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  • NARRATOR: Imagine this a world without forests, flowers, trees, or grain.

    想像一個沒有森林、花朵樹木或是穀類的世界

  • No kangaroos or cattle.

    沒有袋鼠或牛群

  • No monkeys or pandas.

    沒有猴子或熊貓

  • No lions, tigers or bears.

    沒有獅子、老虎和熊

  • Inconceivable!

    簡直難以置信!

  • Fact is, there's a precious natural resource

    事實上,有一種珍貴的自然資源

  • that all these plants and animals need that's vital for their survival.

    對這些動植物的生存至關重要

  • And it's being degraded daily.

    但現在每天都在退化中

  • We humans also rely on this precious resource.

    我們人類也依賴著這項寶貴的資源

  • We grow food in it and build, walk, and ride on it every day.

    我們用它來種植,每天在它上頭建設、走路和開車

  • But as a society, we give little attention to taking care of it.

    但我們所在的社會經常忽略對它的照顧

  • Which natural resource are we talking about?

    我們在說的是什麼自然資源呢?

  • Soil.

    土壤

  • Soil for life.

    生命所需的土壤

  • Soil is one of our most important natural resources.

    土壤是我們最重要的自然資源之一

  • We, and all land-based plants and animals,

    我們以及所有陸生動植物

  • can't survive without its critical support.

    沒有了它關鍵的支持就無法生存

  • Healthy fertile soil doesn't only support food production,

    健康肥沃的土壤不只有助於食物的生產

  • it also stores and purifies water.

    也能儲存與淨化水

  • And it's vital for biodiversity.

    對於生物多樣性更是至關重要

  • Did you know that soil plays host to 25% of all our plants' biodiversity?

    你知道土壤維持了25%的植物多樣性嗎?

  • Soil also contains more organic carbon than there

    土壤蘊含的有機炭

  • is in all our land-based vegetation and atmosphere combined.

    比所有陸地植物和大氣層加起來的還多

  • So soil can hold mega amounts of CO2 and play a vitally important role

    土壤能抓住極大量的二氧化碳,在抵銷氣候變遷的效應中

  • in offsetting the effects of climate change.

    扮演了極為重要的角色

  • But all these benefits depend on healthy soil.

    但這些益處都需依靠健康的土壤

  • Unfortunately, poor land management around the world

    不幸的是,全世界各地不良的土地管理

  • is making soil susceptible to water and wind erosion,

    使土壤容易被水和風侵蝕

  • loss of nutrients and biodiversity, increased salinity,

    土壤的養分和生物多樣性流失,鹽度增加

  • and various other threats that make them unhealthy.

    還有其他各種不利因素造成土壤不健康

  • With soil degradation occurring every day,

    由於每天都在發生的土壤退化

  • the soil's ability to support our ever-growing population and life

    土壤支撐我們不斷增長的人口與地球萬物的能力

  • on Earth is being significantly reduced.

    正在大幅衰退中

  • Because soil degradation happens much faster than soil formation

    正因為土壤退化的速度遠比土壤形成或再生

  • or regeneration, it is vital that we do more now

    快速太多,我們必須立刻採取行動

  • to protect soil for future generations before it's too late.

    在一切太遲之前,為未來的世代保護土壤

  • Sound like a good idea to you?

    聽起來是個好主意吧?

  • Join us in the Soil4Life MOOC and learn about sustainable soil management

    加入Soil4Life大型開放式線上課程,開始學習

  • for the future.

    土壤永續管理

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