(单词翻译:单击)
All of these habitats are interdependent.
所有这些栖息地之间相互依赖依存 。
If you ruin one, it can have an impact on many others, and that includes the outer reef itself.
一旦一个遭到破坏,其他栖息地也会受到影响 。也包括外堡礁自身 。
To look after all these habitats, the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park sits at the heart of a network of protected areas.
为了保护所有这些栖息地,大堡礁海洋公园建在了这些受保护区域的心脏位置 。
All interconnected and covering a vast area.
使所有栖息地相互连接,构成一片广大的区域 。
After all, the reef is an inspiration to people all over the world.
大堡礁是世界各地人们心驰神往的所在 。
It attracts one and a half million visitors each year, who come to see the largest coral reef on earth.
每年有1.5万人次的观光客,来此一睹地球上最大的珊瑚礁 。
Together with divers, yachtsmen and anglers, they inject 7 billion dollars a year into the local economy.
还有许多潜水爱好者,快艇爱好者和垂钓者,每年他们为当地经济创收70亿美元 。
But the value to Australia is even greater than that.
但对于澳大利亚自身而言,大堡礁的意义远大于此 。
Towns of cities along much of the Queensland coast are not washed into the Pacific Ocean because the reef protects them.
许多昆士兰海岸线上的城镇正是因为珊瑚礁的存在,才免于被冲入太平洋的命运 。