| Subject | English | Romanian |
| life.sc. | aerobic degradation | degradare aerobă |
| life.sc. | anaerobic degradation | degradare anaerobă |
| environ. | chemical degradation The act or process of simplifying or breaking down a molecule into smaller parts, either naturally or artificially | degradare chimică |
| soil. | degradation of chernozem | podzolirea cernoziomului |
| environ. | degradation of natural resources The result of the cumulative activities of farmers, households, and industries, all trying to improve their socio-economic well being. These activities tend to be counterproductive for several reasons. People may not completely understand the long-term consequences of their activities on the natural resource base. The most important ways in which human activity is interfering with the global ecosystem are: 1. fossil fuel burning which may double the atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration by the middle of the next century, as well as further increasing the emissions of sulphur and nitrogen very significantly; 2. expanding agriculture and forestry and the associated use of fertilizers (nitrogen and phosphorous) are significantly altering the natural circulation of these nutrients; 3. increased exploitation of the freshwater system both for irrigation in agriculture and industry and for waste disposal | degradarea resurselor naturale |
| agric. | degradation of soil | degradarea solului |
| environ. | degradation of the environment The process by which the environment is progressively contaminated, overexploited and destroyed | degradarea mediului |
| econ. | degradation of the environment | degradarea mediului |
| environ., food.ind., chem. | degradation product | produs de degradare |
| environ. | degradation product Those chemicals resulting from partial decomposition or chemical breakdown of substances | produs de degradare |
| environ. | ecosystem degradation Degradation or destruction of large natural environments. When one ecosystem is under attack as a result of natural or man-made disaster it is extremely difficult to calculate the ripple effects throughout nature. When two or more ecosystems are being degraded the probabilities of synergistic destructiveness multiply. Ecosystems in many regions are threatened, despite their biological richness and their promise of material benefits | analiză de ecosistem |
| environ., agric. | forest degradation | degradarea pădurilor |
| environ. | freshwater degradation Pollution immediately or eventually involves the hydrological cycle of the earth, because even pollutants emitted into the air and those present in the soil are washed out by precipitation. Water is considered polluted when it is altered in composition or condition so that it becomes less suitable for any or all of the functions and purposes for which it would be suitable in its natural state. This definition includes changes in the physical, chemical and biological properties of water, or such discharges of liquid, gaseous or solid substances into water as will or are likely to create nuisances or render such water harmful to public health, safety or welfare, or to domestic, commercial, industrial, agricultural, fish or other aquatic life. It also includes changes in temperatures, due to the discharge of hot water | degradare a apei dulci |
| environ., agric. | land degradation | degradarea terenului |
| environ., agric. | land degradation | degradarea solului |
| construct. | oxidizing degradation | distrucție oxidativă |
| environ. | pollutant degradation The physical, chemical or biological breakdown of a complex polluting material into simpler components | degradare a poluantului |
| environ. | primary degradation | degradare primară |
| environ. | reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries | reducere a emisiilor cauzate de despăduriri și de degradarea pădurilor în țările în curs de dezvoltare |
| environ., agric. | soil degradation | degradarea solului |
| environ. | soil degradation Soil may deteriorate either by physical movement of soil particles from a given site or by depletion of the water-soluble elements in the soil which contribute to the nourishment of crop, plants, grasses, trees, and other economically usable vegetation. The physical movement generally is referred to as erosion. Wind, water, glacial ice, animals and tools in use may be agents of erosion | degradare a solului |
| environ., agric. | soil degradation | degradarea terenului |
| soil. | soil degradation | regradarea solului |
| construct. | surface degradation | degradare superficială |
| construct. | thermal degradation | distrucție termică |
| econ., environ., forestr. | United Nations Collaborative Programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries | Programul Organizației Națiunilor Unite pentru reducerea emisiilor cauzate de despăduriri și de degradarea pădurilor în țările în curs de dezvoltare |
