所以西方国家制药厂商和化装品公司在雨林或是珊瑚礁里寻找灵丹妙药的时候，那些他们所至的贫穷国家就在遭受创伤。

So when Western drug and cosmetic firms look for new elixirs in rain forests or coral reefs, the poor countries from whence they come enjoy a cut of the action.

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他们在雨林中修建公路，资助公司和个人开辟殖民地。

They built roads through the forest, and subsidised companies and people to colonise it.

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说：“我们的油公司[由PetroEcuador]也做了很多热带雨林的破坏，但它是很清楚，这个问题来自雪佛龙德士古的时期。”

Said, "Our oil company [PetroEcuador] has also done a lot of damage in the rainforest, but it is very clear that the problem comes from the Chevron-Texaco period."

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