Chapitre 46 : Endangered Forests Flashcards by Renaud Abate

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Sauver, sauvegarder la forêt

A

To save/ to preserve the forest

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La forêt pluviale amazonienne

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The Amazon rainforest

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Une forêt nuageuse

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A cloud forest

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La forêt tropicale

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The tropical forest

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Un habitat, un biotope

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A habitat

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La biodiversité

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Biodiversity

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Un écosystème

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An ecosystem

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La photosynthèse

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Photosynthesis

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Un cèdre

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A cedar

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Un séquoia

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A sequoia/ a redwood

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Un chêne / un platane

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An oak/ a plane tree

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Un pin

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A pine tree

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Un sycomore

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A sycamore

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De l’acajou

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Mahogany

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Du palissandre, du bois de Rose

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Rosewood

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La déforestation/ déboiser

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Déforestation/ to deforest

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Être menacé

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To be under threat

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Empiéter sur la forêt

A

To encroach upon the forest

Q

Un incendie de forêt

A

A forest fire

Q

Abattre des arbres

A

To cut down/ to fell trees

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Un tronc d’arbre

A

A treetrunk

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L’abattage des arbres

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Logging

Q

Un rondin

A

A log

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Un bûcheron

A

A logger / a woodcutter

Le bois de charpente

Timber/ lumber

Le bois de chauffage

Firewood

Un fournisseur de bois de charpente

A timber supplier

Scier

To saw

Une scierie

A sawmill/ (US) a lumbermill

Une tronçonneuse

A chain saw

La reforestation/ reboiser

Reforestation / to reforest

Un programme de plantation d'arbres

A tree-planting programme

Un forestier

A forester

La gestion de la forêt

The management of the forest

La sylviculture durable

Sustainable forestry

Empêcher l'érosion du sol

To prevent soil erosion

Réduire le risque de glissement de terrain

To reduce the risk of landslide

Absorber du gaz carbonique

To soak up carbon dioxide

Les poumons de la planète

The lungs of the planet