Chap 31 - L'environnement Flashcards

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écologique

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Environmental

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Une politique qui respect l’environnement

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an eco-friendly policy

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proteger l’environnement

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to protect / to preserve the environment

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la protection de l’environnement

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the preservation of the environment

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la nature

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nature

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la protection de la nature

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nature conservation

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la faune et la flore

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wildlife

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une défenseur de l’environnement

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a conservationist

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un ecologiste

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an ecologist / an environmentalist

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un militant ecologiste

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a green activist / a eco-warrior

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Un ecolo

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a tree-hugger

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sensibiliser l’opinion publique a un probleme

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to make people aware of a problem

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une campagne de sensibilisation

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an awarness-raising campaign

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un parc naturel

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a natural reserve / a national park

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le tourisme ecologique

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eco-tourism

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detruire la biosphere

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to destroy the biosphere

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representer une menace pour qch

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to pose a threat to sth

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être une menace pour qch

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to be a threat to sth

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mettre en danger qn

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to jeopardize sth

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Mettre qch en danger

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to put sth at risk

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être en danger

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to be at risk / in danger

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nuire a l’environement

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to harm the environment

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nuisible, nocif

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harmful

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inoffensif

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harmless

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degats

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damage

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endommager qch

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to damage sth

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causer des degats

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to do damage / to cause damage

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se deteriorer OU deteriorer

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to deteriorate

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les ressources naturelles

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natural ressources

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l’épuisement des ressources

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the depletion of ressources

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la rareté

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scarcity

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les matieres premières

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raw materials

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la biodiversité

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biodiversity

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l’habitat

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habitat

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une niche

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a niche

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un secteur sauvegardé

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a conservation area

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Un ecosysteme

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an ecosystem

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une espèce

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a species

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une espèce animale

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an animal species

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une espèce vegetale

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a plant sepecies

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un mammifere

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a mammal

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le trafic d’animaux

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animal trafficking

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une espece en voie de disparition

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an endangered species

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être menacé d’extinction

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to be threatened with extinction

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disparaitre

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to become extinct

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la surpeche

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overfishing

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le thon rouge

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bluefin tuna

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un dauphin

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a dolphin

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une baleine

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a whale

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La pêche a la baleine

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whaling

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la couche d’ozone

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the ozone layer

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les rayons UV

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Ultra-violet rays

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le trou dans le couche d’ozone

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the hole in the ozone layer

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les CFC

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CFCs

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respectueux de la couche d’ozone

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ozone-friendly

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une foret tropicale

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a rainforest / a tropical forest

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le développement durable

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sustainable development

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abattre des arbes

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to cut down / fell trees

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le déboisement / la deforestation

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deforestation

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l’exploitation du bois

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logging

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L’industrie du bois

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the logging industry

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la foret tropicale se réduit

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the rainforest is shrinking

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reboiser

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to reforest

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Le reboisement

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reforestation