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What is biodiversity and why is it important? 什么是生物多樣性?保護(hù)它的意義何在?
Biodiversity is the variety of all life on Earth – it's thousands of habitats and millions of species.
生物多樣性指地球上所有生命的多樣程度,蘊(yùn)含數(shù)千個(gè)棲息地和數(shù)百萬(wàn)個(gè)物種。
And it's in trouble.
而生物多樣性現(xiàn)正告急。
We depend on biodiversity for food, water and medicine, but also to help fight climate change.
我們不僅依靠生物多樣性獲取食物、水和藥品,還依靠它幫助應(yīng)對(duì)氣候變化。
As the world warms, its systems begin to collapse.
隨著全球氣候變暖,構(gòu)成生物多樣性的生態(tài)系統(tǒng)開始崩潰。
Some animals are being pushed to the brink of extinction.
一些動(dòng)物正瀕臨滅絕。
In order to slow down the rate of biodiversity loss, we need to cut emissions of greenhouse gases.
為了減緩生物多樣性喪失的速度,我們需要減少溫室氣體的排放。
And we need to restore and protect habitats.
同時(shí),我們需要修復(fù)并保護(hù)棲息地。