VOA常速英语2007-Environmental Group Camps to Protect Indonesia's
时间：2019-01-07 作者：英语课 分类：2007年VOA常速英语（十月）
Jakarta
09 October 2007
The international environmental organization Greenpeace has opened a "forest defenders 1 camp" on Indonesia's Sumatra Island to bring global attention to the country's destruction of its forests. VOA's Nancy-Amelia Collins in Jakarta has more.
The camp was opened in Sumatra's Riau province by Greenpeace, local communities, and local government officials. It will hold about 40 people.
The aim, according to a Greenpeace spokeswoman, is to help prevent seasonal 2 fires and further deforestation, and conduct bio-diversity surveys.
Hundreds of fires are set every year by local farmers and large agricultural corporations to clear land for plantations 3. In recent years, heavy smoke from the fires has blanketed parts of Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore for weeks at a time.
The Southeast Asia director of Greenpeace, Emmy Hafidz, draws a link between the loss of Indonesian forest and global climate change.
"This is our bearing witness to the destruction of Indonesian forest, especially the peat land, and to expose to the world the link between deforestation and greenhouse gas emissions 4 that lead to climate change,"
Indonesia has around 60 percent of the world's tropical peat lands. These swamps release huge amounts of carbon dioxide when they are drained or burned to make way for crops such as palm oil, pulp 5 plantations, and other timber industries.
These peat lands are being destroyed at a rapid rate. A recent report by the World Bank says this has made Indonesia the world's third-largest emitter of carbon gases, which are thought to be a major contributor to global warming.
Greenpeace officials say the opening of the defenders' camp was timed to coincide with a U.N. climate change conference that will be held in December on Indonesia's Bali Island.
Participants from more than 180 countries are due to begin talks there on a replacement 6 for the Kyoto Protocol 7, which expires in 2012.
The Kyoto Protocol focused on cutting greenhouse gas emissions caused by vehicles, industry and other human activity. But it did not address emissions that arise from the destruction of forests.
The Indonesian government indicated that it would protect its forests - for a price. It wants the major carbon emitters, such as the United States and European Union, to pay it between five and $20 per hectare to not destroy its remaining forests.
With about 91 million hectares of forest still standing 8, the country strands 9 to receive as much as $1.8 billion if the proposal is accepted.
- The defenders were outnumbered and had to give in. 抵抗者寡不敌众，只能投降。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- After hard fighting,the defenders were still masters of the city. 守军经过奋战仍然控制着城市。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The town relies on the seasonal tourist industry for jobs.这个城镇依靠季节性旅游业提供就业机会。
- The hors d'oeuvre is seasonal vegetables.餐前小吃是应时蔬菜。
- Soon great plantations, supported by slave labor, made some families very wealthy. 不久之后出现了依靠奴隶劳动的大庄园，使一些家庭成了富豪。 来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件
- Winterborne's contract was completed, and the plantations were deserted. 维恩特波恩的合同完成后，那片林地变得荒废了。 来自辞典例句
- Most scientists accept that climate change is linked to carbon emissions. 大多数科学家都相信气候变化与排放的含碳气体有关。
- Dangerous emissions radiate from plutonium. 危险的辐射物从钚放散出来。
- The pulp of this watermelon is too spongy.这西瓜瓤儿太肉了。
- The company manufactures pulp and paper products.这个公司制造纸浆和纸产品。
- We are hard put to find a replacement for our assistant.我们很难找到一个人来代替我们的助手。
- They put all the students through the replacement examination.他们让所有的学生参加分班考试。
- We must observe the correct protocol.我们必须遵守应有的礼仪。
- The statesmen signed a protocol.那些政治家签了议定书。
- After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
- They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。