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重庆百余村民"袭警"背后

Mining and conflict in Chongqing

一个不起眼的小县，拥有占全球总量1/5的电解锰产量，而那里的居民正在为此付出着高昂的环境代价，周季钢与祝楚华报道。

A single county in China produces one-fifth of all the manganese excavated on earth. Its residents are paying a terrible price, write Zhou Jigang and Zhu Chuhua.

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体验苗家传统造纸

Miao papermaking

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本周的播客带我们体验传统苗家如何利用自然材料造纸。

This week's podcast explains how the Miao people use natural materials in their papermaking process.
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东欧的二氧化碳减排量经批准


UN approves eastern Europe CO2 cuts


据《路透社》报道，一联合国的监督委员会最近批准了一东欧的清洁能源项目。该计划在乌克兰，是该委员会批准的第一个东欧项目。该项目实现的减排量可被销售。

A United Nations panel approved greenhouse-gas cuts made by an eastern European clean energy project registered under the Kyoto Protocol, reported Reuters. The project—located in Ukraine – is the first to be verified by the committee and will receive official carbon offset credits that can be sold for profit.

奥巴马的气候计划不够有力


Obama climate goals "not enough"


据《路透社》报道，中国和印度代表在波兹南的联合国会议上表示，即将上任的美国总统巴拉克•奥巴马提出的减排目标对於遏制气候变暖还不够，即在2020年前将温室气体排放水平控制在1990年的水平。然而，这两国代表都表示，奥巴马的目标是与现任总统乔治•布什疏松的气候政策相比作出了较大推进。

Chinese and Indian delegates to the United Nations-led climate talks in Poznan, Poland, have said that US president-elect Barack Obama's goal to cut greenhouse gases to 1990 levels by 2020 is inadequate to fight global warming, Reuters reported. However, both nations said that Obama's target is an improvement from president George W Bush's lax policies on climate change.

穷国呼吁更多帮助应对气候变化


Poor want more help in climate fight


据《路透社》报道，在波兰波兹南举行的联合国气候变化大会上，发展中国家呼吁富国应增加对穷国的帮助，以应对全球变暖和保护热带雨林。联合国官员强调目前经济放缓并没有消除对控制气候措施进行投资的需要。

Developing nations at the United Nations climate talks in Poznan, Poland called on rich nations to increase their aid to help poorer countries cope with global warming and safeguard tropical forests, Reuters reported. UN officials stressed that the current financial slowdown did not erase the need to invest in climate control measures.

太平洋岛国粮食安全受威胁


Pacific food security in peril


据《路透社》报道世界粮食与农业组织的一报告显示，频繁的热带气流、海洋温度上升、水灾以及干旱有可能对太平洋岛国的食物安全形成致命打击。该报告警告说，海水温度的上升，盐分增加、海岸受淹、土壤遭腐蚀可能威胁当地食物安全，导致粮田减少并对渔业造成危害。

Frequent tropical cyclones, ocean warming, floods and droughts are likely to have a shattering impact on food security in Pacific island countries, reported Reuters, citing a report by the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO). The report warned that expected increases in sea water temperature, salinisation, coastal inundation, and erosion of soil may threaten local food security by reducing the amount of agricultural land and harming fishing industries.

中国愿促进气候变化合作


China pledges climate cooperation


据《路透社》报道中国外交部部长杨洁篪说，中国难辞其咎，将促进联合国在波兰召开的气候会议达成协议，这次会议汇集各国首脑。他说，通过真诚合作，世界各国将会达成取代《京都议定书》的协议。

China's foreign minister, Yang Jiechi, said that China will “not shirk” its responsibilities in the fight against global warming as top negotiators gathered at the United Nations climate talks in Poznan, Poland, Reuters reported. He also added that through genuine cooperation the world could find a replacement for the Kyoto climate treaty on time.

作物辐射或可解决粮食危机


Irradiated crops may avert crisis


据《路透社》报道，联合国原子能机构建议信任并投资使用作物辐射，并通过这一技术提高粮食作物抵御气候变化条件的能力，以解救上百万处于饥饿中的人。该机构认为，对粮食作物进行辐射，即诱发突变是安全、高效的，并允许粮食可以抵抗疾病、害虫、适应盐渍土壤和干旱。

The UN atomic agency is urging greater trust and investment for utilising radiation to increase crops’ defences against climate change and disease as a way to save millions of people from hunger, Reuters reported. The agency claims that the process of irradiating plant species -- known as "induced mutation" – is safe and cost effective and has the ability to allow crops to resist threats like disease, pests, saline soil or drought.

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健康食品：请对添加剂说不
Consumers must say no to additives

春芽:新书掠影 offshoots

看世界80国——东亚的生态系统


“Ecological Systems of East Asia”


《看世界80国——东亚的生态系统》实际上是一套丛书其中的一本，它忠实地记录了作者吴季松游历东亚十国的所见所想。单独提炼出这一本，一方面是因为对于西方世界的读者来说，对于东亚的了解往往不是太深。另一方面也是因为在整套书中，这是比较侧重于从生态角度去观察和思考的一本。

Ecological Systems of East Asia is one of a series of books that faithfully record author Wu Lisong’s journey around ten East Asian nations This volume covers a region the western reader often is unfamiliar with, and it takes a more ecological point of view than its companions in the series.

《生命之柱：生物多样性对人类健康的意义》


"Sustaining Life: How Human Health Depends on Biodiversity"


生物多样性对人类的益处有多大？未来它们将会有多么重要？对于这些问题，人们常常一无所知，或者一知半解。在《生命之柱：生物多样性对人类健康的意义》一书中，埃里克·奇维安和艾伦·伯恩斯坦深入地阐释了至关重要的信息，这些都是日益高涨的保护行动所必需的。

People often have a poor or only partial understanding of just how great the benefits of biodiversity are for human health, and how significant they may be in future. Sustaining Life: How Human Health Depends on Biodiversity, by Eric Chivian and Aaron Bernstein, goes a long way to providing the essential information needed to support increased protection efforts.

《凝视沙尘暴的发源地》--阿拉善人与环境的照片故事


“The Cradle of the Dust Storms”


没有什么比照片更能直观地反映一个地区的环境现状了。环保志愿者丁平君在《凝视沙尘暴的发源地》这本书里，通过一幅幅精心拍摄的照片，为我们讲述了中国沙尘暴的源头——内蒙古阿拉善草原上人与环境的故事。

Nothing depicts the state of an environment as directly as a photograph. Through a series of carefully chosen images, environmental activist Ding Pingjun’s The Cradle of the Dust Storms: Photographs of the People of Alashan and Their Surroundings tells the story of the Alashan grasslands – where China’s dust storms originate – and the people who live there.

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