Efforts to defeat poverty and pursue sustainable development will be in vain if degradation and natural resource depletion, including loss of forests and illegal activities in the forest sector, continue unabated.
3. 如果退化和自然资源耗减，包括森林损失和森林部门的非法活动仍然得不到遏制，则消除贫穷和追求可持续发展的努力将徒劳无功。