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But there are now less than 2,000 living here, and they are becoming rarer all the time.
但現(xiàn)在只有不到2000只食火鳥了，它們的數(shù)量一直不斷減少。
Before European settlers arrived, much of the coast here was covered in forest.
早在歐洲殖民者到達之前，澳洲許多的海岸都被森林所覆蓋。
And a lot of that was jungle just like this.
這樣的叢林到處都是。
This is a vibrant ecosystem in its own right.
這是一個自得其利，充滿活力的生態(tài)系統(tǒng)。
It's full of reptiles, of birds, and you can hear all around me.
這里是爬行動物和鳥類的天堂，你可以聽到它們。
But today, things have changed significantly.
但是如今，這里榮耀不再。
Much of the coastline that busts the Great Barrier Reef, 80 percent of it, in fact, has been cleaned for agriculture, and much of that has been totally cleaned for sugarcane.
緊靠大堡礁的大部分海岸線，事實上80%的海岸線森林被砍伐，為農(nóng)業(yè)讓路，有很多地方干凈得只剩下甘蔗農(nóng)場。
