树木森林能够净化大气、调节气候、滋养水源、保持土壤、美化环境,这是识字课本中都会涉及到的常识,包括小学生都懂得树木通过光合作用生产人们赖以生存的氧气。其实,森林的功能不只这些,它还保护着生物多样性,为人类发展提供资源。自8000年前大规模农业开垦以来,全球森林面积 Tree forests can purify the atmosphere, regulate the climate, nourish the water, keep the soil, and beautify the environment. This is common knowledge in literacy textbooks. Primary school students know that trees produce oxygen through photosynthesis. In fact, the function of forests is not only these, but it also protects biodiversity and provides resources for human development. The global forest area since the massive agricultural reclamation of 8000 years ago