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Experts predict nine billion people will live on our planet by 2050.They say by that time demand for food will be two times what it is now.Officials are worried about that prediction because many people already suffer from a lack of food.
专家预测2050年地球上将有90亿人口。他们表示到那时，食物的需求量将是现在的2倍。官员对这一预测表示担心，因为现在很多人已经没有食物吃。
More than 800 million people go to bed hungry.A solution to the problem may be as close as our forests.A new report says forests could help reduce hunger and improve nutrition if they are properly managed.
8亿多人饿着肚子睡觉。问题的解决办法可能就在与我们关系紧密的森林。一份新报告发现森林若管理适当，可以减少饥饿，提高营养。
Sayay Veoun works at the Cambodian Federation for Bee Conservation.He says some of the best honey in the world comes from forests in southern Cambodia.He says they work with five local honey buyers who work with 42 honey collectors.
Sayay Veoun在柬埔寨蜜蜂保护联合会工作。他说世界上最好的一些蜂蜜产自于柬埔寨南部森林。他说他们同当地5家蜂蜜采购商合作，这些采购商又同42位采蜜人合作。
People like Hak Laang buy the honey at stores in the capital, Phnom Penh.She says it smells like fresh flowers.She says the smell means it is natural honey from the jungle.
Hak Laang他们这些人在首都金边的商店购买蜂蜜。她说蜂蜜闻起来像鲜花。她说这香味表明它是产自丛林的天然蜂蜜。
Healthy forests provide half of the fresh fruit we eat worldwide.They also produce valuable crops like coffee, avocados, cashews and other healthful seeds and nuts.
我们吃的来自世界各地的新鲜水果，有一半来自健康的森林。森林也有昂贵的作物，比如咖啡豆，牛油果，腰果和其他有益健康的瓜子和坚果。
Bhaskar Vira is the director of the University of Cambridge Conservation Research Institute and an expert with the International Union of Forest Research Organizations, or IUFRO.It recently released a report at the United Nations about forest and jungle foods.
Bhaskar Vira是剑桥大学保护研究所的主任和国际森林研究机构，简称IUFRO的专家。该机构最近在联合国发表了一份关于森林和丛林食物的报告。
Mr. Vira says crops that grow on trees can help feed people living in and around forests."It's like an insurance policy.Having access to those tree-based foods is hugely important when you can't buy food from other sources or when you can't produce food because your fields have failed."
Vira表示长在树上的作物有助于养活住在森林里或附近的人们。它就像一个保险单。当你不能从别处买到食物，而你的田地也产不出食物时，得到这些树上结的果实就特别重要。
The growing of crops requires fields.Many fields are created by clearing, or removing, trees.But Mr. Vira says properly managed fields and forests can exist together.
作物生长需要田地。许多田地是靠清理或扫除树木而来。但Vira说管理得当的田地和森林可以共存。
He says if you increase food production in the field, you can keep the forest and trees.He says they are important for the products and services they provide.The report says that forest health and economic value improves when people who live in or near forests are given greater control of them.
他说如果你想增加田地食物的产量，你要保住森林和树木。他说它们对自身产的果实和提供的服务很重要。报道说如果住在森林里或附近的人们能更大程度地控制森林，森林的健康和经济价值会得到提升。
For example, a project in Ghana aims for proper management of forests and fields together.The people involved hope to grow the Allanblackia plant.The oil from its seed can be used in soap, beauty products and food.
比如，加纳的一个项目的目的就在于合理管理森林和田地。相关人士希望种植阿兰藤黄。种子提炼的油可以用于肥皂，美容产品和食物中。
Okai Michael Henchard leads the project.He says he will help people who live nearby.He says they earn money and get trees on their land.The trees provide shade and improve air quality.Mr. Henchard says the project also helps fight climate change.
欧凯·迈克尔·亨查德负责指挥该项目。他说他会帮助附近的居民。他说他们靠土地挣钱，在土地上种树。树可以遮阴，提高空气质量。亨查德说该项目也有助于应对气候变化。
I'm Marsha James.
我是玛莎·詹姆斯
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