| Terms for subject Environment (27983 entries) |
| Vorrat | stock (trade) | |
| Vorratsbehälter | bag | |
| Vorreinigungseinrichtung | pollution abatement facilities | |
| Vorrichtung für Zündung aus der Luft | aerial ignition device | |
| Vorrichtung zur ständigen Probenahme von atmosphaerischen Stäuben auf einem Festfilter | device equipped with a fixed filter for the continuous sampling of airborne (atmospheric) dust | |
| Vorrichtungen für die Zufuhr von Abfällen | waste supply systems | |
| Vorschrift | prescription (Acquisition of a personal right to use a way, water, light and air by reason of continuous usage. Prescription is a peremptory and perpetual bar to every species of action, real or personal, when creditor has been silent for a certain time without urging his claim) | |
| Vorschriften über Rückstände | legislation on residues | |
| Vorsorgekonzept | precautionary approach | |
| Vorsorgemassnahmen | preventive measures | |
| Vorsorgeprinzip | cause for concern principle | |
| Vorsorgeprinzip | cause for concern principle (Principle connected with the precautionary principle: it means that, if there are strong reasons for expecting serious or irreversible damage to the environment following a given project, lack of full scientific certainty should not be used as a reason for postponing cost-effective measures to prevent environmental degradation. Critics of this approach are concerned about large commitments of resources to deal with vaguely defined problems) | |
| Vorsorgeprinzip | precautionary principle (Principle adopted by the UN Conference on Environment and Development (1992) that in order to protect the environment, a precautionary approach should be widely applied, meaning that where there are threats of serious or irreversible damage to the environment, lack of full scientific certainty should not be used as a reason for postponing cost-effective measures to prevent environmental degradation) | |
| Vorsorgeprinzip | pro-active approach | |
| Vorsteppe | pre-steppe brush | |
| Vorsätzliche Verschmutzung | deliberate pollution | |
| Vorteilsausgleich | Benefit-sharing | |
| Vorverfahren | preliminary proceedings | |
| Vorverfahren | preliminary proceedings (Any introductory action in the judicial process designed to determine the need for further court involvement or to expedite a motion that requires immediate attention) | |
| Vorzerkleinerung | prior crushing |