This region has a semiarid climate, and for 50 years after its settlement, it supported a low-intensity agricultural economy of cattle ranching and wheat farming.

这里有着半干旱气候，在人们定居50年后，它支撑了一个以牧业和小麦种植为主低密度农业经济。

But no one really wants to talk about this proverbial cow in the room.

但是没有人真正想在这里谈论这个问题（cow in the room，引申 elephant in the room，喻指众人视而不见牧业大问题）。

Animal agriculture is part of a huge ecosystem.

牧业是一个巨大生态系统一部分。

Our Pacific people are also dependent on crops, livestock, agriculture, fisheries, handicrafts for food security and income, and these sectors are also highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change.

太平洋地区人们也依赖农作物、牧业、农业、渔业和手工业来实现粮食安全以及获得收入，而这些行业也极易受到气候变化影响。

Of course, livestock, farming, fishing, and forestry are included.

当然，牧业、农业、渔业和林业也包括在内。

The Senate agriculture committee looked at cattle industry markets including the rise in beef prices.

参议院农业委员会关注着牧业市场，包括牛肉价格上涨。

In the European Union, livestock farming accounts for around 70% of ammonia emissions.

在欧盟，牧业约占氨排70%。

The report also says that intensive livestock operations can pose serious ecological risks.

报告还显，集约化牧业生产会导致严重生态风险。

More than half of these non-CO2 emissions come from, you guessed it, livestock farming.

办过半数非二氧化碳排就和你想一样，来自牧业。

Livestocks are a billion-dollar industry here and losses are never taken lightly.

牧业价值达到了数十亿美元，损失是不容小觑。

61% of Americans are willing to reduce meat consumption to help offset livestock's environmental impacts.

61%美国人愿意减少肉类消费，以帮助降低牧业对环境影响。

We try to find small jobs in livestock as well.

我们也试着在牧业找一些小工作。

At the same time, pastoralism is modernizing, with groups using new technologies.

与此同时，随着牧民群体使用新技术，牧业正在现代化。

Animal agriculture is now recognized as a leading cause of global warming.

如今，牧业已经被认为是全球变暖罪魁祸首之一。

In the village of Chachran Sharif, people depend on livestock for a living.

在查查让谢里夫这个村子，人们以牧业为生。

The worms can be given to aquaculture enterprises and for animal husbandry.

这些蠕虫可以提供给水产养殖企业和牧业。

But because that's the case, animal agriculture takes up over half of New Zealand's total available land and so limits the ability for people to spread out and settle across the islands even further.

但正因为如此，牧业占用了新西兰一半以上可用土地，从而限制了人们在岛屿上进一步分散和定居能力。

They say they'll focus on concrete actions this decade, including working to protect forests and cutting emissions of the planet-eating gas methane, which comes from the production of fossil fuels and from livestock.

他们表，在这十年里，他们将采取切实行动，包括保护森林和减少甲烷排，甲烷这种侵蚀地球气体自于化石燃料生产和牧业。

While some may be able to move to producing milk or eggs, or even growing vegetable crops, many would be faced with their way of life becoming obsolete.

一旦不从事牧业，一些人也许可以转而生产牛奶和鸡蛋、甚至是种植农作物，但他们中很多人将要面临失业。

Dr Post, who works at Eindhoven University in the Netherlands, belongs to a group of people who hope to disrupt one of mankind's oldest industries-animal husbandry.

Post博士任职于荷兰霍芬大学，现从属于一个课题组，该课题组致力于中止人类最古老行业之一--牧业。