52 new species discovered in Borneo rainforests, WWF

时间：2006-12-20 01:03:06

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Photo taken on June 27, 2006 shows an Enhydris Gyii, known locally in West Kalimantan as Kapuas mud snake, which can change the color of its skin. Researchers scouring1 through Borneo island have discovered at least 52 new species of animals and plants since 2005.
 
Chinanews, Beijing, Dec. 19 - At least 52 new species of animals and plants have been identified this past year on the island of Borneo, according to scientists.

 

According to a report by WWF, the discoveries include 30 unique fish species, two tree frog species, 16 ginger2 species, three tree species and one large-leafed plant species.

 

WWF says that these findings further highlight the need to conserve3 the habitat and species of the world’s third largest island.

 

“The more we look the more we find,” said Stuart Chapman, WWF International Coordinator4 of the Heart of Borneo Programme. “These discoveries reaffirm Borneo’s position as one of the most important centres of biodiversity in the world.”

 

Many of these creatures new to science are amazing: a miniature fish – the world’s second smallest vertebrate, measuring less than one centimetre in length and found in the highly acidic blackwater peat swamps of the island.

 

Several of these new species were found in the “Heart of Borneo”, a 220 thousand sq km mountainous region covered with equatorial rainforest in the centre of the island. But WWF also warns that this habitat continues to be threatened with large areas of forest being increasingly cleared for rubber, oil palm and pulp5 production. Since 1996, deforestation across Indonesia has increased to an average of 2 million hectares per year and today only half of Borneo's original forest cover remains6, according to the global conservation organization.

 

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1 scouring 02d824effe8b78d21ec133da3651c677     
擦[洗]净，冲刷，洗涤
参考例句：
  • The police are scouring the countryside for the escaped prisoners. 警察正在搜索整个乡村以捉拿逃犯。
  • This is called the scouring train in wool processing. 这被称为羊毛加工中的洗涤系列。
2 ginger bzryX     
n.姜，精力，淡赤黄色；adj.淡赤黄色的；vt.使活泼，使有生气
参考例句：
  • There is no ginger in the young man.这个年轻人没有精神。
  • Ginger shall be hot in the mouth.生姜吃到嘴里总是辣的。
3 conserve vYRyP     
vt.保存，保护，节约，节省，守恒，不灭
参考例句：
  • He writes on both sides of the sheet to conserve paper.他在纸张的两面都写字以节省用纸。
  • Conserve your energy,you'll need it!保存你的精力，你会用得着的！
4 coordinator Gvazk6     
n.协调人
参考例句：
  • The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, headed by the Emergency Relief Coordinator, coordinates all UN emergency relief. 联合国人道主义事务协调厅在紧急救济协调员领导下，负责协调联合国的所有紧急救济工作。
  • How am I supposed to find the client-relations coordinator? 我怎么才能找到客户关系协调员的办公室？
5 pulp Qt4y9     
n.果肉，纸浆；v.化成纸浆，除去...果肉，制成纸浆
参考例句：
  • The pulp of this watermelon is too spongy.这西瓜瓤儿太肉了。
  • The company manufactures pulp and paper products.这个公司制造纸浆和纸产品。
6 remains 1kMzTy     
n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹
参考例句：
  • He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
  • The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

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