Like brown bears and polar bears, sloth bears may have evolved in an environment with few trees.

和棕熊和北极熊一样，树懒熊可能是在树木稀少的环境中进化而来的。

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Forests are spreading in almost all Western countries, with the fastest growth in places that historically had rather few trees.

几乎所有西方国家的森林都在扩大，过去树木相当少的地方增长最快。

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In fact, Wang Chengbang's work in the first few years failed as very few trees survived.

事实上，王成帮最初几年的工作失败了，因为很少有树存活下来。

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There are areas with few trees but also few people,and areas with many trees and many people.

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With few trees to cut for fuel, they collected whatever they could find.

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A few trees have lost their canopies.

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Forests Monitor is still sceptical that Sarawak, which has few trees left but large deposits of oil, will ever benefit.

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De Poli made an arrangement with nearby coconut planters to supply him with a few trees for the kitchen each week.

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Other possible uses include scattering motes across a forest floor so firefighters can spot a fire when it has burned just a few trees.

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