At the moment, standing forest is of little commercial value, and much of it continues to exist only because of laws intended to prevent total clearance of the land.

此刻，耸立着的森林只有很少的商业价值，其中的大部分能够继续存在是因为法律有意地去控制林间空地的总数。

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This can be done only if national laws that encourage continued deforestation and forest degradation are reformed; and if communities are supported to plant appropriate trees.

只有通过修改那些鼓励森林砍伐和退化的法律，以及支持鼓励居民种植合适树木，这一目标才能得以达成。

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Laws must be made to prevent people from destroying the forest. Whoever kills wildlife should be punished.

必须有法律来阻止人们破坏森林，杀死野生动物的人应该受到惩罚。

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The London-listed miner is accused of violating forest-protection laws and the rights of tribal groups, but has said it will not abandon the project, which was expected to yield 78m tonnes of the aluminium-bearing ore.

ECONOMIST: Business this week

The Epping Forest MP argued that new laws would have "very little effect" on responsible dog owners but would make life "very difficult" for those who do not look after their dogs properly.

BBC: Adjournment debate

Second, environmentalists have been effective at stopping timber sales because courts and agency officers have recognised consistently that the Forest Service, in catering mainly to logging over the decades, has failed to comply with scientifically sound resource-protection laws that govern forest management.

ECONOMIST: Letters