Brazil, the world's fifth largest country by area, has 5.3 million square kilometers of jungle and forests — mostly in the Amazon river basin — of which only 1.7 million are under state protection.

巴西是世界上国土面积第五大的国家，有530万平方公里的森林覆盖面积——大部分是在亚马逊河流域——但其中只有170万平方公里的森林受国家保护。

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Geological structure of the Jinsha River basin is not stable, Wenchuan after the earthquake, the state requirements for seismic review of the hydropower station.

金沙江流域的地质结构并不稳定，汶川大地震后，国家要求对水电站进行抗震覆核。

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Shell on Tuesday announced plans to jointly develop and produce natural gas in western China's Sichuan basin with state-owned China National Petroleum Corp.

周二，壳牌宣布计划与中国国有的中国石油天然气集团公司(China National Petroleum Corp .，简称中石油)携手在中国西部的四川盆地联合开发和生产天然气。

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The development is part of ambitious plans to further cement Australia's position as the world's largest coal exporter against a backdrop of booming global demand, by opening up deposits in the Galilee Basin in Queensland state.

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In 2007, however, the Howard government passed an act that allowed it to muscle in on water management in the Murray-Darling basin, constitutionally a state responsibility.

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From 1998 to 1999, he was Special Advisor to the President and the Secretary of State for Caspian Basin Energy Diplomacy.

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