The technology, Strano said, could one day be used to light the rooms or even to turn trees into self-powered street lamps. In the future, the team hopes to develop a version of the technology that can be sprayed onto plant leaves in a one-off treatment that would last the plant's lifetime.

斯特拉诺表示，该技术将来可能用于房间照明，甚至可以将树木改造为自供电路灯。该团队希望未来可以开发此技术的新形式，用于喷洒植物叶片，一次操作，终生有效。

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People sometimes plant shrubs or trees to shade their vegetables.

人们有时种植灌木或树木为蔬菜遮荫。

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ICRAF is trying to encourage policymakers and communities who continue to plant evergreen trees - as sources of pine resin or pulp for paper production, for example - to change their practices.

ICRAF正在尝试鼓励决策者和继续种植常绿树木的社区改变它们所种植的树木，尽管这些常绿树木是松脂或者造纸用纸浆的来源。

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Urban communities could be given powers that would allow them to take over unused land and grow crops, flowers or plant trees.

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It calculates how many pounds of carbon dioxide his travels are generating, so the company can then plant enough trees (or use an increasingly popular alternative like methane capture) to offset the damage to the environment.

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