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China greens world's horizon
偷“能量”種樹，真的讓地球變綠了
Some of you may play Ant Forest. It is a game on Alipay. Users collect "energy" to make their "trees" grow. When the "energy" reaches a certain level, some organizations and companies will plant a real tree in a desert area of China. And now it seems that the nation's efforts as a whole to make a greener world have paid off.
有人或許會玩支付寶中的一款名為“螞蟻森林”的游戲。用戶能收集“能量”去“種樹”。當“能量”累積到一定數(shù)量時，一些機構(gòu)和企業(yè)將會在中國的沙漠地帶種下一棵真正的樹。如今，在全國人民的努力下，地球似乎真的變綠了。
According to a study by NASA and published in the journal Nature Sustainability in February, China and India are mainly responsible for making the Earth greener over the past two decades.
據(jù)美國航空航天局今年二月發(fā)表于《自然-可持續(xù)發(fā)展》期刊上的一項研究顯示，在過去的二十年間，中國和印度成為了全球綠化的主力軍。
The study found out that since 2000 the Earth's green leaf area has increased by 5 percent, or over 5 million square kilometers. That's an area equivalent to the total area of the Amazon rainforest.
該研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，地球的綠葉面積自2000年起增加了5%，超過五百萬平方公里。這相當于亞馬遜熱帶雨林的總面積。
It is mainly the result of big tree-planting programs in China and intensive agriculture in both countries, according to NASA.
美國航空航天局認為，這主要歸功于中國的大型植樹項目以及中印兩國的集約化農(nóng)業(yè)。
"China and India account for one third of the increased greening, but contain only 9 percent of the planet's land area covered in vegetation," Chi Chen, the study's lead author and a researcher at Boston University, US, told CNN.
“盡管中國和印度的陸地植被面積僅占全球的9%，但兩國為綠化增長所做的貢獻超過三分之一?！痹撗芯康闹饕髡摺⒚绹ㄊ款D大學(xué)研究員陳池（音譯）在接受美國有線電視新聞網(wǎng)采訪時如此表示。
China was the major contributor, by adding 25 percent to this increase, while India added 6.8 percent.
其中，中國為主要貢獻者，占全球綠化面積凈增長的25%，而印度則占6.8%。
Over the past decades, China has made great efforts to green the land. In 1978, China began a national-level forestation project – the Three North Shelterbelt Forest Program, also known as the "Great Green Wall". The program has seen many trees planted in 13 provinces and autonomous regions in northern China to act as windbreaks, according to China Daily.
在過去的幾十年間，中國為綠化付出了大量努力。1978年，中國啟動了全國范圍的植樹造林工程 —— 三北防護林，又被譽為“綠色長城”。據(jù)《中國日報》報道，該工程項目在中國北方的13個省和自治區(qū)種下了大量樹木，形成了防風(fēng)林。
By the end of 2017, the forest coverage rate among the regions of the project had reached 13.57 percent, compared to 5.05 percent 40 years ago.
截至2017年底，工程區(qū)森林覆蓋率由40年前的5.05％提高到了現(xiàn)在的13.57%。
In the light of China's success in dealing with desertification, the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) believes the country is a good example for others to follow.
鑒于中國在治理荒漠化方面的成功，聯(lián)合國環(huán)境規(guī)劃署認為我國是其他國家借鑒的榜樣。
"China is one of the most successful countries in greening the desert and has lessons to share with the world," UNEP Executive Director Erik Solheim told Xinhua.
“中國是沙漠綠化最成功的國家之一，其經(jīng)驗可與全世界分享，”聯(lián)合國環(huán)境規(guī)劃署執(zhí)行主任埃里克·索爾海姆在接受新華社采訪時表示。
