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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social costs

Environment; Environmental policy

(Externalities) The net loss considerations of long range societal values and conditions as the result of a. given human action and/or development. Social costs can include both economic and ...

socio-economic

Environment; Environmental policy

Involving and combining both social and economic factors, indicators, and considerations. Imply measures of human welfare through the correlation of economic and social aspects.

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.

biological control

Environment; Environmental policy

Utilization of biological means other than chemical or mechanical to control pests, such as natural predator and parasitic organisms, pathogenes, and sterilization.

biomass

Environment; Environmental policy

The total weight (mass) of all living matter in a given unit of the environment at a given time.

biome

Environment; Environmental policy

The complex of communities maintained by the climate of the region and characterized by a distinctive type of vegetation. A major biotic community composed of all plants and animals and smaller ...