Human beings have become an environmental force that is changing our world - and not always for the better. Since the mid-20th Century, rising populations and intensified carbon-based production has marked the beginning of an era on our planet - one dominated by accelerated emissions, deforestation, global extinction, plastic pollution and contaminated oceans.
人類一直致力于改變世界——但不總是朝著更好的方向發展。自20世紀中葉起，不斷增加的人口數量和碳排放量，標志著我們這個星球一個新時代的開始——污染排放、森林退化、物種滅絕、塑料和海洋污染的時代。

Qinghai province is home to China’s first national park, Sanjiangyuan, an area that marks the nation’s increasing focus on environmental protection, preservation and cleaner energy.
三江源國家公園位于青海省，是中國第一座國家公園。這座國家公園的成立，標志著中國越來越重視環境保護與清潔能源的利用。

Having grown into the world’s largest producer and consumer of renewable energy sources, it has become of equal importance for China to not only change existing forms of consumption, but also protect ecological areas from destruction.
在成為世界上最大的可再生能源生產國和消費國的同時，中國不僅改變了現有的消費形式，同時也在保護生態區域免受破壞。

Asia’s three great rivers - the Yellow, Yangtze and Mekong - all flow through Sanjiangyuan, an area of diverse ecosystems, soil types and wildlife. Divided into management zones according to particular needs, the degradation of pastures and extinction of endangered species has since been halted.
亞洲的三大河流——黃河、長江和湄公河——都流經三江源，這是一個由不同生態系統、土壤類型和野生動物組成的地區。人們根據相應的需求將這里劃分為多個管理區域進行保護，使牧場退化和瀕危物種滅絕的現象逐漸消失。

Combined with the strategic introduction of eco-centric job opportunities for local residents in the area, the preservation project is an example of how China is resolving environmental to the essential benefit of not only the planet, but also, the people.
除此之外，政府為當地居民提供了與生態保護相關的工作機會，三江源生態保護項目成為了中國致力解決環境問題的實例。在綠色發展的引領下，中國正在推動綠色低碳循環發展新模式，留住綠水青山。

（來源：中國日報網? 編輯：Julie）