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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He claimed it was the most significant cut in deforestation since his institute started monitoring rainforest destruction with satellite technology in 1988.

他说，自1988年其机构开始使用卫星技术追踪雨林退化状况以来，这是最显著的降幅了。

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Between 2003 and 2009, the deforestation rate of Amazonas, Brazil's most forested state, which has more rainforest than any country save Brazil itself, dropped by 70%.

自2003年至2009年间，亚马逊州的森林砍伐率下降了70%，它拯救了巴西自身。亚马逊州是巴西森林覆盖率最高的地区，甚至拥有比其他任何国家都多的热带雨林。

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But environmentalists campaigned for a total veto of the bill, which they said would spur deforestation in the Amazon rainforest.

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Given that Brazil holds approximately one-third of the world's biodiversity and 20% of its fresh water in the Amazon rainforest, it is also becoming a leader in fields ranging from combating deforestation (which has dropped by 80% since 2004) to plant genetics.

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There are also some ecosystems, such as the boreal forests of Canada and Siberia and the Amazon rainforest, which are huge absorbers of carbon dioxide, but which are changing rapidly because of temperature increases and deforestation.

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