聯(lián)合國發(fā)言人：森林對世界健康至關重要

聯(lián)合國發(fā)言人：森林對世界健康至關重要

Forests are essential for the health of the entire world, UN secretary-general's spokesman Stephane Dujarric said Thursday at a press briefing about the Amazon fires in Brazil,Trendreports citing Xinhua.

趨勢報道援引新華社報道，周四在巴西亞馬遜火災新聞發(fā)布會上,聯(lián)合國秘書長發(fā)言人迪雅里克說，森林對全世界的健康至關重要。

"We are obviously following the reports very closely. We're very concerned about these fires," he said, noting that the fires cause immediate damage and sustaining the forests is crucial in the fight against climate change.

“我們顯然在密切關注這些報道。我們非常擔心這些火災，”他說，并指出火災會立即造成破壞，維持森林對應對氣候變化至關重要。

"The international community recognizes this importance of the forests, not only the Amazon, but also the forests in the Congo Basin, in Indonesia," Dujarric said.

迪雅里克說：“國際社會認識到森林的重要性，不僅是亞馬遜河流域的森林，還有印度尼西亞剛果盆地的森林。”

Xinhua reported earlier from Brasilia that data from the National Institute for Space Research showed the number of forest fires in Brazil soared by 82 percent from January to August this year compared to the same period last year.

新華社早些時候從巴西利亞報道說，國家空間研究所的數(shù)據(jù)顯示，今年1月至8月，巴西的森林火災數(shù)量比去年同期激增82%。

Environmentalists argued the surge of fires in several Amazonian states this month was caused by farmers clearing land.

環(huán)保人士認為，本月亞馬遜幾個州的火災激增是由于農(nóng)民清理土地造成的。