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Terms for subject Environment (31552 entries)

cadence d'évacuation de la matière	rate of disposal per specific period
cadmium	cadmium (One of the toxic heavy metal which has caused deaths and permanent illnesses in a series of major pollution incidents around the world. Cadmium has no useful biological purpose. However, it has wide industrial applications. It has been used for decades in metal plating to prevent corrosion, in rechargeable batteries and as a pigment in certain plastics and paints. Special care is taken in the industrial smelting of ores and subsequent handling of cadmium, because occupational exposure is known to have caused heart, chest and kidney disorders. Environmental health problems have come from exposure to various sources of pollution, Cd)
cadre d'action en matière d'adaptation	Framework for Action on Adaptation
cadre d'action sur l'adaptation au changement climatique	Framework for Action on Adaptation
cadre de coopération	framework for cooperation
Cadre de l'adaptation de Cancún	Cancún Adaptation Framework
cadre de vie	living environment (External conditions or surroundings in which people live or work)
cadre de vie	living environment
Cadre décennal de programmation concernant les modes de consommation et de production durables	10-year framework of programmes on sustainable consumption and production
cadre écologique	ecological setting
cadre institutionnel du développement durable	Institutional framework for sustainable development
cadre naturel	natural amenities
cadre pour des consultations	forum for consultation
cadre pour une politique communautaire dans le domaine de l'eau	framework for a Community action in the field of water policy
cadre social	social framework
cadre social	social framework (The underlying structure that connects and supports the various members and parts of a community or human organization)
cadres supérieurs	top executives
cafards	cockroach
cafards	cockroaches
cafards	cockroach (The most primitive of the living winged insects. It is thought they have been unchanged for more than 300 million years, and are among the oldest fossil insects. Cockroaches are usually found in tropical climates, but a few species, out of the total 3.500 known species, have become pests. They are common household pests in many countries, imported by ship and carried home in grocery bags. Cockroaches eat plant and animal products, including food, paper, clothing and soiled hospital waste, fouling everything they touch with their droppings and unpleasant odour, to which many people are allergic. They are a major health hazard and carry harmful bacteria, protozoan parasites and faunal pathogens, including those that cause typhoid, leprosy and salmonella. Conventional insecticides make little or no impact on the cockroaches population)