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Environment

Issues related to the circumstances or condition of the earth's natural surroundings.

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environmental quality standards

Environment; Environmental policy

Normative documents and guidelines for deter-mining the degree of environmental conditions and requirements to avoid negative and damaging effects, influences, and consequences.

environmental science

Environment; Environmental policy

The interdisciplinary study (programmes and courses of environmental problems, within the frame-work of established physical and biological principles, i.e., oriented toward a ...

health

Environment; Environmental policy

The natural/normal state of an organism, characterized by harmonious interrelationships with the environment and by the absence of adverse/harmful changes caused by diseases, ...

herbicide

Environment; Environmental policy

A pesticide chemical used to control or destroy the growth of undesirable plants, e.g., weeds.

herbivore

Environment; Environmental policy

An organism that feeds primarily upon plant life.

homeostasis

Environment; Environmental policy

The abilities and mechanisms of organisms and ecosystems for self regulation which enable them to constantly adjust themselves to the changing conditions of their environments and ...

human ecology

Environment; Environmental policy

The study of the growth, distribution, and organization of human communities relative to their inter-relationships with other humans and other species and with their environment.