- Industria: NGO
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The United Nations Organization (UNO), or simply United Nations (UN), is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and the achieving of world peace.
1. Rain or snow falling from the atmosphere and deposited on land or water surfaces. 2. Forced removal of particles from flue gases or waste water.
Industry:Environment
Analytical process that systematically examines the possible environmental consequences of the implementation of projects, programmes and policies.
Industry:Environment
Areas adjacent to rivers and other water bodies that have a high density and large variety of plants and animal species relative to nearby uplands.
Industry:Environment
Straightening and deepening of streams so that water therein will move faster. Flood reduction or marsh drainage tactics can interfere with waste assimilation capacity and disturb fish and wildlife habitats.
Industry:Environment
Branch of agriculture that deals with the origin, structure, analysis and classification of soils, especially in their relation to crop production.
Industry:Environment
Temperature at which cooled air becomes saturated with water vapour and condensation takes place resulting in the formation of dew. The dew point varies with the relative humidity and temperature of the air.
Industry:Environment
Process of decay in which plant or animal remains are so thoroughly decomposed that their initial structures or shapes can no longer be recognized.
Industry:Environment
Public hygiene coefficient for water that defines the permissible number of bacteria in a given volume of water according to the use of that water.
Industry:Environment
Small, intense vertical disturbance in which large volumes of dust and debris are carried upwards; it usually occurs in arid and semi-arid regions.
Industry:Environment
Toxic insecticide. Because of its high activity and long persistence, it was widely used in the 1950s, but is now prohibited in several countries.
Industry:Environment
