| Terms for subject Environment (27967 entries) |
| ecofriendly | umweltschonend | |
| ecolabel | Öko-Label | |
| ecolabel (A mark, seal or written identification attached or affixed to products that provides specific ecological information allowing consumers to make comparisons with other similar products, or instructions on how to safely use or properly recycle or dispose of both products and packaging) | Umweltzeichen | |
| ecolabel | Blauer Engel | |
| ecolabel | Umweltzeichen | |
| ecolabelling | Vergabe des Umweltzeichens | |
| ecolabelling (The European Community's initiative to encourage the promotion of environmentally friendly products. The scheme came into operation in late 1992 and was designed to identify products which are less harmful to the environment than equivalent brands. It was hoped that by buying labelled goods, consumers would be able to put pressure on manufacturers and retailers both to make and to stock "greener" products. This includes the effects they have on the environment at all stages. The labels are awarded on environmental criteria set by the EC) | Umweltkennzeichnung | |
| ecologic factor | ökologischer Faktor | |
| ecological abundance | Ökologischer Reichtum | |
| ecological abundance (Number of individual specimens of an animal or plant seen over a certain period of time in a certain place) | Ökologischer Reichtum | |
| ecological adaptation | Biologische Anpassung | |
| ecological adaptation (Change in an organism so that it is better able to survive or reproduce, thereby contributing to its fitness) | Biologische Anpassung | |
| Ecological and Fisheries Protection Zone | Umweltschutz- und Fischereischutzzone | |
| ecological assessment | Ökologische Bewertung | |
| ecological assessment (Ecological assessment consists in monitoring the current and changing conditions of ecological resources from which success or failure of the ecosystem can be judged without bias; understanding more fully the structure and function of ecosystems in order to develop improved management options; developing models to predict the response of ecosystems to changes resulting from human-induced stress from which possible ecosystem management strategies can be assessed and assessing the ecological consequences of management actions so that decisionmakers can best understand the outcomes of choosing a particular management strategy) | Ökologische Bewertung | |
| ecological balance | Ökologisches Gleichgewicht | |
| ecological balance (The condition of equilibrium among the components of a natural community such that their relative numbers remain fairly constant and their ecosystem is stable. Gradual readjustments to the composition of a balanced community take place continually in response to natural ecological succession and to alterations in climatic and other influences) | Ökologisches Gleichgewicht | |
| ecological balance sheet | Ökobilanz | |
| ecological basis for environmental management | ökologische Grundlage der Umweltpflege | |
| ecological bookkeeping (The systematic accounting or recordkeeping of a company's impact on the environment or its progress towards environmentally sound business practices) | Ökologische Buchführung |