At the moment, standing forest is of little commercial value, and much of it continues to exist only because of laws intended to prevent total clearance of the land.

此刻，耸立着的森林只有很少的商业价值，其中的大部分能够继续存在是因为法律有意地去控制林间空地的总数。

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This can be done only if national laws that encourage continued deforestation and forest degradation are reformed; and if communities are supported to plant appropriate trees.

只有通过修改那些鼓励森林砍伐和退化的法律，以及支持鼓励居民种植合适树木，这一目标才能得以达成。

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In addition, laws and regulations should be introduced to punish those who dedicated destroy forest, river, and so on.

此外，法律和法规应引入惩罚那些专门破坏森林，河流，等等。

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High-level politicians, working with Chinese traders, were continuously breaching Mozambique's export and forest laws, the EIA added.

BBC: China 'smuggles' Mozambique timber - EIA

The London-listed miner is accused of violating forest-protection laws and the rights of tribal groups, but has said it will not abandon the project, which was expected to yield 78m tonnes of the aluminium-bearing ore.

ECONOMIST: Business this week

The Epping Forest MP argued that new laws would have "very little effect" on responsible dog owners but would make life "very difficult" for those who do not look after their dogs properly.

BBC: Adjournment debate