They decided to exploit natural resources.

他们决定开发自然资源。

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In fact, our earth would face unprecedented crisis if we continued to exploit natural resources and destroy the natural environment.

事实上，如果我们继续这样无所顾忌地掠夺资源、破坏自然，那么我们的地球将面临前所未有的危机。

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Foreign investors should sign the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, which would let Africans see what foreign companies pay for licences to exploit natural resources.

外国投资者应该签订《采掘业透明度倡议法案》，从而让非洲人清楚地看到外国公司在开采自然资源的时候向他们支付了多少开采许可的费用。

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The disparity indicates richer nations are buying resources from poorer countries which have natural resources available to exploit, the report said.

CNN: Earth 'going downhill' as consumption rises, report says