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Koalas Declared Endangered in Parts of Eastern Australia

????Koalas are officially endangered in eastern Australia as disease, lost habitat and other threats have significantly affected their populations.

?????? 因為疾病考拉已經(jīng)在澳大利亞東部被列為瀕危動物了，棲息地的喪失和其他的威脅已經(jīng)極大地影響了它們的數(shù)量。

????Environment Minister Sussan Ley changed their status from vulnerable（脆弱的） to endangered across the country's east coast on a recommendation（提議） by the government's Threatened Species Scientific Committee.

????在政府的瀕危動物委員會的提議下，環(huán)境部長 Sussan Ley 將它們的地位從易危改變到了瀕危。

????Since 2001, Koala populations have decreased by 33%-61% in New South Wales, and by 50% in Queensland.

????自2001年起，在New South Wales的考拉的數(shù)量就已經(jīng)下降了33%-61%，而在Queensland它們下降了50%。

????Koalas are vulnerable to many threats including disease, climate change and deforestation.?Some koalas are killed by dogs or hit by cars.

????面對許多的威脅考拉是很脆弱的，包括疾病、氣候變化和森林砍伐。還有一些考拉被狗殺死或者被車撞死。

????The Black Summer fires, a period of bushfires（叢林大火） in 2019 and 2020 that killed at least 6,400 koalas, also had a big impact on the population.?The Australian Koala Foundation estimates that there are now less than 100,000 koalas left in the wild, and possibly as few as 43,000.

????夏天的黑色大火——在2019和2020年的叢林大火時期殺死了至少6,400只考拉，這也對考拉的數(shù)量有極大的影響。澳大利亞考拉基金會估計現(xiàn)在生活在野外的考拉不足100,000只，可能只有43,000只。

????In 2020, an inquiry（調(diào)查） in New South Wales found that the species might become extinct before 2050 without urgent action.

????2020在New South Wales的一個調(diào)查發(fā)現(xiàn)如果沒有緊急行動這個物種可能在2050年之前滅絕。

????"Koalas have gone from no-listing to vulnerable to endangered within a decade," said Stuart Blanch, a conservation scientist with the World Wildlife Fund Australia.

????“考拉從不在名單上到易危到瀕危僅僅在十年之內(nèi)，”澳大利亞的世界野外保護協(xié)會的環(huán)保學(xué)家Stuart Blanch這樣說。

????He added that the change in status will not stop the species from going extinct if the government does not introduce better legislation and incentives（鼓勵措施） for landowners to protect the koalas' habitats.

????他補充到瀕危等級的改變不會停止這個物種走向滅絕如果政府不對土地所有者推行更好的法律和鼓勵措施去保護考拉的棲息地。

????According to Ley, the government is trying to help the species in several ways, including restoring（恢復(fù)） their habitats, using drones（遙控飛機） to study them, and developing vaccines（疫苗） to prevent and treat chlamydia, which is common among koalas.