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1
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Des politiques vertes

A

Eco-friendly policies

2
Q

Écologique

Lié à l’environnement

A

Environmental

3
Q

Une politique qui respecte l’environnement

A

An environmentally-friendly policy
Environment-friendly policy
Eco-friendly policy

4
Q

Protéger l’environnement

A

To protect the environment

To preserve the environment

5
Q

La protection de l’environnement

A

The preservation of the environment

6
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La nature

A

Nature

7
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La protection de la nature

A

Nature conservation

8
Q

La faune et la flore

A

Wildlife

9
Q

WWF

A

The World Wide Fund for Nature

International non-governmental organization working on issues regarding the conservation of the environment

10
Q

What is the world’s largest indépendant conservation organization?

A

WWF
Over 5 million supporters worldwide
Working in more than 90 countries

11
Q

Organisation caritative

A

Charity

12
Q

Where does the majority of WWFs findings come from?

A

60% of its funding comes from voluntary donations by private individuals

13
Q

Stopper

A

To halt

14
Q

What is WWFs mission?

A

“To halt and reverse the destruction of our environment”

15
Q

Biome

A

Biomes

16
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Un défenseur de l’environnement

A

A conservationist

17
Q

Un écologiste

A

An environmentalist

An ecologist

18
Q

Un militant écologiste

A

A green activist

An eco-warrior

19
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Un écolo

A

A tree-hugger

20
Q

Sensibiliser l’opinion publique à un problème

A

To make people aware of a problem

21
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Une campagne de sensibilisation

A

An awareness-raising campaign

22
Q

Un parc naturel

A

A nature reserve

A national park

23
Q

Le tourisme écologique

A

Eco-tourism

24
Q

Greenpeace

A

International non-governmental organization for the protection and conservation of the environment
Founded in Canada in 1971

25
Q

What are the concerns of Greenpeace?

A

It started out as an anti-nuclear protest group but has now turned to other concerns such as whaling , bottom trawling, global warming, nuclear power and genetically modified organism

26
Q

La chasse à la baleine

A

Whaling

27
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Pêche au chalutier

A

Bottom trawling

28
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What is Friends of the Earth?

A

International network of environmental organizations in 77 countries
Their current priorities are economic justice and resisting neoliberalism, forest and biodiversity, food sovereignty, climate justice and energy.

29
Q

Détruire la biosphère

A

To destroy the biosphere

30
Q

Représenter une menace pour quelque chose

A

To pose a threat to something

31
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Etre une menace pour quelque chose

A

To be a threat to something

32
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Mettre en danger quelque chose

A

To jeopardize something

To endanger something

33
Q

Mettre quelque chose en danger

A

To put something at risk

34
Q

Etre en danger

A

To be at risk

To be in danger

35
Q

What is the Gaia hypothesis?

A

Proposed by James Lovelock
Postulates that the Earth should be viewed as a single organism (the biosphere and the physical components of the Earth are closely integrated to form a complex interacting system)

36
Q

Nuire à l’environnement

A

To harm the environment

To do harm to the environment

37
Q

Nuisible

Nocif

A

Harmful

38
Q

Inoffensif

Sans danger

A

Harmless

39
Q

Dégâts

A

Damage

40
Q

Endommager quelque chose

Porter atteinte à quelque chose

A

To damage something

41
Q

Causer des dégâts

A

To do damage

To cause damage

42
Q

Se détériorer

Détériorer

A

To deteriorate

43
Q

Le bien-être

A

Welfare

44
Q

En désaccord

A

At loggerheads

45
Q

S’épuiser

A

To run out

46
Q

Souiller

A

To defile

47
Q

How is the world going according to economists?

A

The world seems to be getting better

48
Q

How is the world going according to environmentalists?

A

Natural resources are running out
The population is ever growing, leaving less and less to eat
Species are becoming extinct and forest are disappearing
The planet’s air and water are becoming ever more polluted

49
Q

Les ressources naturelles

A

Natural resources

50
Q

L’épuisement des ressources

A

The depletion of resources

51
Q

La rareté

A

Scarcity

52
Q

Les matières premières

A

Raw materials

53
Q

Récolte (verbe)

A

Is reaping

54
Q

Mesures assouplissant la réglementation

A

Regulatory relief

55
Q

Abroger

A

Has repealed

56
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Dépouiller

A

To strip

57
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La biodiversité

A

Biodiversity

58
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L’habitat

A

Habitat

59
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Une niche

A

A niche

60
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Un secteur sauvegardé

Une zone protégée

A

A conservation area

61
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Un écosystème

A

An ecosystem

62
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Une espèce

A

A species

63
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Un espèce animale

A

An animal species

64
Q

Une espèce végétale

A

A plant species

65
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Le trafic d’animaux

A

Animal trafficking

66
Q

What is Darwin’s Nightmare?

A

A controversial documentary film that was released in 2004

Describes the disastrous effects of the development of the fishing industry around Lake Victoria in Tanzania

67
Q

Le film s’étend sur

A

The film dwells at length on

68
Q

Une espèce en voie de disparition

A

An endangered species

69
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Être menacé d’extinction

A

To be threatened with extinction

70
Q

Disparaitre

A

To become extinct

71
Q

La surpêche

A

Overfishing

72
Q

Le thon rouge

A

Bluefin tuna

73
Q

Un dauphin

A

A dolphin

74
Q

Une baleine

A

A whale

75
Q

La pêche à la baleine

A

Whaling

76
Q

Facilement

A

Readily

77
Q

La couche d’ozone

A

The ozone layer

78
Q

Les rayons ultra-violets

A

Ultra-violet rays

79
Q

Le trou dans la couche d’ozone

A

The hole in the ozone layer

80
Q

La diminution de la couche d’ozone

A

Ozone depletion

81
Q

Les CFC

A

CFCs

82
Q

Respectueux de la couche d’ozone

A

Ozone-friendly

83
Q

Frappant

A

Striking

84
Q

Entremêlés

A

Intermingled

85
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Exprimer

A

To voice

86
Q

Une forêt tropicale

A

A rainforest

A tropical forest

87
Q

Le développement durable

A

Sustainable development

88
Q

Abattre des arbres

A

To fell trees

To cut down trees

89
Q

Le déboisement

La déforestation

A

Deforestation

90
Q

L’exploitation du bois

A

Logging

91
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L’industrie du bois

A

The logging industry

92
Q

La forêt tropicale se réduit

A

The rainforest is shrinking

93
Q

Reboiser

A

To reforest

94
Q

Le reboisement

A

Reforestation

95
Q

Terrains de foot

A

Football pitches

96
Q

How held the Guinness world record of the fastest pace of deforestation in 2007?

A

Indonesian government