What does "traduire sur le terrain" mean on this sentence?
Mais au rythme auquel les forêts tropicales se dégradent, il devient urgent de traduire sur le terrain une politique propre à pérenniser les ressources forestières.

But, at the rate that tropical forests are being damaged, it is urgent to ______ a policy that can protect the forests resources.

Also, is "propre" necessary in the translation?
Like a good policy? Or does is just translate to "that is able to" and therefore can be omitted?

Question

What does "traduire sur le terrain" mean on this sentence?
Mais au rythme auquel les forêts tropicales se dégradent, il devient urgent de traduire sur le terrain une politique propre à pérenniser les ressources forestières.

But, at the rate that tropical forests are being damaged, it is urgent to ______ a policy that can protect the forests resources.

Also, is "propre" necessary in the translation? 
Like a good policy? Or does is just translate to "that is able to" and therefore can be omitted?

Answer

Traduire sur le terrain une politique = mettre en pratique sur les lieux concernés (le terrain) les mesures annoncées (la politique).
Une politique propre à = une politique capable de

Answer

"Traduire sur le terrain" est une manière un peu (trop) complexe de dire "concrétiser". 
"Propre..." ici peut en effet se traduire par "can" en anglais.

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