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Environmental policy
Policy related to managing human activities with a view to prevent, reduce, or mitigate harmful effects on nature and natural resources.
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Environment; Environmental policy
Convention on international trade in endangered species of wild fauna and Flora (CITES), whose members include many of the State. The Convention contains a system of measures to combat trafficking of ...
biosphere reserves
Environment; Environmental policy
Protected areas of land, water and/or coastal areas, which together provide a comprehensive scientific information and include significant instances of natural biomes and/or unique, representative ...
sustainable utilization
Environment; Environmental policy
To keep up, maintain and perpetuate living (present and potential) uses, modifications, and developments of the environment and its living resources can continue for present and future generations. ...
life cycle
Environment; Environmental policy
The phases, changes, or stages through which an organism passes throughout its lifetime.
learning by doing
Environment; Environmental policy
The process of acquiring understanding, knowledge, skills, and attitudes through practical and applied learning activities. A relatively permanent change in the behaviour (and attitudes) as a result ...
biotope
Environment; Environmental policy
The small geographical area occupied by the community of plants and/or animals and characterized by a high degree of uniformity in its main climatic, soil and biotic conditions (e.g. sandy desert).
Urbanization
Environment; Environmental policy
Process related to (a) the displacement of the population from rural to urban areas, resulting in greater populations of cities and declining rural populations and (b) a process associated with ...
