据外媒报道，《Nature》杂志刊登一项研究指出，蜜蜂与蝴蝶等授粉生物（Pollinator）数量呈现下滑趋势，如果不设法阻止，全球约四分之三的农作物以及14亿工作机会将受到影响。
英国瑞丁大学（UniversityofReading）发布声明指出，除非遏制全球授粉生物数量下降，否则世界粮食供应与就业将有风险。
动物授粉直接影响约3/4的重要作物，包括大部分的水果、种子与坚果，以及咖啡、可可亚及油菜等经济作物。研究团队指出，授粉生物每年增加约2350亿到5770亿美元的农作生产。
部分原文报道如下：
about 1.4 billion jobs and three-quarters of all crops depend on pollinators, researchers said Monday warning of a dire threat to human welfare if the falls in bee and butterfly numbers are not halted.
“World food supplies and jobs are at risk unless urgent action is taken to stop global declines of pollinators,” said a statement from the University of Reading, whose researchers took part in the global review.
Animal pollination directly affects about three-quarters of important crop types, including most fruits, seeds and nuts and high-value products such as coffee, cocoa and oilseed rape.
原文链接：http://sports.yahoo.com/news/1-4-bn-jobs-depend-pollinators-161811004.html
日期：2016-11-30
