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| Terms for subject Environment (6716 entries) |
| deċentrament | decentralisation (Basic organizational leadership concept and process of shifting and delegating power and authority from a higher level to subordinate levels within the administrative/managerial hierarchy in order to promote independence, responsibility, and quicker decision-making in applying or interpreting policies and procedures to the needs of these levels) | |
| deċibel | decibel (A unit used to express relative difference on power, usually between acoustic or electric signals, equal to ten times the common logarithm of the ratio of the two level) | |
| deċiżjoni | judgement (The official and authentic decision of a court of justice upon the respective rights and claims of the parties to an action or suit therein litigated and submitted to its determination. The final decision of the court resolving the dispute and determining the rights and obligations of the parties. The law's last word in a judicial controversy, it being the final determination by a court of the rights of the parties upon matters submitted to it in an action or proceeding; sentence) | |
| deċiżjoni Komunitarja | Community ruling | |
| Deċiżjoni Nru 406/2009/KE tal-Parlament Ewropew u tal-Kunsill tat- 23 ta' April 2009 dwar l-isforz tal-Istati Membri biex inaqqsu l-emissjonijiet tagħhom tal-gassijiet serra biex jonoraw l-impenji tal-Komunità għat-tnaqqis tal-emissjonijiet tal-gassijiet serra sal-2020 | Decision No 406/2009/EC on the effort of Member States to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions to meet the Community's greenhouse gas emission reduction commitments up to 2020 | |
| Deċiżjoni Nru 406/2009/KE tal-Parlament Ewropew u tal-Kunsill tat- 23 ta' April 2009 dwar l-isforz tal-Istati Membri biex inaqqsu l-emissjonijiet tagħhom tal-gassijiet serra biex jonoraw l-impenji tal-Komunità għat-tnaqqis tal-emissjonijiet tal-gassijiet serra sal-2020 | effort sharing decision | |
| deċiżjoni provviżorja | interim decision | |
| definizzjoni tal-miri | target setting (Establishing or determining environmental goals or objectives) | |
| defoljazzjoni | defoliation (1. The drop of foliage from plants caused by herbicides such as Agent Orange, diuron, triazines, all of which interfere with photosynthesis. The use of defoliants, as in Vietnam or in jungle clearance for agriculture, can permanently destroy tropical forests. Once the tree cover is removed, the soil is subjected to erosion and precious nutrients are rapidly leached away. 2. Destroying (an area of jungle, forest, etc.) as by chemical sprays or incendiary bombs, in order to give enemy troops or guerilla forces no place of concealment) | |
| deforestazzjoni | deforestation (The removal of forest and undergrowth to increase the surface of arable land or to use the timber for construction or industrial purposes. Forest and its undergrowth possess a very high water-retaining capacity, inhibiting runoff of rainwater) | |
| deforestazzjoni | woodland clearance (The permanent clear-felling of an area of forest or woodland. On steep slopes this can lead to severe soil erosion, especially where heavy seasonal rains or the melting of snow at higher levels cause sudden heavy flows of water. In the humid tropics it may also lead to a release of carbon dioxide from the soil) | |
| deforestazzjoni | clearance of forests | |
| deforestazzjoni | deforestation | |
| deforestazzjoni | forest cover destruction | |
| deforestazzjoni | forest destruction | |
| deforestazzjoni tropikali | tropical deforestation | |
| degassifikazzjoni tal-iskart | waste degasification (The removal of gaseous components form waste) | |
| degassifikazzjoni tal-landfill | landfill degasification (Landfill gas is highly dangerous as methane is highly explosive; therefore it must be controlled at all operational landfill sites, whether by active or passive ventilation or both especially in the case of deep sites. There exist venting systems for shallow and deep sites respectively) | |
| degradabbiltà | degradability (The capacity of being decomposed chemically or biologically) | |
| degradazzjoni | degradation (A type of organic chemical reaction in which a compound is converted into a simpler compound in stages) |