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Each hectare of trees releases, as vapour,
1公頃森林每年能蒸發
almost 190,000 litres of water a year.
將近19萬公升水分
This water passes into the atmosphere
水分散布到大氣中
to be transported around the entire globe.
被輸送到世界各地
That means the heart of the world's weather
那意味著地球天氣的心臟
lies in tropical forests.
位于熱帶森林中
Unfortunately, there's an almost insatiable demand in Europe and China
不幸的是 歐洲和中國正貪得無厭地
for hardwood from these very forests.
從這片森林里索取木材
And that is having an enormous impact.
那產生了巨大的影響
As more tropical forest is felled,
隨著越來越多熱帶雨林倒下
some scientists are seeing a correlation
一些科學家發現了其與
with changing storm patterns across Europe and America.
歐洲和美國的暴風雨天氣模式改變間的關聯
And it's likely to become more extreme.
那種改變有可能變得更為極端
Staggeringly, 50% of the Congo Basin forest
驚人的是 50%剛果盆地里的森林
has been allocated for logging.
已被分配為砍伐區域
The future of Africa's forest has never been more critical for us all.
非洲森林的未來與我們息息相關
