Rich countries are doing little to address deforestation.

发达国家在解决森林采伐问题上没有什么作为。

It is widely acknowledged that extensive deforestation would lead to flooding.

众所周知，大面积的森林砍伐会导致洪水泛滥。

Ferraro wanted to see if Indonesia's poverty-alleviation program was affecting deforestation.

费拉罗想知道印度尼西亚的扶贫项目是否影响了森林砍伐。

These developments have caused major changes like additional erosion of the Earth's surface and deforestation.

这些发展导致了重大变化，如地球表面的进一步侵蚀和森林砍伐。

Indonesia has the third-largest area of tropical forest in the world and one of the highest deforestation rates.

印度尼西亚拥有世界上面积排名第三的热带森林，也是森林砍伐率最高的国家之一。

Unlike meat from those filthy places, it will not pollute rivers and streams, deplete groundwater or cause deforestation.

不像来自那些污秽场所的肉，它不会污染河流和小溪，不会大量消耗地下水，也不会引起滥伐森林。

We enjoy the comfort and beauty of our furniture, yet we never bother to think about the serious soil erosion caused by deforestation.

我们享受我们家具的美丽与舒适，但我们从来就不愿去想一想由于采伐树林而引起的严重的土壤侵蚀问题。

South America and sub Saharan Africa are experiencing deforestation on an enormous scale: every year almost 5 million hectares are lost.

南美洲和撒哈拉以南的非洲正遭受着大规模的森林砍伐：每年有近500万公顷的森林消失。

The glaciers are melting, storms have increased in ferocity, and there are landslides and floods, followed by droughts and deforestation.

冰川正在融化，风暴越来越凶猛，山体滑坡和洪水，随之而来的是干旱和森林砍伐。

They would have prevented the reseeding of the slow-growing palm trees and thereby doomed Rapa Nui's forest, even without the settlers' campaign of deforestation.

即使没有定居者的滥伐森林运动，他们也会阻止生长缓慢的棕榈树重新播种，从而毁灭拉帕努伊的森林。

Even if this program didn't reduce poverty, Ferraro says, "the value of the avoided deforestation just for carbon dioxide emissions alone is more than the program costs."

即使这个项目没有减轻贫困，费拉罗也表示：“仅从二氧化碳排放的角度来看，由此避免的森林砍伐的价值就已经超过了项目的成本。”

Species extinction, deforestation, damming of rivers, occurrence of floods, the depletion of ozone, the degradation of ocean systems and many other areas are all experiencing acceleration.

物种灭绝、森林砍伐、河流筑坝、洪水、臭氧层损耗、海洋系统恶化和许多其他变化都在加速发生。

One percent of Brazil's total forest cover is being lost every year to deforestation.

由于滥伐，巴西的森林总覆盖面积正在每年减少百分之一。

Hundreds of tree species face extinction because of deforestation.

由于森林砍伐，很多树种濒临灭绝。

The growth of Western forests seems almost as unstoppable as deforestation elsewhere.

西方森林面积的快速增长似乎同其他各地的森林开采速度一样不可阻挡。

"We see that the program is associated with a 30 percent reduction in deforestation," Ferraro says.

费拉罗说：“我们看到，该项目与森林砍伐量减少30%有关。”

Climate change is inter-linked with other global environmental problems such as deforestation, desertification and freshwater degradation.

气候变化与森林砍伐、荒漠化和淡水退化等其他全球环境问题相互关联。

Avoiding Deforestation is critical.

避免砍伐森林至关重要。

The deforestation has to be stopped there.

必须要阻止在这儿滥砍滥伐的人。

Newlyweds turn back clock on deforestation.

新婚夫妇回头时钟毁林。

The country’s deforestation rate is now negligible.

现在哥斯达黎加的森林退化完全可以忽略不计了。

It has laws that restrict deforestation in the rest.

剩下的森林也有严格的法律限制砍伐。

Deforestation of grazing land adds to the effect.

同时，因开垦牧场而砍伐森林加剧了影响。

There might even be an agreement to stop deforestation.

甚至有可能达成停止采伐森林的协议。

Rodney Sheets couldn't stop thinking about deforestation.

罗德·尼希茨无法停止对森林采伐的思考。

Brazil's deforestation rate has dropped astoundingly fast.

巴西的森林砍伐率急剧下降，令人吃惊。

But even before that Brazil's deforestation rate had slumped.

但在此之前，巴西的毁林速度已有所放缓。

But it is not only gringos who clamour to stop deforestation.

但呼吁阻止森林退化的不只是外国佬。

Peru said that with help it could reduce deforestation to zero.

秘鲁说在别国的帮助下，它能够将森林砍伐率降低至零。