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Des politiques vertes

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Eco-friendly policies

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Écologique

Lié à l’environnement

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Environmental

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Une politique qui respecte l’environnement

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

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Protéger l’environnement

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To protect the environment

To preserve the environment

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La protection de l’environnement

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The preservation of the environment

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La nature

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Nature

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La protection de la nature

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Nature conservation

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La faune et la flore

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Wildlife

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WWF

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The World Wide Fund for Nature

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

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What is the world’s largest indépendant conservation organization?

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

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Organisation caritative

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Charity

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Where does the majority of WWFs findings come from?

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

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Stopper

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To halt

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What is WWFs mission?

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“To halt and reverse the destruction of our environment”

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Biome

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Biomes

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Un défenseur de l’environnement

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A conservationist

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Un écologiste

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An environmentalist

An ecologist

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Un militant écologiste

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A green activist

An eco-warrior

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Un écolo

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A tree-hugger

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Sensibiliser l’opinion publique à un problème

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To make people aware of a problem

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Une campagne de sensibilisation

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An awareness-raising campaign

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Un parc naturel

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A nature reserve

A national park

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Le tourisme écologique

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Eco-tourism

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Greenpeace

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

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What are the concerns of Greenpeace?
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
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La chasse à la baleine
Whaling
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Pêche au chalutier
Bottom trawling
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What is Friends of the Earth?
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.
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Détruire la biosphère
To destroy the biosphere
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Représenter une menace pour quelque chose
To pose a threat to something
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Etre une menace pour quelque chose
To be a threat to something
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Mettre en danger quelque chose
To jeopardize something | To endanger something
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Mettre quelque chose en danger
To put something at risk
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Etre en danger
To be at risk | To be in danger
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What is the Gaia hypothesis?
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)
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Nuire à l'environnement
To harm the environment | To do harm to the environment
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Nuisible | Nocif
Harmful
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Inoffensif | Sans danger
Harmless
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Dégâts
Damage
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Endommager quelque chose | Porter atteinte à quelque chose
To damage something
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Causer des dégâts
To do damage | To cause damage
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Se détériorer | Détériorer
To deteriorate
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Le bien-être
Welfare
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En désaccord
At loggerheads
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S'épuiser
To run out
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Souiller
To defile
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How is the world going according to economists?
The world seems to be getting better
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How is the world going according to environmentalists?
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
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Les ressources naturelles
Natural resources
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L'épuisement des ressources
The depletion of resources
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La rareté
Scarcity
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Les matières premières
Raw materials
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Récolte (verbe)
Is reaping
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Mesures assouplissant la réglementation
Regulatory relief
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Abroger
Has repealed
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Dépouiller
To strip
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La biodiversité
Biodiversity
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L'habitat
Habitat
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Une niche
A niche
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Un secteur sauvegardé | Une zone protégée
A conservation area
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Un écosystème
An ecosystem
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Une espèce
A species
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Un espèce animale
An animal species
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Une espèce végétale
A plant species
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Le trafic d'animaux
Animal trafficking
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What is Darwin's Nightmare?
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
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Le film s'étend sur
The film dwells at length on
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Une espèce en voie de disparition
An endangered species
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Être menacé d'extinction
To be threatened with extinction
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Disparaitre
To become extinct
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La surpêche
Overfishing
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Le thon rouge
Bluefin tuna
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Un dauphin
A dolphin
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Une baleine
A whale
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La pêche à la baleine
Whaling
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Facilement
Readily
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La couche d'ozone
The ozone layer
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Les rayons ultra-violets
Ultra-violet rays
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Le trou dans la couche d'ozone
The hole in the ozone layer
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La diminution de la couche d'ozone
Ozone depletion
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Les CFC
CFCs
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Respectueux de la couche d'ozone
Ozone-friendly
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Frappant
Striking
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Entremêlés
Intermingled
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Exprimer
To voice
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Une forêt tropicale
A rainforest | A tropical forest
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Le développement durable
Sustainable development
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Abattre des arbres
To fell trees | To cut down trees
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Le déboisement | La déforestation
Deforestation
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L'exploitation du bois
Logging
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L'industrie du bois
The logging industry
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La forêt tropicale se réduit
The rainforest is shrinking
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Reboiser
To reforest
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Le reboisement
Reforestation
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Terrains de foot
Football pitches
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How held the Guinness world record of the fastest pace of deforestation in 2007?
Indonesian government

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