Around the world, slaves are used to destroy the environment, cutting down trees in the Amazon; destroying forest areas in West Africa; mining and spreading mercury around in places like Ghana and the Congo; destroying the coastal ecosystems in South Asia.
奴隶在全世界范围内被广泛地雇佣于破坏环境的种种产业， 例如在亚马逊热带雨林伐木， 摧毁西非的丛林， 在加纳和刚果等地 开采汞并造成泄露， 在南亚破坏当地沿岸的海洋生态环境。