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| Terms for subject Environment (5171 entries) |
| desertification (1. The development of desert conditions as a result of human activity or climatic changes. 2. The process of land damage which allows the soil to spread like a desert in arid and semi-arid regions. There is a loss of vegetative cover and the soil deteriorates in texture, nutrient content and fertility. Desertification affects the lives of three-quarters of the world's population, 70% of all drylands and one quarter of the total land area of the planet. There are many reasons for desertification, but the majority are caused by human activities, overgrazing, deforestation, poor land management and over-exploitation. Agenda 21 states that the priority in combating desertification should be establishing preventive measures for lands that are not yet, or are only slightly, degraded) | ørkenspredning | |
| desertification control (Remedial and preventive actions adopted against desertification include irrigation, planting of trees and grasses, the erection of fences to secure sand dunes, and a careful management of water resources) | ørkenspredningsbekjemping | |
| design (A graphic representation, especially a detailed plan for construction or manufacture; project) | utforming | |
| desk study (No definition needed) | skrivebordsundersøkelse | |
| desorption (The process of removing a sorbed substance by the reverse of adsorption or absorption) | desorpsjon | |
| destination of transport (The targeted place to which persons, materials or commodities are conveyed over land, water or through the air) | bestemmelsessted for transport | |
| desulphurisation (The removal of sulphur, as from molten metals or petroleum oil. Sulphur residues in fuels end up as sulphur dioxide when the fuel is burned causing acid rain) | svovelfjerning | |
| desulphurisation of fuel (Removal of sulfur from fossil fuels (or removal of sulfur dioxide from combustion fuel gases) to reduce pollution) | svovelfjerning fra brennstoff | |
| detection (The act or process of discovering evidence or proof of governmental, legal or ethical violations) | påvisning | |
| detector (A mechanical, electrical, or chemical device that automatically identifies and records or registers a stimulus, such as an environmental change in pressure or temperature, an electrical signal, or radiation from a radioactive material) | detektor | |
| detergent (A surface-active agent used for removing dirt and grease from a variety of surfaces and materials. Early detergents contained alkyl sulphonates, which proved resistant to bacterial decomposition, causing foaming in rivers and difficulties in sewage treatment plants. These hard detergents were replaced during the 1960s with soft biodegradable detergents. Apprehension continues to be expressed about the use of phosphates in detergents, helping to promote the process of eutrophication. No satisfactory substitute has yet emerged) | rensemiddel | |
| determination method (Method employed in the assessment or in the evaluation of a quantity, a quality, a fact, an event, etc.) | bestemmelsesmetode | |
| deterrence (Punishment aiming at deterring the criminal from repeating his offences or deterring others from committing similar acts) | avskrekking | |
| deterrent (Any measure, implement or policy designed to discourage or restrain the actions or advance of another agent, organization or state) | avskrekkingsmiddel | |
| detoxification (The act or process of removing a poison or the toxic properties of a substance in the body) | avgiftning | |
| developed country (A nation possessing a relatively high degree of industrialization, infrastructure and other capital investment, sophisticated technology, widespread literacy and advanced living standards among its populations as a whole) | utviklet land | |
| developing countries debt | u-landsgjeld | |
| developing country (A country whose people are beginning to utilize available resources in order to bring about a sustained increase in per capita production of goods and services) | utviklingsland | |
| development aid (The economic assistance or other types of support provided to developing countries to promote or encourage advancement in living standards, institutions, infrastructure, agricultural practices and other aspects of an economy, and to resolve problems typically associated with developing countries) | utviklingshjelp | |
| development area (Area which has been given special help from a government to encourage business and factories to be set up there) | utviklingsområde |