The country’s deforestation rate is now negligible.

现在哥斯达黎加的森林退化完全可以忽略不计了。

Brazil's deforestation rate has dropped astoundingly fast.

巴西的森林砍伐率急剧下降，令人吃惊。

But even before that Brazil's deforestation rate had slumped.

但在此之前，巴西的毁林速度已有所放缓。

Belize also had a high deforestation rate in the 1990s at 2.3 percent.

20世纪90年代，伯利兹的毁林率也相当高，为2.3%。

Between 2003 and 2009, the deforestation rate of Amazonas, Brazil's most forested state, which has more rainforest than any country save Brazil itself, dropped by 70%.

自2003年至2009年间，亚马逊州的森林砍伐率下降了70%，它拯救了巴西自身。亚马逊州是巴西森林覆盖率最高的地区，甚至拥有比其他任何国家都多的热带雨林。