biodiversity

The IIED, based in London, commissioned the research as part of a broader programme to examine the links between biodiversity and poverty.

设在伦敦的IIED委托进行了这项研究，作为审视生物多样性和贫穷之间联系的一个更大的项目的一部分。

Another of the reviews highlighted the lack of sound evidence on the extent to which the poor depend on biodiversity.

另一项综述强调了缺乏关于穷人在什么程度上依赖于生物多样性的合理证据。

"In the case of birds, " he said, "lots of extinctions, no change in total biodiversity. "

他说：“就鸟类来说，一部分的灭绝并没有改变总体上的生物多样性。”

BIOLOGIST: You only have to look around you here to see just how rich, how wealthy New Zealand is in terms of its biodiversity.

生物学家：你只须环视四周就能发现新西兰就生物多样性而言是多么富有啊！

It is known to all that protection of the ecological environment and biodiversity is the focal point of environmental protection work.

众所周知，生态环境和生物多样性的保护是环境保护工作的重点。

"Biodiversity could be a source of new diseases but, once a disease emerges, greater biodiversity is protective, " she said.

“生物多样性可能成为新的疾病的来源，但是一旦一种疾病出现，更大的生物多样性就有保护作用，”她说。

The Land of the Thunder Dragon, as it's known, has rugged mountains and valleys, making it a hotspot for biodiversity.

著名的雷龙土地，由于其崎岖的山脉和峡谷，成为了研究生物多样性的一个焦点。

Beyond the biodiversity, the researchers also found a set of certain bacteria that seemed tougher than the rest.

除了他们所具有的生物多样性外，这些研究人员也同样发现了一些明显强于其他类别的菌类。

'While very encouraging, these discoveries do not mean that our global biodiversity is out of the woods, ' she said.

“虽然令人振奋，但这些发现并不意味着我们地球的生物多样性亦可见于雨林之外。”她说。

With all the protection the EU has in place, it was surprising to see it was a hotspot for biodiversity loss.

随着所有的保护措施都已在欧盟适当开展，仍然令人惊讶的是、这仍是生物多样性减少最多的地区。

The UN reported that a target agreed on by governments to reduce significantly the rate of biodiversity loss had not been met.

据联合国报道，就大幅减少生物多样性丧失的目标，政府间尚未达成共识。

If the failure in Copenhagen can act as a wake-up call to the biodiversity community, that itself will have been a positive achievement.

如果哥本哈根的失败能够起到唤醒生物多样性界的作用，那么它本身就是一项积极的成就。

We are always trying to understand things from our perspective, we are not trying to look at how [local communities] perceive biodiversity.

我们总是设法从我们的角度理解事物，我们没有设法研究[当地社区]如何认识生物多样性。

He said the lo of what he called the ocean ' biodiversity hampers the ability of the seas to recover from global warming and pollution.

他说，海洋生物多样性的消失将危及海洋从全球变暖以及污染中恢复过来的能力。

One of the fundamental questions of biology is the amount and full nature of biodiversity on Earth.

厘清地球上生物多样性的总数量和全部特性是现代生物学所面临的一个基础难题。

But we do not know whether lower carbon footprints will always be better for biodiversity.

但是我们不知道降低碳排放量是否总是对生物多样性是有益的。

And you know how coral are very sensitive to temperature, and are very important for the biodiversity of the sea.

我们知道珊瑚对温度非常敏感，它们对海洋的多样性也起至关重要的作用。

The absolute importance of biodiversity is only just beginning to be understood.

生物多样性的绝对重要性刚开始被人认识到。

Field margins are one of the key European agri-environmental measures, and are considered to help maintain biodiversity in farm landscapes.

“田地边缘带”是欧洲农业环境的关键措施之一，并且被认为有助于维持农场景观的生物多样性。

The first questions whether the raw data about forest cover are a good indicator of biodiversity, at least for big animals.

首先的质疑是，至少对大型动物而言，此森林覆盖的原始数据是否是生物多样性的良好指标。