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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stress

Environment; Environmental policy

(Strain) A state of particular strain or tension for an organism under the influence of unfavorable factors, impacts, or situations of the environment, Involves protective physiological reactions.

surpopulations

Environment; Environmental policy

(overpopulation) Sharp in-crease in the number of some animal populations beyond the capacity of the environment (areas) to sustain them, e.g., food space, etc. Usually results from changes of ...

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. ...

symbiosis

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An association of two or more organisms of different species in which one or more may benefit and none are harmed.

synecology

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That part of ecology that deals with groups of organisms or communities and/or the study of many environmental factors which affect communities and populations.

synergism

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The combined effect or joint action of two or more toxic substances acting together that is more adverse than their sum would be if each were acting separately or independently.

system analysis

Environment; Environmental policy

Study and analysis of complex problems in terms of the relations between the subsystems that form its component parts with the objective of predicting the behaviour of the whole from that of its ...