地理翻譯 3.4.final

The earth's biodiversity is a vital part of the natural capital that helps keep us alive. It supplies us with food, wood, fibers, energy, and medicines---all of which represent hundreds of billions of dollars in the world economy each year. BIodiversity also helps preserve the quality of the air and water, maintain the fertility of soils, dispose of wastes, and control populations of pests. In carrying out these ecological services that are part of the earth's natural capital biodiversity helps sustain life on the earth.

Biodiversity and threats to this important form of natural capital are discussed in more detail in Chapters 9 and 10.



地球的生物多樣性是一個幫助保持我們活著的自然資本的至關重要的部分。 它供應我們食品，木頭，纖維，能量和藥 ---其全部每年在世界經濟過程中相當於數百幾十億美元。 生物多樣性也幫助保護空氣和水的質量，保持土地的肥沃，處理浪費，並且控制害蟲的數量。 在進行過程中是地球的自然資本生物多樣性的一部分的這些生態服務幫助支持陸地上的生命。
自然資本中的生物多樣性和威脅的重要性在第9 和10章會更詳細討論。