Environment and Biodiversity.
20 This glossary talks about biodiversity and some environment expressions and specific terms. terms
This is few biodiversity terms which I've learned this semester. That's why I've decided to edit this glossary.
- A beech tree
- Noun
- en: Un hêtre
- Carbon neutrality
- Noun
- The balance between carbon emissions and the absorption of carbon from the atmosphere by carbon sinks
- en: Neutralité carbone
- Circular economy
- Noun
- An economic system of exchange and production which, at all stages of the life cycle of products (goods and services), aims to produce in a sustainable manner, limiting the consumption and waste of resources (raw materials, water, energy) as well as the production of waste, while developing the well-being of individuals.
- en: Economie circulaire
- Climate change sceptic
- Noun
- A person who denies or minimises the anthropogenic origin of global warming, or even the warming itself.
- en: être climatosceptique
- Deforestation / To clear
- Noun / Verbe
- The phenomenon of the reduction of forest areas
- Example: - Unfortunately big companies clear forest to settle their new productions. /
- Du to the deforestation, animals die.
- en: deforestation; Déforestation / clear : Défricher
- Ecological transition
- Noun
- The ecological transition is an evolution towards a new economic and social model, a model of sustainable development that renews our ways of consuming, producing, working and living together to meet the major environmental challenges,
- en: Transition écologique
- Fir, fir tree
- noun
- Example: There are many firs in the mountain when I'm skiing.
- en: Un sapin
- Gas emissions / Greenhouse gas
- Noun
- A gas in the atmosphere that retains some of the heat received from the sun in the atmosphere.
- Example: Gas emissions are increasing for decades.
- en: émissions de gaz / gaz à effet de serre
- Global warming
- Noun
- Global warming is a global phenomenon of climate change characterised by a general increase in average temperatures mainly due to human activities
- en: Réchauffement climatique
- Greenwashing
- Noun
- Pratique commerciale qui consiste à utiliser des arguments environnementaux souvent trompeurs pour vendre des produits ou des services.
- Example: Some companies are accused of greenwashing.
- en: Blanchiment écologique
- Household waste
- Noun
- Household waste is any waste
- en: Les déchets ménagers
- Microparticle
- Noun
- Particles with a size between 0.1 and 100 μm. They are found suspended in the air or in water. For example, microplastics
- en: Microparticule
- Oak, Oak tree
- noun
- Example: I used to build my house with oak wood in my minecraft party games.
- en: Un chêne
- Organic farming
- Noun
- A method of agricultural production that excludes the use of synthetic substances, such as pesticides, medicines or synthetic fertilisers, and genetically modified organisms.
- en: L'agriculture biologique
- Recycle
- Noun
- All techniques aimed at recovering waste and reintroducing it into the production cycle from which it came.
- en: Recyclage
- Renewable energies
- Noun
- Energies provenant de sources naturelles qui se renouvellent à un rythme supérieur à celui de leur consommation.
- Example: Some states tend to use as much as possible renewable energies to avoid gas emissions.
- en: énergies renouvelables
- Secondary raw material
- Noun
- Material resulting from the recycling of waste and which can be reused as a basic material, in total or partial substitution of a virgin raw material: paper pulp, plastic, glass, metals...
- en: Matière première secondaire
- Selective sorting
- Noun
- Selective sorting consists of sorting and recovering waste according to its nature: metals, paper, glass, organic matter, etc. to facilitate recycling.
- en: Le tri sélectif
- Short food circuits
- Noun
- Sale through an intermediary
- en: Les circuits courts alimentaires
- Weeping willow
- noun
- This tree looks like a sad person with his own falling leafs.
- Example: Etienne was resting below a huge weeping willow.
- en: Un saule pleureur
