Abstract: Urban development is facing an ecological crisis as the destruction of environment.

文摘：随着环境污染日趋严重，现代城市建设面临着生态环境危机。

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Destruction of the environment is one of the most serious challenges we face.

环境的破坏是我们所面临的最严峻的挑战之一。

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But the flip side is the steady exhaustion of resources and destruction of the environment.

但是与所有增长相对立的是资源逐渐耗尽、环境日益恶化。

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The destruction of the chimp's natural environment led Miz Goodall to give her full attention to protection efforts.

VOA: special.2009.11.18

There has long been opposition to the prospect of a gold mine and processing plant being built at Skouries in the Halkidiki peninsula, with some residents objecting to what they say will be the destruction of the environment and of pristine forest in the area, leading to the loss of tourism and other local activities such as farming, the rearing of livestock and fishing.

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We both agree that our two countries share extensive common interests in important matters bearing on the survival and development of mankind, such as peace and development, economic cooperation and trade, the prevention of the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, and environment protection.

CNN: AllPolitics - FDCH Transcript

From fighting terrorism and drug trafficking to limiting the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, to protecting the global environment, we stand to gain from working with other nations, and we will surely lose if we fail to do so.

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