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034<br />
UNIT 1: WHERE DO WE STAND? THE STATE OF THE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT<br />
GLOSSARY<br />
anthropogenic<br />
bioaccumulate<br />
biodiversity<br />
CFCs<br />
El Niño/Southern Oscillation<br />
endangered species<br />
endemic<br />
extinction<br />
greenhouse gases<br />
joint implementation<br />
market-based instruments<br />
ODP<br />
ODS<br />
UVB<br />
UVR<br />
directly due to the activities of humans<br />
(chemicals that) accumulate and increase in<br />
the fatty tissues of animals<br />
the diversity of plants, animals and other<br />
living things<br />
chlorofluorocarbons<br />
a major warming of the ocean waters across<br />
the eastern and central tropical Pacific Ocean<br />
species facing the risks of drastic population<br />
reduction or extinction<br />
(a species) found naturally in only a specific<br />
region or country<br />
the death or destruction of all remaining<br />
members of a plant or animal species so that<br />
the species no longer exists<br />
gases that cause global warming and climate<br />
change<br />
a mutually beneficial bilateral agreement<br />
between a developed and a developing<br />
country that results in environment<br />
improvement on a global level<br />
instruments that help to integrate<br />
environment and economic policies; they<br />
include user fees, impact levies, pollution<br />
taxes, payments for environment services,<br />
tradable pollution permits etc.<br />
ozone depleting potential<br />
ozone-depleting substance<br />
ultraviolet radiation between the wavelengths<br />
of 315 and 280 nms<br />
ultraviolet radiation (from the sun) made up of<br />
UVA, UVB and UVC<br />
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L<br />
O<br />
S<br />
S<br />
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R<br />
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