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| Terms for subject Environment (31552 entries) |
| applying nitrogen fertilizers | épandage d'engrais azotés | |
| appointment of dwellings | aménagement d'habitation | |
| appraisal (An expert or official valuation) | expertise | |
| appraisal | expertise | |
| approach (The way or means of entry or access) | abords | |
| approach | abords (agglomération) | |
| approach | abords | |
| approach for individual hydrographic basins | approche par bassin hydrographique | |
| appropriate technology | technologies appropriées | |
| appropriate technology (techology transfer; 1. A flexible and participatory approach to developing economically viable, regionally applicable and sustainable technology. 2. Technology designed to be used in developing countries. Typical requirements are that it should: be easy to use by the unskilled; have no difficult-to-get parts; be easily repaired on the spot. Typical example: a simple windmill to pump water rather than a diesel-driven pump. The terms `alternative', `intermediate' and `appropriate' are often used interchangeably) | technologie appropriée | |
| appropriate treatment | traitement approprié | |
| approval | approbation | |
| approval and marketing of phytopharmaceutical products | homologation et mise en circulation du produit phytopharmaceutique | |
| approval of a new substance | agrément d'une substance nouvelle | |
| approval of installations | homologation d'installations | |
| approval of new substances | agrément des substances nouvelles | |
| approved site or facility | site ou installation agréé | |
| apron surge tank | cheminée d'équilibre en radier | |
| Aqua privy | fosse à niveau constant | |
| aquaculture (1. The cultivation and harvest of freshwater or marine animals and plants, in ponds, tanks, cages or on protected beds. This is usually done in inland waters, estuaries or coastal waters. It is estimated that commercial fish farming accounts for more than 10% of the world's fish needs. Fish farming usually concentrates on molluscs, including oysters, mussels and clams, because they are usually immobile and fetch high prices. Shrimps and salmon are also farmed, but the stock have to be caught in the wild first, so that they can be brought up to commercial standards in pens. Aquaculture in not new. In Asia freshwater fish have been farmed for some 4.000 years, usually on small farms. 2. The use of artificial means to increase the production of aquatic organisms in fresh or salt water) | aquaculture |