国际爱护动物基金亚洲地区总代表葛芮呼吁，中国停止消费野生动物，让老虎、大象、黑猩猩和鲨鱼等濒危动物不再成为盘中餐。
China must turn its back on the trade in endangered wildlife like tigers, elephants, chimpanzees and sharks, says IFAW's Grace Gabriel
中国地方环保官员认为外国人应为中国的污染问题负责。
China’s local environmental official believes foreigners should be blamed for China’s pollution problems
黄浦江上漂浮的近6000头死猪再次将牲畜养殖和食品安全问题推上了风头浪尖。
The discovery of thousands of dead pigs in Shanghai river have highlighted concerns over farming practices and food safety
本世纪中叶，北极冰层有可能会薄到可以使船只穿越北极
By mid-century, the Arctic ice sheet could be thin enough to allow ships to sail over the north pole
野生动植物专家指出，所谓“八国帮”的违法活动，正在威胁大象种群的生存
Illicit activity by so-called "gang of eight" is threatening elephant population, says wildlife experts
A new report celebrates the work of a wave of reformist capitalists, pushing for a new kind of economics
中国评论界对即将卸任的温家宝所做的环境宣言并不寄予厚望，而是希望下届政府能在环境问题上做出实际行动。
Chinese commentators express scepticism about the outgoing premier's speech, saying they hope for more than promises from the next government
多个提案强调大气治理与土壤污染，呼吁生态文明立法保障
Many proposals stress controls on air and soil pollution and call for legislative safeguards for an ecological civilization
中国环保部以全国土壤污染数据属于“国家秘密”为由，拒绝了北京律师董正伟的信息公开申请
The Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) has refused Beijing lawyer Dong Zhengwei’s request for soil pollution data – claiming the data is a “state secret.”
不能有效控制国内象牙和老虎肢体交易让中国成为了野生动物峰会的焦点
Failure to control its domestic ivory and tiger body parts trade has put China in the spotlight at wildlife summit
中国、中东及非洲的气候变化可能导致蝗灾频发，农作物歉收
Climatic changes in China, the Middle East and Africa could see more severe outbreaks of locusts devastating food crops
气候变化所引起的担忧还不足以推动除了政治对话之外的实质性行动。
Fear of the distant horrors of climate change isn't enough to drive anything more than just political talk and hand-wringing
中国正在尝试利用水交易来解决保证供应公平和避免生态破坏这个双重问题。
China approaches water trading with the twin problems of ensuring equity of supply and avoiding ecological damage
通过对藏羚羊基因组的研究，科学家揭开了这种可以在高海拔平原地区高速奔跑的濒危动物的奥秘。
Scientists have mapped the genome of China's much-loved but endangered Tibetan antelope, able to gallop across high-altitude plains at high speed
印度农业遭遇危机，农民自杀事件接连发生，兰詹娜•帕迪的新作《遗孀》讲述了这一背景下妇女的艰难处境。
Written against the backdrop of continuing suicides among Indian farmers, a new book describes the impact of the country’s agricultural crisis on women
短评 in brief
如果人类不能消除对生态和地球系统的无知，世界将会怎样？卡斯帕•亨德森认为，弗雷德•古特尔的《物种的命运》一书对最坏的情形进行了令人惊心的概述。
The Fate of the Species by Fred Guterl is a bracing overview of the worst that can happen if humans do not overcome their ecological and Earth-systems illiteracy, writes Caspar Henderson.
