The Environment Flashcards

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Une politique qui respecte l’environnement

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Environmentally- friendly, eco friendly

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Ecologique, lié a l’environnement

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Environmental

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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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Lafaune et la flore

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Wildlife

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Un defenseur de l’environnement

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A conservationist

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Un ecologiste

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An environmentalist, an ecologist

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Un militant ecologiste

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A green activist

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Un ecolo

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A tree hugger

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Un militant ecologiste

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An eco warrior

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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 awarenes-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 qqc

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To pose a threat to sthg

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Etre une menace pour qqc

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To be a threat to sthg

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Mettre en danger qqc

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To jeopardize sthg, endanger sthg

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Mettre qqc en danger

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To put sthg at risk

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Etre en danger

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To be at risk, in danger

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Nuire a l’environnement

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To harm the environment, do harm to the environment

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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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Degats

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Damage

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Endommager qqc, porter atteinte a qqc

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To damage sthg

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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’epuisement des ressources

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The depletion of ressources

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La rarete

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Scarcity

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Les matieres premieres

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Raw materials

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La biodiversite

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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, une zone protégée

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A conservation area

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Un ecosysteme

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An ecosystem

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Une espece

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A species

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Une espece animale

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An animal species

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Une espece vegetale

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A plant species

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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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Etre 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, une baleine

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A dolphin, a whale

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La peche 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 ultra violets

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Ultra violet rays

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Le trou dans la couche d’ozone

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The hole in the ozone layer

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La diminution de la couche d’ozone

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Ozone depletion

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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 developpement durable

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Sustainable development

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Abattre des arbres

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To fell, cut down trees

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Le deboisement, 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 reduit

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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