Although action to stop the loss must not wait for the gathering of complete knowledge on biodiversity, the current extreme lack of knowledge severely hampers the efforts to achieve sustainable development.
虽说不能等到有了生物多样性的完整知识后才采取行动制止多样性的消失，但目前这种知识极度匮缺的状况严重影响实现可持续发展的工作。