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The world's largest and most devastating environmental and industrial project is situated in the heart of the largest and most intact forest in the world,
世上最大、最具破壞性的環境及工業計劃發生于世上最大、保存最完整的森林當中
Canada's boreal forest.
加拿大北方森林。
It stretches right across northern Canada, in Labrador,
它橫跨加拿大北部的拉布拉多省，
it's home to the largest remaining wild caribou herd in the world, the George River caribou herd,
為現存最大的野生馴鹿群家園喬治河馴鹿群，
numbering approximately 400,000 animals.
數量大約40萬只。
Unfortunately, when I was there I couldn't find one of them,
不幸的是我前往當地時，并未見到任何一只，
but you have the antlers as proof.
但有鹿角為證。
All across the boreal, we're blessed with this incredible abundance of wetlands.
縱觀整個北方森林，我們幸運地擁有豐富的濕地資源。
Wetlands globally are one of the most endangered ecosystems.
濕地是全球瀕臨最嚴重危機的生態系統之一。
They're absolutely critical ecosystems,
它們是十分重要的生態系統，
they clean air, they clean water,
它們能凈化空氣和水源，
they sequester large amounts of greenhouse gases,
它們能吸收大量溫室氣體，
and they're home to a huge diversity of species.
它們是許多物種的家園。
In the boreal, they are also the home where almost 50 percent of the 800 bird species found in North America migrate north to breed and raise their young.
北方森林也是北美所發現的800種鳥類中半數為了撫育后代而北遷的鳥類家園。
In Ontario, the boreal marches down south to the north shore of Lake Superior.
在安大略省，北方森林向南延伸直抵蘇必利爾湖北岸。
And these incredibly beautiful boreal forests were the inspiration for some of the most famous art in Canadian history, the Group of Seven were very inspired by this landscape,
這片美不勝收的北方森林是加拿大歷史中某些著名藝術作品的靈感源泉，七人畫派深受這片景觀影響，
and so the boreal is not just a really key part of our natural heritage,
因此，北方森林不僅是自然遺產的重要組成，
but also an important part of our cultural heritage.
也是文化遺產的重要組成。
In Manitoba, this is an image from the east side of Lake Winnipeg,
這是曼尼托巴省溫尼伯湖東岸景觀，
and this is the home of the newly designated UNESCO Cultural Heritage site.
它是聯合國教科文組織新列的世界文化遺產。
