"Forest landscapes in Amazonia are becoming more fragmented and, therefore, a growing proportion of forests is exposed to the leakage of accidental fires from adjacent farms," they suggested.

亚马逊的森林地貌越来越支离破碎，因此越来越多的地块面临邻近农场意外跑荒的威胁。

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Mister Stephenson says summers are becoming longer and hotter in the western United States. This makes trees weaker and decreases their ability to survive insect attacks and forest fires.

斯蒂芬森先生称，现在美国西部的夏季变得更长了，天气变得更热了。这使得树木的生命更脆弱，削弱了树木逃脱虫害和火灾的能力。

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After the fires, the mountain forest then was logged "legally", under the so-called claim to make preparation for becoming a base for planting disputed tree species-eucalypt.

山火过后，这些山林都被“合法”地砍伐，准备成为种植具有争议树种桉树的基地。

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As the monkeys' forest habitat disappears, they are becoming easier to capture and to put to work.

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"In international debates about climate change, for example, we will know how much forest we have and what state it is in (...), we'll discover species, and gain knowledge about species becoming extinct, as well as information about the distribution of the forest and its potential economic use", Ms Teixeira said.

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