从全球来看,淡水生物如两栖动物、淡水鱼和哺乳动物等的状况更糟,最新数据显示,1970年至2010年间其平均数量减少了76%。报告表明同时期内陆栖动物和海洋生物的数量都减少了39%。
The authors said the main threats to wildlife are loss or damage to their habitat and exploitation through hunting and fishing.
报告的作者称,野生动物面临的最大威胁来自于人类打猎和捕鱼对动物们的栖息地和活动场所造成的占用和破坏。
They also warned that humans are using resources faster than the planet can provide, cutting down forests too quickly, overfishing and pumping out pollution faster than the world can cope with it.同时他们还警告称,人类获取资源的速度已经远远超过了地球可以提供资源的速度,过度伐木、过度捕鱼、过度污染等,都大大超过了地球的承受能力。
Professor Ken Norris, director of science at Zoological Society of London (ZSL), said: ‘The scale of biodiversity loss and damage to the very ecosystems that are essential to our existence is alarming. This damage is not inevitable, but a consequence of the way we choose to live.’
伦敦动物学会的科学总监肯·诺里斯教授说:“生物多样性的不断下降,人类赖以生存的生态环境持续遭到破坏,这都为我们敲响了警钟。这些情况不是不可避免的,只是人类选择的生活方式所导致的。”
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