the environment Flashcards

(56 cards)

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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 eco friendly policy

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la protection de l’environnement

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the preservation of the environment

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4
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la protection de la nature

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nature conservation

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5
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la faune et la flore

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wildlife

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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 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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10
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un parc naturel

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a natural reserve
a national park

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le tourisme écologique

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eco-tourism

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12
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détruire la biosphère

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to destroy the biosphere

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être / représenter une menace pour quelque chose

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to be / pose a threat to sth

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mettre en danger qqchose

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to jeopardize sth
to endanger sth

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mettre qqch en danger

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to put sth at risk

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16
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être en danger

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to be at risk / in danger

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17
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James Lovelock

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the Gaia hypothesis

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18
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nuire à l’environnement

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to harm the environment

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19
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nuisible
nocif

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harmful

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20
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inoffensif
sans danger

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harmless

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21
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endommager quelque chose

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to damage sth

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22
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causer des dégâts

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to do damage

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détériorer

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to deteriorate

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être en désaccord

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to be at loggerheads

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souiller la terre
to defile the earth
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l'épuisement des ressources
the depletion of resources
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la rareté
scarcity
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les matières premières
raw materials
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l'habitat
habitat
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une niche
a niche
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un secteur sauvegardé une zone protégée
a conservation area
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une espèce
a species
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une espèce animal
an animal species
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une espèce végétale
a plant species
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un mammifère
a mammal
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Darwin's Nightmare
- a controversial documentary released in 2004 - it describes the disastrous effects of the development of the fishing industry around lake Victoria in Tanzania
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s'étendre sur
to dwell at length on
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une espèce en voie d'extinction
an endangered species
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être menacé d'extinction
to be threatened with extinction
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la surpêche
overfishing
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le thon rouge
bluefin tuna
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un dauphin une baleine
a dolphin a whale
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la pêche à la baleine
whaling
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la couche d'ozone
the ozone layer
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les rayons d'ultra violets
ultra-violet rays
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la diminution de la couche d'ozone
ozone depletion
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entremêlés
intermingled
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une forêt tropicale
a tropical forest a rain forest
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le développement durable
sustainable development
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abattre des arbres
to fell to cut down trees
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le déboisement la déforestation
deforestation
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l'exploitation du bois
logging
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l'industrie du bois
the logging industry
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la forêt tropicale se réduit
the rainforest is shrinking
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reboiser
reforest
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le reboisement
reforestation