Experts at the us Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in Washington claim that the world is braced for an increase in outbreaks due to global warming and changes in land use and farming practices.

华盛顿美国环境保护署(EPA)专家宣称，由于全球变暖以及土地利用和农耕方式的改变，世界将迎来日益恶化的疾病蔓延。

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Extending across six nations, ten million acres of forest is degraded each year due to mining, illegal logging, farming, ranching, and guerilla warfare.

刚果盆地跨越六个国家，由于采矿、违法伐木、圈地农耕、放牧和游击战，平均以每年10英亩的速度缩减。

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Kenya is annually losing an average of 100 of its 2, 000 lions due to growing human settlements, increasing farming, climate change and disease, according to the Kenya Wildlife Service.

肯尼亚野生动物管理局表示，随着居住人口、农业耕作的增多，以及气候变化、疾病的原因，肯尼亚原有的2000头狮子正以平均每年100头的速度减少。

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"That's partly due to the farming methods, the picking, the packing, the distribution in terms of general logistics, " he adds.

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More guidelines on environmental offences and farming and animal offences are due to be published soon.

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Part of the reason for this decline is that many toads become homeless each year as wild ponds are lost due to road building, development, pollution, intensive farming and drought.

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