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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environmental skills

Environment; Environmental policy

Developed thinking and action skills for using knowledge and abilities effectively in performance for the study, understanding, correction, and prevention of environmental problems. Skills include ...

environmental studies

Environment; Environmental policy

Programmes and courses, usually university and college (post secondary), that deal with environ-mental problems/affairs on a broad, interdisciplinary basis/approach. Utilize disciplines from the ...

environmental understanding

Environment; Environmental policy

The capacity to apprehend the general relationships of particulars of the natural and built environment and its role in modern society on a holistic basis. Includes insight and comprehension as well ...

erosion

Environment; Environmental policy

The wearing away o f the land surface/soil by water or wind. Erosion occurs naturally from weather or runoff, but is often intensified by land clearing or disruption.

evolution

Environment; Environmental policy

The biological theory or process whereby species of plants and animals change with the passage of time so that their descendants differ from their ancestors, i.e., development from earlier forms by ...

exotics

Environment; Environmental policy

Plants, animals, or microorganisms which are introduced by humans into areas where they are not native. Exotics are often associated with negative eco-logical consequences for native species and the ...