1·Earth is experiencing its "sixth great extinction event" with disease and human activity taking a devastating toll on vulnerable species, according to a major review by conservationists.
根据自然资源保护者的重要回顾报告，地球正经历“第六次大灭绝事件”，因为疾病和人类活动正在令脆弱的物种遭受到灾难性打击。
2·Conservationists say that armed gangs are exploiting the security vacuum to pillage rosewood and ebony from supposedly protected forests on behalf of a so-called "timber Mafia".
自然资源保护者说，那些武装匪徒代表一个所谓的“木材黑手党”利用真空安全区在那些原本受到保护的森林里掠夺红木和乌木。
3·Conservationists have taken the drastic measure of removing all surviving kakapo to predator-free islands, so far averting the extinction of this remarkable bird.
自然资源保护者采取激烈的方法将所有生存的鸮鹉迁到没有天敌的岛屿上，才避免了这种奇异鸟类的灭绝。
4·Many reptiles and amphibians also critically endangered, while up to 70% of plants could be wiped out, say conservationists
自然资源保护者警告，高达70％的植物可能被消灭，而许多爬行动物和两栖动物也处于极度濒危当中。
5·Local knowledge is helping conservationists protect the fragile ecology of northwest China's grasslands.
当地群众帮助自然资源保护者保护中国西北部草原脆弱的生态环境。