In 2015, the US Forest Service for the first time spent more than half of its $5.5 billion annual budget fighting fires—nearly double the percentage it spent on such efforts 20 years ago.

2015年，美国林务局首次使用55亿美元年度预算的一半以上用于灭火——这几乎是20年前火灾支出所占比例的两倍。

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But can such efforts stem the tide?

但是，这种努力可以扭转局面吗？

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In the past, though, many such efforts have flopped.

过去也有很多这样的努力，不过都失败了。

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The problem,he says, is that policy makers and planners have been slow to recognize this and to support such efforts.

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The government of the United States, including the military and naval forces, will recognize and protect the freedom of such persons, and will interfere in no way with any efforts they may make for their actual freedom.

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It conditions such aid on Pakistani efforts to combat nuclear proliferation, fight terrorism, and uphold democracy.

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But nationalist fervour in Quebec has always resisted such efforts at boosting by its advocates.

ECONOMIST: Canada

Citadel Capital's Ahmed Heikal says that such efforts need to be replicated throughout the region.

ECONOMIST: A silent social revolution

The focus of such efforts is on the tangible benefits they deliver in our daily lives.

WHITEHOUSE: The White House