One of the reasons for the ongoing disaster...

酿成此等灾难的原因之一
Is these shrimp farms installed on the mangroves' rich waters.

就是在富含营养的红树林水域建立养虾场
Ventilators aerate pools full of antibiotics...

鼓风机取代了红树林
To prevent the asphyxiation of the shrimps,

不停向富含抗生素的池中输氧
Not that of the mangroves.

防止虾类窒息
Since the 1960s, deforestation has constantly gathered pace.

1960年代以来森林砍伐愈演愈烈
Everyyear, 13 million hectares of tropical forest-

每年有1300万公顷
An area the size of illinois-

面积相当于伊利诺斯州的热带森林
Disappear in smoke and as lumber.

消失在浓烟中沦为木材
The world's largest rain forest, the amazon,

世上最大的热带雨林亚马逊
Has already been reduced by 20%.

其面积已缩小20%
The forest gives way to cattle ranches or soybean farms.

森林被养牛场和大豆田取代