VOANews-保护土地，保护生命1.AtopU.N.advisorsaidonFridaythateveryminute,23hectaresoflandaredegradedbydroughtanddesertification.Hesaidit’sdamagingtheeconomic,socialandenvironmentalpillarsneededforsustainabledevelopment.LucGnacadja,executivesecretaryoftheU.N.ConventiontoCombatDesertification,theUNCCD,wasamongthoseattendingameetinginthesouthwesternAlgeriantownofTinerkouk.ThemeetingmarkedtheDecadeforDesertsandthefightagainstdesertification.星期五联合国最高顾问说到：每一分钟就有23公顷的土地被干旱和荒漠化所毁坏。他说这正在对我们可持续发展所需的经济、社会和环境支柱造成破坏。联合国防治荒漠化公约执行秘书吕克.尼亚卡贾也参加了在阿尔及利亚西南部提奈尔库克镇举行的会议。这次会议标志着土地沙漠化和防止荒漠化战争已达十年。AtopU.N.advisorsaidonFridaythateveryminute,23hectaresoflandaredegradedbydroughtanddesertification.Hesaidit’sdamagingtheeconomic,socialandenvironmentalpillarsneededforsustainabledevelopment.LucGnacadja,executivesecretaryoftheU.N.ConventiontoCombatDesertification,theUNCCD,wasamongthoseattendingameetinginthesouthwesternAlgeriantownofTinerkouk.ThemeetingmarkedtheDecadeforDesertsandthefightagainstdesertification.星期五联合国最高顾问说到：每一分钟就有23公顷的土地被干旱和荒漠化所毁坏。他说这正在对我们可持续发展所需的经济、社会和环境支柱造成破坏。联合国防治荒漠化公约执行秘书吕克.尼亚卡贾也参加了在阿尔及利亚西南部提奈尔库克镇举行的会议。这次会议标志着土地沙漠化和防止荒漠化战争已达十年。重点讲解desertification[dɪˌzɚtəfɪˈkeʃən]（土壤）荒漠化；沙漠化（等于desertization）egThenaturalecologycontinuestodeteriorate,treatmentofwaterandsoilerosionhasprogressedslowly,andthetrendofdesertificationhasintensified.自然生态恶化的趋势仍在发展，水土流失治理进展缓慢，沙漠化扩张的势头日益加剧。2.SpeakingfromTinerkouk–adesertarea–Gnacadjasaidnaturaldesertecosystemsarevaluableandmustbeconserved–butman-madedesertsmustbeavoided.Hewarnedthatlanddegradation–alsoknownadesertification–isaglobalproblem.“Itisunderminingourcapacitytoaddresstheissueofpoverty,ourcapacitytomitigateclimaticdrought,’hesaid.从提奈尔库克开始说起，这是一个沙漠区，尼亚卡贾说天然沙漠生态系统是很有价值的必须好好保存，但是应避免人造的沙漠。他强调土地退化也就是荒漠化是一个全球的问题。他说：“这个问题正在破坏我们解决贫困和减轻气候干旱的能力。”重点讲解ecosystem[ˈɛkoˌsɪstəm,ˈiko-]生态系统egTheAmazonRiverisoneofthegreatriversoftheworldandacomplexandexoticecosystem.亚马逊河是世界上伟大的河流之一，是一个复杂的奇异的生态系统。3Landdegradation,’hesaid,threatensaquifersthatareneededforbiomass–amasso