between 2003 and 2009, the deforestation rate of amazonas, brazil’s most forested state, which has more rainforest than any country save brazil itself, dropped by 70%.
自2003年至2009年间,亚马逊州的森林砍伐率下降了70%,它拯救了巴西自身。亚马逊州是巴西森林覆盖率最高的地区,甚至拥有比其他任何国家都多的热带雨林。
in 2000 its deforestation rate was 250,000 hectares a year.
在2000年,秘鲁年毁林面积为25万公顷。
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。
this is the first time we've been able to say that the deforestation rate is going down across the world, and certainly when you look at the net rate that is certainly down.
这是第一次我们可以很确信的说全球范围内森林砍伐率在下降,当然,在你关注森林凈减率时,它是显着降低的。
thus the country’s overall deforestation rate also slumped.
如此一来,巴西全国的森林砍伐率就会大幅度下降了。
belize also had a high deforestation rate in the 1990s at 2.3 percent.
20世纪90年代,伯利兹的毁林率也相当高,为2.3%。
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。