Those are the peatlands of the Congo Basin.

这些是刚果盆地的泥炭地。

We see that that's surrounded and sustained by peatlands.

我们看到它被泥炭地环绕和滋养着。

It will be devastating if the same fate were to befall the peatlands of the Congo Basin.

如果同样的命运降临到刚果盆地的泥炭地上，那将是毁灭性的。

Here you can see how peatlands grow in their natural, wet state.

这里你可以看到泥炭地是如何在它们自然的、潮湿的状态下生长的。

For example, peatlands are turf areas consisting of partially decayed vegetation and other organic matter.

比如泥炭地是由于部分腐烂植被及其他有机物组成的植草区域。

It is a high-altitude, forested watershed, high rainfall with high water storage capacity due to peatlands.

这是一个高海拔森林流域，降雨量大，泥炭地的蓄水能力强。

The peatlands of the Congo Basin absorb a large majority of that.

刚果盆地的泥炭地吸收了其中的大部分。

A couple of years ago, scientists discovered that these tropical peatlands are probably the largest carbon sink in the world.

几年前，科学家们发现这些地处热带的泥炭地，可能是世界上最大的碳汇区。

Our forests, peatlands and oceans are more than the carbon that they store.

我们的森林、泥炭地和海洋不仅仅是它们储存的碳。

The carbon emissions produced when peatlands burn may be well nigh irreversible.

泥炭地燃烧产生的碳排放可能几乎是不可逆转的。

And the communities that live around the peatlands have no access to basic services.

生活在泥炭地周围的社区无法获得基本服务。

With 30 billion tons of carbon sequestered in the peatlands, we're talking at 1.5 trillion.

泥炭地封存了 300 亿吨碳，我们说的是 1.5 万亿吨。

Logging licenses have already been awarded. And many of the communities that live around the peatlands have just this for survival.

我们授予伐木许可证，而且生活在泥炭地周围的许多社区只有这种维持生计的方式。

However, the peatlands are under threat.

然而，泥炭地正受到威胁。

First of all, carbon markets perpetuate the notion that our forests and peatlands are all about carbon.

首先，碳市场延续了我们的森林和泥炭地都与碳有关的观念。

Though peatlands are often waterlogged and, at high latitudes, frozen, heat and drought could overcome these fire protections.

尽管泥炭地经常被水淹没，而且在高纬度地区， 冰冻、高温和干旱可能会突破这些防火措施。

And many of the communities that live around the peatlands have just this for survival.

生活在泥炭地周围的许多社区正是以此为生。

And I think it's worth separating them out because it's hugely important to drive money towards protecting those sinks, rain forests, peatlands.

而且我认为将它们分开是值得的，因为将资金用于保护这些水槽、雨林和泥炭地非常重要。

We're used to thinking about the continent in terms of its forests, its peatlands, its grasslands, its wetlands that need to be preserved.

我们习惯于从森林、泥炭地、草原、需要保护的湿地来考虑这片大陆。

Now, that's sponge is sustained by forests, protecting water or creating rainfall, receiving rainfall and flushing it down into the peatlands that hold that water for thousands of years.

这块海绵由森林支撑着，保护水源或制造降雨，接受降雨并将其冲刷到泥炭地中，而泥炭地能将水保持数千年。