Chinese scientists have linked the increasingly severe storms of the last decade to massive deforestation and over-exploited water resources in southern and eastern China.

中国的科学家们认为，快速增长的严重沙尘暴和过去十年间中国南部的大面积伐木和东部过度开采水源的行为密切相关。

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Brazilian authorities investigating illegal deforestation have accused the suppliers of several UK supermarkets of selling meat linked to massive destruction of the Amazon rainforest.

调查非法毁林的巴西当局指责，一些英国超市供应商所售的肉类，与大规模破坏亚马逊雨林的活动有关连。

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A partial logging ban and massive replanting appear to have reversed China's deforestation, but its grass and agricultural land continue to shrink.

一项部分的砍伐禁令和大规模的重植植被好像已经逆转了中国的森林退化，但是中国的绿地和农耕地还是持续减少。

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