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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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Biological control
Environment; Environmental policy
Utilisation of biological means other than chemical or mechanical to control pests, such as natural predator and parasitic organisms, pathogenes, and sterilization.
Biosphere
Environment; Environmental policy
The portion of the earth and its atmosphere capable of supporting life. The thin covering of the planet that contains and sustains life.
Social indicator
Environment; Environmental policy
A measure of human welfare in terms of the opportunity or accomodation for a public or private good or service.
Biomass
Environment; Environmental policy
The total weight (mass) of all living matter in a given unit of the environment at a given time.
Radiation
Environment; Environmental policy
The emission of particulate or electromagnetic radiation by atomic nuclei. A property of some substances which results in the emission of energetic and dangerous rays and/or particles.
Public interest
Environment; Environmental policy
An abstract and symbolic concept which refers to the ends, values, benefits, or costs for the general or common interests of all the public. The public interest is often subject to various ...
Public inputs
Environment; Environmental policy
Various suggestions, information, questions, views, opinions, values and critiques which are expressed by individual, group, or collective members o f the general public in efforts to influence a ...
