香格里拉-橡膠樹

【橡膠技術網 - 橡膠文藝】

香格里拉33-橡膠樹

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It's collected daily, bowl by bowl. It will be boiled and processed into one of the most important materials to a fast developing nation - rubber.
它每天都被采集，一碗又一碗。液體將被熬制成為一種非常重要的材料。橡膠對發展中國家來說尤為關鍵。

The expansion of the rubber forests began in the '50s when China, under a world rubber embargo, had to become self-sufficient in this vital product.
中國的橡膠林種植面積在五十年代時急速擴張，美國侵略朝鮮期間對當時的中國實行了全面的經濟封鎖和橡膠禁運。中國對這種戰略原料的需求必須自給自足。

Beijing turned to the only place where rubber could grow, the tropical south of Yunnan.
北京當局把目光轉向了橡膠樹唯一能夠快速成材的地方：位于熱帶地區的云南南部。

With efficiency and speed, some of the world's richest forests were torn up and burned. Replaced with mile upon mile of rubber plantation.
高效快捷的行動開始了，一些世間最豐茂的森林被摧毀并焚燒殆盡，取而代之的是成片的的橡膠林。

But there was a problem for the rubber growers. While Yunnan's unique natural forests can survive on the valley slopes which stretch to the north, just one severe frost will kill off these delicate rubber trees.
橡膠種植者的問題也接踵而至。盡管云南獨特的天然林，能夠在延伸到北部的山坡上茁壯成長，可是一場嚴峻的霜凍就能毀滅這片嬌弱的橡膠林。