联合国发言人：森林对世界健康至关重要

Forests are essential for the health of the entire world, UN secretary-general's spokesman Stephane Dujarric said Thursday at a press briefing about the Amazon fires in Brazil,Trendreports citing Xinhua.

趋势报道援引新华社报道，周四在巴西亚马逊火灾新闻发布会上,联合国秘书长发言人迪雅里克说，森林对全世界的健康至关重要。

"We are obviously following the reports very closely. We're very concerned about these fires," he said, noting that the fires cause immediate damage and sustaining the forests is crucial in the fight against climate change.

“我们显然在密切关注这些报道。我们非常担心这些火灾，”他说，并指出火灾会立即造成破坏，维持森林对应对气候变化至关重要。

"The international community recognizes this importance of the forests, not only the Amazon, but also the forests in the Congo Basin, in Indonesia," Dujarric said.

迪雅里克说：“国际社会认识到森林的重要性，不仅是亚马逊河流域的森林，还有印度尼西亚刚果盆地的森林。”

Xinhua reported earlier from Brasilia that data from the National Institute for Space Research showed the number of forest fires in Brazil soared by 82 percent from January to August this year compared to the same period last year.

新华社早些时候从巴西利亚报道说，国家空间研究所的数据显示，今年1月至8月，巴西的森林火灾数量比去年同期激增82%。

Environmentalists argued the surge of fires in several Amazonian states this month was caused by farmers clearing land.

环保人士认为，本月亚马逊几个州的火灾激增是由于农民清理土地造成的。