most river sections in the cities are contaminated to varying degrees, with 52 percent of the river sections seriously polluted.
植樹造林，功在當代，利在千秋。
forestation contributes to contemporary times and brings benefits to future generations.
我們決不能走“先污染後治理”的老路。
we should not step onto the same road of treatment after pollution.
中國在發展經濟的'同時，將處理好與人口、資源和環境的關係。
while developing its economy, china will balance population, resources and the environment.
政府非常重視因人口增長和經濟發展而出現的環境問題。
the government pays great attention to environmental problems arising from china’s population growth and economic development.
重點保護和改善人口與環境資源矛盾尖銳區域的生態環境。
special attention should be paid to protecting and improving the ecological environment in areas with serious imbalance of human and environmental resources.
應合理和節約利用土地，尤其是耕地資源。
land, arable land in particular, should be used rationally and economically.
我們應建立生態農業，加強耕地、水稻、森林、草場、特種等自然資源和生物多樣性保護。
we should establish ecological agriculture; strengthen the protection of natural resources, such as arable land, water, forest, grassland and biological species, and the conservation of biodiversity.
淮河流域水環境惡化趨勢基本得到控制。
the water degradation n the huaihe river valley has been initially put under control.
大氣污染防治取得初步成果。
initial results have been achieved in the prevention and treatment of atmospheric pollution.
水土流失、荒漠化以及草地退貨等現象日益加重，削弱了防風固沙，蓄水保土，保護生物多樣性等生態功能。
soil erosion, desertification and degeneration of grasslands are worsening with each passing day, which weakens the ecological functions of wind break, sand fixing, water storage, soil preservation, and the protection of biodiversity.
可持續建築的兩大特徵是持久、低耗。
