the environment Flashcards

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écologique
lié à l’environnement

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environmental

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une politique qui respecte l’environnement

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an eco friendly policy

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la protection de l’environnement

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the preservation of the environment

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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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un défenseur de l’environnement

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a conservationist

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un écologiste

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an ecologist

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un militant écologiste

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a green activist
an eco warrior

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un écolo

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a tree-hugger

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un parc naturel

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a natural reserve
a national park

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le tourisme écologique

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eco-tourism

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détruire la biosphère

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to destroy the biosphere

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être / représenter une menace pour quelque chose

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to be / pose a threat to sth

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mettre en danger qqchose

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to jeopardize sth
to endanger sth

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mettre qqch 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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17
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James Lovelock

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the Gaia hypothesis

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nuire à l’environnement

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to harm the environment

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19
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nuisible
nocif

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harmful

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inoffensif
sans danger

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harmless

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endommager quelque chose

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to damage sth

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causer des dégâts

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to do damage

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détériorer

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to deteriorate

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être en désaccord

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to be at loggerheads

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souiller la terre

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to defile the earth

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l’épuisement des ressources

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the depletion of resources

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la rareté

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scarcity

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les matières premières

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raw materials

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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
une zone protégée

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a conservation area

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une espèce

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a species

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une espèce animal

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an animal species

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une espèce végétale

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a plant species

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un mammifère

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a mammal

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Darwin’s Nightmare

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  • a controversial documentary released in 2004
  • it describes the disastrous effects of the development of the fishing industry around lake Victoria in Tanzania
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s’étendre sur

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to dwell at length on

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une espèce en voie d’extinction

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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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la surpêche

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overfishing

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le thon rouge

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bluefin tuna

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un dauphin
une baleine

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a dolphin
a whale

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la pêche à 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 d’ultra violets

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ultra-violet rays

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la diminution de la couche d’ozone

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ozone depletion

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entremêlés

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intermingled

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une forêt tropicale

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a tropical forest
a rain forest

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le développement durable

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sustainable development

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abattre des arbres

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to fell
to cut down trees

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le déboisement
la déforestation

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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 forêt tropicale se réduit

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the rainforest is shrinking

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reboiser

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reforest

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le reboisement

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reforestation