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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Disease vector

Environment; Environmental policy

Animals that carry the pathogenes, for example, mosquitoes anopheles, tse-tse fly.

Environmental impact assessment

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An activity designed to identify, predict, interpret and communicate information about the effects of an action and to ensure ecological and sociological information is included with physical and ...

Environmental law

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Rules and controls of conduct in environmental/natural resources affairs which are prescribed by or accepted by the governing authority of a state and enforced by the government and the courts. ...

Environmental management

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Various inter-national, state and local measures and controls which are directed at environ-mental conservation, the rational and sustainable allocation and utilisation of natural resources, the ...

Environmental problems

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Largely result from the interaction between humanity, culture, technology, and the biophysical environment (e.g., pollution, land abuse, etc. ) and are caused by a complex set of biological, ...

Periodic and/or continued measuring, evaluating, and determining environmental parameters and/or pollution levels in order to prevent negative and damaging effects to the environment. Also includes ...

Environmental knowledge

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Basic learning and understanding of the biophysical environment, both natural and built, and its roles and problems in society, including how to solve these problems. The results of cognitive ...