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Des politiques vertes

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Eco-friendly policies

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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 environmentally-friendly policy
Environment-friendly policy
Eco-friendly policy

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Protéger l’environnement

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To protect the environment

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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WWF

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The World Wide Fund for Nature

International non-governmental organization working on issues regarding the conservation of the environment

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What is the world’s largest indépendant conservation organization?

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WWF
Over 5 million supporters worldwide
Working in more than 90 countries

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Organisation caritative

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Charity

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Where does the majority of WWFs findings come from?

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60% of its funding comes from voluntary donations by private individuals

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Stopper

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To halt

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What is WWFs mission?

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“To halt and reverse the destruction of our environment”

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Biome

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Biomes

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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 environmentalist

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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Sensibiliser l’opinion publique à un problème

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To make people aware of a problem

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Une campagne de sensibilisation

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An awareness-raising campaign

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Un parc naturel

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A nature reserve

A national park

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Le tourisme écologique

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Eco-tourism

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Greenpeace

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International non-governmental organization for the protection and conservation of the environment
Founded in Canada in 1971

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What are the concerns of Greenpeace?

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It started out as an anti-nuclear protest group but has now turned to other concerns such as whaling , bottom trawling, global warming, nuclear power and genetically modified organism

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La chasse à la baleine

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Whaling

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Pêche au chalutier

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Bottom trawling

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What is Friends of the Earth?

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International network of environmental organizations in 77 countries
Their current priorities are economic justice and resisting neoliberalism, forest and biodiversity, food sovereignty, climate justice and energy.

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Détruire la biosphère

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To destroy the biosphere

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Représenter une menace pour quelque chose

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To pose a threat to something

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Etre une menace pour quelque chose

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To be a threat to something

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Mettre en danger quelque chose

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To jeopardize something

To endanger something

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Mettre quelque chose en danger

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To put something at risk

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Etre en danger

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To be at risk

To be in danger

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What is the Gaia hypothesis?

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Proposed by James Lovelock
Postulates that the Earth should be viewed as a single organism (the biosphere and the physical components of the Earth are closely integrated to form a complex interacting system)

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Nuire à l’environnement

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To harm the environment

To 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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Dégâts

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Damage

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Endommager quelque chose

Porter atteinte à quelque chose

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To damage something

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Causer des dégâts

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To do damage

To cause damage

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Se détériorer

Détériorer

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To deteriorate

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Le bien-être

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Welfare

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En désaccord

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At loggerheads

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S’épuiser

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To run out

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Souiller

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To defile

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How is the world going according to economists?

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The world seems to be getting better

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How is the world going according to environmentalists?

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Natural resources are running out
The population is ever growing, leaving less and less to eat
Species are becoming extinct and forest are disappearing
The planet’s air and water are becoming ever more polluted

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Les ressources naturelles

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Natural resources

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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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Récolte (verbe)

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Is reaping

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Mesures assouplissant la réglementation

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Regulatory relief

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Abroger

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Has repealed

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Dépouiller

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To strip

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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

Une zone protégée

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A conservation area

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Un écosystème

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An ecosystem

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Une espèce

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A species

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Un espèce animale

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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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Le trafic d’animaux

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Animal trafficking

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What is Darwin’s Nightmare?

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A controversial documentary film that was released in 2004

Describes the disastrous effects of the development of the fishing industry around Lake Victoria in Tanzania

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Le film s’étend sur

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The film dwells at length on

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Une espèce 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 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

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A dolphin

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Une baleine

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A whale

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La pêche à la baleine

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Whaling

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Facilement

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Readily

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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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Frappant

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Striking

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Entremêlés

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Intermingled

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Exprimer

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To voice

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Une forêt 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 arbres

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To fell trees

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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To reforest

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Le reboisement

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Reforestation

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Terrains de foot

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Football pitches

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How held the Guinness world record of the fastest pace of deforestation in 2007?

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Indonesian government

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