生物多样性的消失是人类最严峻的环境威胁之一,这已是科学共识。然而,公众对此的认识仍然滞后。生态学家和其他环境学家对此负有一定责任——他们未能让普通人理解他们的忧虑。反对者声称,对生物多态性衰退的担心是抱树运动者的诡计,其目的是要让自然高于人类。这使得科学家们的任务难上加难。 The disappearance of biodiversity is one of the most serious environmental threats to mankind and it is a scientific consensus. However, public awareness of this is still lagging behind. Ecologists and other environmentalists are responsible for this - they fail to give ordinary people an understanding of their concerns. Opponents claim that fears of a decline in biological diversity are the trick of the tree-bearer, whose purpose is to make nature above mankind. This makes the task of scientists even harder.