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Chap 5: Caring For The Planet: Environment Flashcards

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Nature conservation

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La protection de la nature

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Wildlife

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La faune Et la flore

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Natural resources

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Lea ressources naturelles

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Scarcity

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La rareté

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Environmental

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Écologique, lié à l’environnnement

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A natural reserve

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Une réserve naturelle

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A natural park

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Un Parc naturel

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Biodiversity

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La biodiversité

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Habitat

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L’habitat

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An ecosystem

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Un écosystème

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A species

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Une espèce

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A rainforest

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Une forêt tropicale

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Raw materials

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Les matières premières

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The ozone layer

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La couche d’ozone

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Ozone- friendly

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Respectueux de la couche d’ozone

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To pose a threat to

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Représenter une menace pour

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To jeopardize / to endanger something

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Mettre en danger quelque chose

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To put something at risk

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Mettre quelque chose en danger

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To be in danger

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Être en danger

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To harm the environment

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Nuire à l’environnement

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To cause damage

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Endommager, causer des dégâts

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To deteriorate

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(Se) détériorer

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An endangered species

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Une espèce en voie de disparition

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Overfishing

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La surpêche

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Whaling

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La pêche à la baleine

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To fell trees

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Abattre des arbres

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Deforestation

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La déforestation

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The logging industry

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L’exploitation du bois

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The depletion of ressources

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L’épuisement des ressources

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An ecologist

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Un écologiste

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A green activist

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Un militant écologiste

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To make people aware of something

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Sensibiliser l’opinion publique à un problème

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An awareness raising campaign

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Une campagne de sensibilisation

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Eco-tourism

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Le tourisme écologique

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An eco-friendly policy

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Une politique qui respecte l’environnement

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To preserve

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Préserver

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Sustainable development

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Le développement durable

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To reforest

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Reboiser

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Reforestation

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Le reboisement

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Environment

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1) The circumstances, objects, or conditions by which one is surrounded.
2) The complex of physical, chemical, and biotic factors that act upon an organism or an ecological community and ultimately determine its form and survival.
3) The aggregate of social and cultural conditions that influence the life of an individual or community.

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Environment

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  1. The circumstances, objects, or conditions by which one is surrounded
    2.a. The complex of physical, chemical, and biotic factors ( such as climate, soil, and living things) that act upon an organism or an ecological community and ultimately determine its form and survival
    b. The aggregate of social and cultural conditions that influence the life of an individual or community

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