Biodiversity

12月1日，國(guó)際知名環(huán)保組織“地球之友”根據(jù)衛(wèi)星照片整理出的數(shù)據(jù)顯示，今年巴西亞馬遜熱帶雨林遭到過(guò)度砍伐，破壞面積比美國(guó)新澤西州還要大，而一條高速公路的修建是罪魁禍?zhǔn)住Ｍ怆妶?bào)道如下：An area of Amazon jungle larger than the U.S. state of New Jersey has been destroyed this year and work on a new highway is mainly to blame, environmental group Friends of the Earth and the government said on Wednesday. The preliminary figures, based on satellite images, alarmed environmentalists because they suggest that Amazon destruction has surpassed its second-highest level reached in 2002-2003. The data is based on a satellite system which has been monitoring Amazon deforestation on a test basis. The government's yearly figures, released in March, are based on data from a different satellite system. The images indicated that from 8,920 square miles to 9,420 square miles, or an area bigger than New Jersey, was cut down this year, said Joao Paulo Capobianco, the government's secretary of biodiversity and forests. Biodiversity表示“生物多樣性”。亞馬遜雨林里生活著地球上約30%的生物物種，平均每平方公里不同種類(lèi)的植物達(dá)12OO多種。這里生態(tài)環(huán)境紛繁復(fù)雜，生物多樣性保存完好，被稱(chēng)為“生物科學(xué)家的天堂”。在亞馬遜河流域的僅0．08平方公里左右的取樣地塊上，就可以得到4．2萬(wàn)個(gè)昆蟲(chóng)種類(lèi)，然而由于人們對(duì)熱帶雨林的過(guò)度砍伐，那里每天都至少消失一個(gè)物種。 （中國(guó)日?qǐng)?bào)網(wǎng)站編）