..續本文上一頁 by 2 billion 400 million stock animals and besides this the farming industry also results in 80 million tons of CO2 yearly.
書中又說：
Her book also states,
“與此同時，在牧場戶主及谷物飼料農民的擴展下，大幅度地把亞馬遜熱帶雨林鏟夷爲喂養牲畜的谷物飼料土地。”
“At the same time, the increase in ranchers and feed farmers causes huge tracks of Amazon Rain Forests to be wiped out for land to produce animal feed grain.”
那就是說，人類爲了大量飼養供人類食用的動物，擴張工廠式的畜牧業及發展飼料用的農地，一方面毫無忌憚的製造甲烷、二 氧化碳等溫室氣體，排放到地球表面；
This is to say, that in order for us to massively feed the animals that we eat, we need to expand the animal farm industry and develop their feed grain farmland. On the one hand we unscrupulously produce methane emissions, CO2, and on the other hand discharge greenhouse emissions into the earth”s atmosphere.
另一方面又毫不留情地把本來是地球肺部 -- 把二氧化碳吸入，呼出氧氣的熱帶雨林 -- 狠狠割切，這就無怪乎全球變暖，溫室效應的情況越來越嚴重，造成了當今氣候異常變遷，地球生態瀕臨崩潰的危機了！
We also mercilessly and callously cut down what was originally the earth”s lungs – the tropical rain forests that take in CO2 and breathe out oxygen. No wonder that the entire planet is becoming warmer, and the greenhouse effect is becoming more and more serious, bringing about today”s erratic weather and the crisis of the collapse of the earth”s eco-endangered life forms.
在二○○七年，與美國前副總統戈爾平分諾貝爾和平獎的聯合國氣候變遷小組(UN IPCC)的獲獎報告就是動員二千五百位科學家，經過六年的研究，發現了人類的生活型態是造成全球暖化的主因。
It was discovered by the United Nations Panel on Climate Change (UN IPCC)”s award-winning report, which mobilized 2500 scientists to do six years of research, that human lifestyle is the main cause of global warming. In 2007, the panel shared the Nobel Peace Prize with former U.S. Vice President Al Gore.
該氣候變遷小組主席帕喬理博士說：
Chairman of the Climate Change Committee, Dr. Pachouri said:
“請盡量少吃肉，肉類産生非常多的溫室效應氣體。
"Please eat as little meat as possible; meat products produce a great deal of greenhouse gases.
“多騎單車或走路，不要動不動到那裏都開車。”
"Bicycle or walk more, and do not just drive everywhere at the drop of a hat."
“只買你所需要的，不要看到什麼東西都買。”
"Only buy what you need, and do not buy everything you see."
帕喬理博士所提出的叁種生活型態的改變：
The three lifestyle changes that Dr. Pachouri proposed:
素食、節能、簡樸都很有建設性，而其中素食一項，更是中國大乘佛教一直提倡的，從慈悲的角度來看，素食是積極的不殺生(佛教基本五戒的第一戒)，愛護衆生；
Vegetarianism, saving energy, living simply are all very constructive, of which vegetarianism has always been advocated by Chinese Mahayana Buddhism. Looking at it from the perspective of compassion, vegetarianism is the ardent non-killing of sentient beings (the first of the five basic Buddhist Precepts), the love and protection of sentient beings;
從智慧的角度來看，素食是順應自然的法則，不作傷害物命的惡行，才可以得到化戾氣爲祥和的善果。
Looking at it from a wise point of view, vegetarianism is in line with natural law; to not commit the evil act of harming living things is the only way we can achieve the positive effects of transforming hostility into harmony.
中歐國家索芬尼亞的國家主席德諾維斯基博士早在十五年前已經公開支持全民素食，他說：
The State President of the Central European country of Slovenia, Dr. Janez Drnovsek, as early as fifteen years ago openly supported everyone being vegetarian, he said,
“違反自然，人類能耐多久不受惡果的懲罰？”(注叁)
“How long can humankind”s challenge to nature go unpunished
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地球暖化，冰山溶解，海嘯地震肆虐、水災旱災接踵而至…，大地母親已經在咆哮了，我們應趕快放下口味感覺之欲，改變肉食的習慣，選擇素食的生活型態，盡一己之力，改變全球暖化的危機！
The havoc of global warming - melting glaciers, tsunamis, earthquakes, floods and drought following one after another are hard at heel ... the earth mother is already screaming. We should quickly let go of our attachment to flavor and change our meat eating habits and choose a vegetarian lifestyle. With all our might we should end this global warming crisis!
(二)新孳生的傳染病威脅
2．The Threat of Emerging Infectious Diseases
所謂新孳生的傳染病包括了一九八一年冒起的愛滋病，二○○叁年在亞洲出現的非典，二十世紀初在歐美出現的瘋牛症，二○○叁年爆發的豬鏈球菌病疫，與及目前受到嚴重關注的禽流感，特別是目前已演變到禽鳥傳染人類的H5N1變型禽流感。
The new breed of emerging infectious diseases including AIDS which surf…
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