Environmental policy

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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Evolution

Environment; Environmental policy

The biological theory or process whereby species of plants and animals change with the passage of time so that their descendants differ from their ancestors, i.e., development from earlier forms by ...

Environmental understanding

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The capacity to apprehend the general relationships of particulars of the natural and built environment and its role in modern society on a holistic basis. Includes insight and comprehension as well ...

Living resources conservation

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Process to (a) maintain essential ecological processes and life support systems, (b) preserve genetic diversity (range of genetic material found in world's species) and (c) to ensure the sustainable ...

Environmental skills

Environment; Environmental policy

Developed thinking and action skills for using knowledge and abilities effectively in performance for the study, understanding, correction, and prevention of environmental problems. Skills include ...

Climax community

Environment; Environmental policy

A relatively stable, biotic community that appears to perpetuate itself in the absence of disturbance. The final, culminating stage of ecological succession for a given environment.

Erosion

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The wearing away o f the land surface/soil by water or wind. Erosion occurs naturally from weather or runoff, but is often intensified by land clearing or disruption.