The vast forests of West Africa have shrunk.

西非那片广袤的森林已经缩小了。

These forests cover a broad span of latitudes.

这些森林绵延在多个纬度上。

Thousands of acres of forests and scrubland have been burnt.

已有数千英亩森林和灌木丛林地被烧毁。

The forests are being menaced by major development projects.

大型开发项目正在危及森林。

We were driven across this wondrous vast land of lakes and forests.

我们乘车穿越了这片有湖泊和森林的广袤而神奇的土地。

Farmers struggling for survival strip the forests for agricultural land.

为生存而挣扎的农民们把森林伐光来作农业用地。

They say loggers are destroying rain forests and trampling on the rights of natives.

他们说伐木工正在破坏雨林，无视当地人的权利。

Conservationists in Chile are concerned over the effect of commercial exploitation of forests.

智利的自然保护者对森林商业化开发的后果感到担忧。

Industry representatives made it clear that their commitment was only to maintain the extent of forests, not their biodiversity.

业界代表们申明他们只承诺维持森林的规模而不是其生物多样性。

The forests are disappearing.

森林正在消失。

There are mountains and forests.

那儿有山和森林。

Raccoon can live in forests.

浣熊能够生活在森林中。

Don't clear forests to grow rice.

不要为了培育水稻而清除森林。

They get wood from forests.

他们从森林中获取木材。

Why do we need the forests?

我们为什么需要森林？

Canada has many beautiful forests.

加拿大有许多美丽的森林。

He walked through forests.

他穿过了许多森林。

Today the forests have almost gone.

如今森林几乎都消失了。

Sometimes big fire can burn forests.

有时候大火可以烧毁森林。

There are forests found in the city.

大城市中有森林。

The world's forests are disappearing.

世界上的森林正在消失。

Forests were on fire.

森林里烧起了大火。

More moderate conditions support moist forests.

更温和的条件支撑较潮湿的森林。

Lives, property and valuable forests disappear.

生命、财产和宝贵的森林消失了。

What accounts for our increasing desire for forests?

是什么原因导致我们对森林的需求日益增长?

Forests are eating away the fertile farmland worldwide.

森林正在吞噬世界各地的肥沃农田。

Forests are fast shrinking in many developing countries.

许多发展中国家的森林正在迅速萎缩。

In order to protect forests, we must plant trees and stop cutting forests down.

为了保护森林，我们必须种树并且停止砍伐。

When the islanders cleared the forests for firewood and farming, the forests didn't grow back.

当岛民把森林砍伐成木柴和农田时，森林没有再长回来。

According to GNP, for example, countries that overcut forests actually do better than those that preserve their forests.

例如，过度砍伐森林的国家实际上比那些保护森林的国家的国民生产总值更高。