Environment and Ecology Flashcards

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l’écologie

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ecology

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une manifestation

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a demonstration

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un détracteur

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a detractor

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un gardien chargé de la protection des animaux

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a game warden

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un parc national

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a national park

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une sanction

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a penalty

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le développement durable

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sustainable development

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un braconnier

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a poacher

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un nuage toxique

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a poison cloud

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une centrale électrique

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a power plant, a power station

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un groupe de pression

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a pressure group

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une réserve

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a reserve

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une condamnation

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a sentence

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un adversaire acharné

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a staunch opponent

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un piège

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a trap

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un spécialiste de la vie des animaux sauvages

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a wildlife specialist

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un zoologiste

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a zoologist

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un défenseur

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an advocate

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un argument pour / contre

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an argument for / against

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un écologiste

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an ecologist

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une loi sur l’environnement

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an environmental law

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une politique écologique

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an environmental policy

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un impôt écologique

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an environmental tax

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un expert

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an expert

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une usine d’incinération
an incineration plant
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un incinérateur
an incinerator
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une nappe de pétrole
an oil slick
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une marée noire
an oil spill, a black tide, a spillage
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les mouvements pour la protection des animaux
animal-conservation movements
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biodégradable
biodegradable
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des émanations de dioxyde de carbone
carbon dioxide emissions
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le gaz carbonique
carbon monoxide
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clandestin
clandestine
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le charbon
coal
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le pétrole brut
crude oil
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un emballage perdu
disposable wrapping
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écologique
ecological
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la détérioration de l’environnement
environmental degradation
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la protection de l’environnement
environmental protection
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du gaz d’échappement
exhaust fumes
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la consommation écologique
green consumerism
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des écologistes inconditionnels
hard-core environmentalists
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les ordures ménagères
household waste
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en danger d’extinction
in danger of extinction
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les déchets industriels
industrial waste
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les déchets radioactifs
radioactive waste
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du papier recyclé
recycled paper
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des bouteilles consignées
returnable bottles
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le ministère de l’Environnement
the Department of the Environment
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l’Agence pour la protection de l’environnement
the Environment Protection Agency
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le mouvement écologique
the green movement, the environmental movement, the Ecology Party
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l’effet de serre
the greenhouse effect
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le commerce de l’ivoire / de la fourrure
the ivory / fur trade
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la couche d’ozone
the ozone layer
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le règlement
the regulation
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le seuil de danger
the threshold of safety
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des mesures sévères
tough measures
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l’élimination des déchets
waste disposal
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la protection de la faune
wildlife protection
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abonder
to abound
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accuser de
to accuse of
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interdire la chasse
to ban hunting
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être consterné par
to be appalled at
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être conscient de
to be aware of