My interest in old growth took off in, oh, about 2003.

我对年老生长的兴趣起源于2003年。

You still have old growth forests, and so we want to keep it like that.

这里仍然有古老的森林，所以我们想让它保持原样。

My name is John Bates, and this is my Brief But Spectacular take on connecting time through old growth forests.

我是约翰·贝茨，这是我本期带来的与通过古老森林来连接时间的《简短而精彩》。

The white bear's habitat is quite interesting. The bear's strong relationship with the old- growth rainforest is a complex one.

这种白熊的栖息地相当有趣。白灵熊和原始热带雨林之间存在着一种复杂的紧密联系。

Old growth forest means it's sort of the original natural forest.

原始森林意味着它有点像原始的天然森林。

Also it has some old growth forest.

它还有一些古老的森林。

These canopy soils are found in old growth forests around the globe.

- 这些树冠土壤存在于全球古老的生长森林中。

In the old growth rain forests of the Pacific Northwest, giants dwell.

在太平洋西北部古老的热带雨林中，巨人居住着。

The second reason we care is from a biodiversity perspective: old growth trees tend to house a higher biodiversity than young forests do.

老龄树林容纳的生物多样性往往要高于年轻树林。

Bald Eagles like to nest  in old growth coniferous or hardwood trees.

白头鹰喜欢在古老的针叶树或阔叶树上筑巢。

For example, the old- growth trees have extremely long roots that help prevent erosion of the soil along the banks of the many fish streams.

比如，这些古老的树长着特别长的根，能够帮助防止溪流两岸的土壤被侵蚀，而这些溪流中都生活着很多鱼。

He's a 60-year-old named Aladino Oliveira da Costa and basically, he toppled old growth forest to build homes for each of his four older children.

他是一位 60 岁的老人，名叫 Aladino Oliveira da Costa，基本上，他推倒了古老的森林，为他的四个大孩子每个人建造家园。

While on the train from Paris, traversing placid green fields and old growth forests on route to the rocky outcrop of Shea Bourg on the Quotantin Peninsula.

在从巴黎出发的火车上，穿过平静的绿色田野和古老的森林，前往 Quotantin 半岛上 Shea Bourg 的岩石露头。

You still get wild things like bears and wolves and abundance of salmon and a bunch of different sea life. You still have old growth forests. And so we want to keep it like that.

在雨林里，你仍可以看到熊、狼等野生动物，还可以看到大量的鲑鱼以及各种各样的海洋生物。还可以看到成片的原始森林。我们想让它保持原样。

To survive, we need to use what we have, said Dara Lady's father, 60-year-old Aladino Oliveira da Costa, who toppled old growth forest to build homes for each of his four older children.

Dara Lady 的父亲、60 岁的 Aladino Oliveira da Costa 说， 为了生存，我们需要利用我们拥有的一切，他推倒了古老的生长森林， 为他的四个大孩子每个人建造家园。

But on a larger scale, you can find social traps taking their toll on the environment, like when we poach elephants to sell their ivory or cut down old growth forests to make a quick buck in the lumber market.

但在更大范围内，你会发现社会陷阱对环境造成了损害，比如我们偷猎大象来出售它们的象牙， 或者砍伐原始森林以在木材市场上快速赚钱。