42. Endangered Forests Flashcards

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Sauver, sauvegarder la forêt

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To save / to preserve the forest

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Les forêts en danger

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Endangered forests

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La forêt pluviale amazonienne

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The Amazon rainforest

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La forêt tropicale

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The tropical forest

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Un forêt nuageuse

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A cloud forest

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Un habitat, un biotope

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A habitat

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La biodiversité

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Biodiversity

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Un écosystème

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An ecosystem

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La photosynthèse

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Photosynthesis

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Un cèdre

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A cedar

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Un séquoia

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A sequoia / a redwood

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Un platane

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A plane tree

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Un chêne

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An oak

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Un pin

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A pine tree

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Un sycomore

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A sycamore

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De l’acajou

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Mahogany

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La déforestation

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Deforestation

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Être menacé

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To be under threat

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Empiéter sur la forêt

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To encroach upon the forest

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Un incendie de forêt

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A forest fire

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Abattre des arbres

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To cut down trees

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Un tronc d’arbre

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A treetrunk

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L’abattage des arbres

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Un rondin

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Un bûcheron
A logger / a woodcutter
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Le bois de charpente
Timber / lumber
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Le bois de chauffage
Firewood
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Un fournisseur de bois de charpente
A timber supplier
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Scier
To saw
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Une scierie
A sawmill (GB) / a lumbermill (US)
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Une tronçonneuse
A chain saw
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La reforestation
Reforestation / reafforestation
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Un programme de plantation d'arbres
A tree-planting programme
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Un forestier
A forester
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La gestion de la forêt
The management of the forest
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La sylviculture durable
Sustainable forestry
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Empêcher l'érosion du sol
To prevent soil erosion
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Réduire le risque de glissement de terrain
To reduce the risk of landslide
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Absorber du gaz carbonique
To soak carbon dioxide
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Les poumons de la planète
The lungs of the planet
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Les deux-tiers des forêts mondiales ont définitivement disparu et une étendue de la superficie de l'Angleterre et du pays de Galles disparaît chaque année
Two thirds of the world's forest have been lost for ever and an area the size of England and Wales disappears each year
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Les forêts sont grignotées dans le monde entier
Forests are being nibbled at all over the world
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Transformée en papier
Turned into paper
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Si la déforestation continue au rythme actuel, la forêt pluviale brésilienne pourrait avoir disparu complètement dans moins de 50 ans
If deforestation continues at the present rate, rainforest in Brazil could be wiped out entirely within 50 years
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Le grenier à grain du monde
The granary of the world
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Le fait que les fermiers brésiliens dépendent de plus en plus du soja menace de détruire la forêt pluviale
Brazilian farmers' increasing dependence on soya threatens to destroy the rainforest
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L'amenuisement de la forêt amazonienne est un désastre pour la biodiversité et pour les tendances climatiques de la planète
The shrinking of the Amazon forest is a disaster for species diversity and global weather patterns
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Tous les espèces animales et végétales
All plant and animal species
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Les forêts peuvent être considérées comme la machine qu'utilise la nature pour recycler le gaz carbonique
Forest can be seen as nature's machine for recycling carbon dioxide