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Terms for subject Environment (5171 entries)

katamaran	twin-hull craft (Oil tank vessels provided with a double-hull to meet the regulatory safety requirements in oil transportation. Requirements include minimum values for depths and breadth of double bottoms. Also called double-hull tank vessel)
katastrofe	catastrophe (A sudden, widespread disaster or calamity that greatly exceeds the resources of an area or region)
katastrofe	disaster (The result of a vast ecological breakdown in the relations between man and his environment, a serious and sudden event (or slow, as in drought) on such a scale that the stricken community needs extraordinary efforts to cope with it, often with outside help or international aid)
katastrofeberedskap	disaster preparedness (The aggregate of measures to be taken in view of disasters, consisting of plans and action programmes designed to minimize loss of life and damage, to organize and facilitate effective rescue and relief, and to rehabilitate after disaster. Preparedness requires the necessary legislation and means to cope with disaster or similar emergency situations. It is also concerned with forecasting and warning, the education and training of the public, organization and management, including plans, training of personnel, the stockpiling of supplies and ensuring the needed funds and other resources)
katastrofeberedskapstjeneste	disaster control service (Work done or agency established to analyze, plan, assign and coordinate available resources in order to prepare for, respond to, mitigate and recover from damage caused by an ecological calamity, natural or human in origin)
katastrofeforebygging	disaster prevention (The aggregate of approaches and measures to ensure that human action or natural phenomena do not cause or result in disaster or similar emergency. It implies the formulation and implementation of long-range policies and programmes to eliminate or prevent the occurrence of disasters)
katastrofehjelp	disaster relief (Money, food or other assistance provided for those surviving a sudden, calamitous event causing loss of life, damage or hardship)
katastrofeområde	disaster zone (Zone that has been stricken by a disaster and where measures must be taken to reduce the severity of the human and material damage caused by it)
katastrofeplan	disaster contingency plan (An anticipatory emergency plan to be followed in an expected or eventual disaster, based on risk assessment, availability of human and material resources, community preparedness, local and international response capability, etc.)
kategori av truet art	category of endangered species (Those of the planet's flora and fauna which are threatened with extinction. Hunting and poaching to fuel the trade in ivory, horn, skins, fur and feathers have long been a threat to already endangered species. Pollution, agricultural expansion, loss of wetlands, deforestation and other erosion of habitats have been added to the hazards. Human activity was responsible for most of the animals and plants known to have been lost in the past two centuries)
kation	cation (A positively charged atom or group of atoms, or a radical which moves to the negative pole (cathode) during electrolysis)
kattedyr	felid (Predatory mammal, including cats, lions, leopards, tigers, jaguars, and cheetahs, typically having a round head and retractile claws)
keramikk	ceramics (objects, products
keramikk	ceramics (objects, products ; The art and techniques of producing articles of clay, porcelain, etc.)
keramisk industri	ceramics industry (Manufacturing plant producing ceramic items)
KFK- og halonforbud	CFC and halons prohibition (An interdiction on the manufacture or use of products that discharge chlorofluorocarbons and bromine-containing compounds into the atmosphere, thereby contributing to the depletion of the ozone layer)
kilde	spring (A place where ground water flows naturally from a rock or the soil onto the land surface or into a body of surface water; hydrology, land)
kildeseparering	separation at source (Segregating various wastes at the point of generation (e.g. separation of paper, metal and glass from other wastes) to make recycling simpler and more efficient)
kildesortering	sorting at source (The classification and separation of solid waste, according to type, at the location where it is generated)
kildevann	spring water (Water obtained from an underground formation from which water flows naturally to the surface, or would flow naturally to the surface if it were not collected underground)