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The United Nations issued a report last week warning that humans are destroying nature at such a rate that life on Earth is at risk. When the report came out, it naturally __26__ headlines. But obviously it didn't hijack the news agenda in the manner of a major terrorist attack or __27__ of war.

The report from the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) is clear on what's at __28__ and what needs to change. IPBES chair Robert Watson says the "__29__ evidence" presents "ominous (凶兆的) picture". "The health of ecosystems on which we and all other species depend is __30__ more rapidly than ever," Robert Watson said. We are __31__ the very foundations of our economies, livelihoods, food security, health and quality of life worldwide. The report says it's not too late if we make "transformative change" -- fundamental, system-wide reorganization -- at every level from local to global, and we need to focus on how to make that happen.

First, don't indulge in despair, because despair leads to inertia and doing nothing means certain __32__. Every action to save nature will improve our collective and personal futures and the only way to respond to a threat of this scale is with __33__ action rooted in headstrong optimism. Second, we need relentless focus, just like when paramedics (救护人员) arrive on a scene and use the concept of triage (伤员鉴别分类) to ensure the most __34__ cases get treated first. Saving the natural world needs that kind of thinking. We don't have the __35__ to do everything at once. We need to make hard choices.