hanno supportato lAPOPO nellallestimento di un campo minato di addestramento). Ratti addestrati dallAPOPO sono stati impiegati sul campo nel Mozambico meridionale, con ottimi risultati.
lexicalization	ita: APOPO