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進入Nearly half of the world’s migratory species are in decline, UN report says 聯合國報告：全球近半數遷徙物種正減少
巴西志工協助一隻被捕獲的海龜。聯合國報告指出，全球進半數遷徙動物正減少。（美聯社）
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Nearly half of the world’s migratory species are in decline, according to a new United Nations report.
全球近半數遷徙物種正減少，根據聯合國一份新報告說。
Many songbirds, sea turtles, whales, sharks and other migratory animals move to different environments with changing seasons and are imperiled by habitat loss, illegal hunting and fishing, pollution and climate change.
許多鳴禽、海龜、鯨魚、鯊魚與其他遷徙動物隨著季節變化遷移至不同環境，受到棲地流失、非法狩獵、捕撈、污染與氣候變遷的威脅。
About 44% of migratory species worldwide are declining in population, the report found. More than a fifth of the nearly 1,200 species monitored by the U.N. are threatened with extinction.
報告發現，全球約44％的遷徙性物種數量正在減少。在聯合國監測的近1200個物種中，超過5分之1面臨滅絕威脅。
“These are species that move around the globe. They move to feed and breed and also need stopover sites along the way,” said Kelly Malsch, lead author of the report. Habitat loss or other threats at any point in their journey can lead to dwindling populations.
「這些物種在全球遷移，牠們為覓食、繁殖遷移，沿途也需要中途停留的據點」，報告主要作者凱莉‧麥爾許說。旅程中任何時間點的棲地流失或其他威脅可能導致族群數量萎縮。
新聞辭典
imperil：陷入危險、危及。例句：Tax increases will imperil economic recovery.（加稅將危及經濟復甦）。
stopover：中途停留。例句：The Sunday flights will make a stopover in Paris.（週日的航班將在巴黎中途停留）。
