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What is the value of an intact rainforest?
一處原始熱帶雨林價(jià)值何在？
From a people perspective, maybe it's more useful turned into lumber and cropland.
單從人類的角度來看，或許把它變成木材和耕田會(huì)更有用。
The responses to such arguments have often cited what are called ecosystem services.
而在回應(yīng)這些爭(zhēng)論時(shí)常會(huì)引用到一個(gè)叫做“生態(tài)系統(tǒng)服務(wù)”的詞。
These are the keys to life that natural systems provide for free—think: breathable air and potable water.
想想這些大自然生態(tài)系統(tǒng)免費(fèi)提供的可呼吸的空氣及可飲用水，生命因?yàn)橛羞@些才能存活。
Other counters point to the psychological benefits of the natural world.
另一些論據(jù)則是大自然帶給人類精神上的饋贈(zèng)。
Now we have a new reason for conservation: human health.
而現(xiàn)在我們又多了一個(gè)保護(hù)大自然的理由:為了人類自身的健康。
Turns out forest fires set to clear land in Indonesia generate the kind of soot that lodges in lungs and shortens lives across Southeast Asia.
結(jié)果證明印度尼西亞地區(qū)放火燒林清理土地時(shí)產(chǎn)生的一種可吸入肺的碳煙并且縮短了東南亞地區(qū)人們的壽命。
Dams and irrigation projects upriver in Africa increase the population of malarial mosquitoes downriver.
而非洲河流上游處實(shí)施的水壩和灌溉工程增加了下游地區(qū)攜帶瘧疾的蚊子。
These are just two of the examples from a new analysis in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
這只是美國國家科學(xué)院院刊一項(xiàng)新的分析報(bào)告所列舉的其中兩個(gè)例子。
Then consider big upheavals like global warming.
那么再細(xì)想像全球變暖這一類的驟變。
Climate change means more deadly heat waves, allergies, infectious diseases and, potentially, a breakdown in food supplies.
氣候變化意味著致命熱浪、過敏、傳染病等更頻繁的出現(xiàn)，還有可能導(dǎo)致食物供應(yīng)的崩潰。
All obviously bad for human health.
所有這些都明顯不利于人類健康。
Our understanding of these complex interactions is incomplete.
我們并不能完全理解以上這些復(fù)雜的相互作用。
For example, a given forest clearing may be good for some people's well-being but not others, both now and in the future.
那么舉個(gè)例子吧，假設(shè)開墾了一片森林可能會(huì)成全某些人的幸福，但對(duì)其他人并沒有任何好處，不管是現(xiàn)在還是將來。
A better understanding of nature's value will probably prove vital for human health in the 21st century.
如何與大自然和諧相處可能會(huì)是決定21世紀(jì)人類健康的關(guān)鍵。
