And their increasing frequency is an important part of the degradation of the Amazon forest-and could be an indicator of large-scale environmental change.

并且它们不断增长的发生频率是亚马逊森林退化的一部分——这种变化可以作为一大片地区环境变化的指示器。

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The Amazon forest is such a beautiful place when it is untouched and then you see these scars on the landscape from the deforestation, bigger and bigger scars.

亚马逊雨林在未被开发之前曾经是一个如此美丽的地方，但是乱砍滥伐使这处美景布满了伤疤，而且这些伤疤越来越大。

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Cutting and burning of the Amazon forest is calculated to cause 20 percent of global carbon dioxide emissions, making Brazil the fourth-biggest greenhouse gas polluter.

对亚马逊雨林的砍伐与焚烧被认为造成了约20%的全球二氧化碳排放，使得巴西成为了全球第四大温室气体排放者。

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How Brazilians finally decide on the most economically and environmentally sensible use of the Amazon forest will have a lot to do with agreements that emerge from the climate negotiations in Copenhagen.

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They are from Suriname, in the Amazon Basin tropical forest.

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One of the world's largest forests, the Brazilian Amazon, could be worth a lot of extra money under a proposed deal that pays forest landowners to preserve trees.

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In the long term, such movements ought to provide a lifeline for the Amazon forest.

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The Amazon forest provides a relevant example: due to the interaction of deforestation, fire and climate change, it is predicted that the Amazon could undergo a widespread dieback in the future, with parts of the forest moving into a self-perpetuating cycle of more frequent fires and intense droughts, leading to a shift to savanna-like vegetation.

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"And people go gaga when they find 5 new species in the Amazon rain forest, " says Barton.

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