The pressure to grow the economy (especially as population growth eats into economic gains) has accelerated the islands ’ exploitation of their natural resources, resulting in environmental degradation.
由於拓展經濟的迫切壓力（尤其人口成長往往吞噬了經濟果實），加速了對自然資源的榨取，進而導致環境品質的進一步劣化。