Protective functions of forest resources have strong cross-sectoral aspects, as the benefits to agriculture and rural livelihoods are high.

森林资源的保护功能具有很强的跨部门特点，对农业和农村生活有很高的效益。

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WASHINGTON, June 16, 2009 - Around 85 percent of Sub-Saharan Africans live in rural areas and are fully dependent on the land for their livelihoods.

华盛顿，2009年6月16日—撒哈拉以南非洲地区大约有86%的人口生活在农村，完全依赖土地谋取生计。

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Another often overlooked group of farmers is the more than 200 million Africans who rely on livestock for their livelihoods, or 20% of the total population and 70% of the rural poor.

另一群常被忽视的农民群体是两亿多依赖养牲口谋生的非洲人，他们占据人口的百分之二十，农村贫困人口的百分之七十。

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It can ensure that poor,rural people, whose lives and livelihoods, depend on the earth's productive capacity, have the means to produce more and to produce it better, GDP growth generated by agriculture has been shown to be at least twice as effective in reducing poverty as growth in other sectors. In recent years, more attention is being paid to the importance of smallholder farms.

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Protected areas play an important role in conserving the biodiversity and thus sustaining rural livelihoods.

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The on-going loss of tropical forests, and the implications that has for climate change, biodiversity, rural livelihoods and water supplies illustrates the reason why environmental groups are still very much needed, despite the successes of the past.

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