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The United Nations Organization (UNO), or simply United Nations (UN), is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and the achieving of world peace.
Gas used as a propellant in aerosols. It contributes to the destruction of the ozone layer in the stratosphere, thereby allowing harmful forms of solar radiation to reach the earth's surface.
Industry:Environment
Series of shaded illustrations used to measure the opacity of air pollution emissions. The chart shades range from light grey to black and serve in the setting and enforcing of emission standards.
Industry:Environment
Amount of gaseous oxygen (O2) actually present in water expressed in terms either of its presence in the volume of water (milligrams of O2 per litre) or of its share in saturated water (percentage).
Industry:Environment
Draft classification proposed within the framework of the United Nations methodology for integrated environmental and economic accounting (United Nations, 1993a). See also environmental protection.
Industry:Environment
Water containing salts at a concentration significantly lower than that of sea water. The concentration of total dissolved salts is usually in the range of 1,000-10,000 milligrams per litre (mg/l).
Industry:Environment
Facility that converts atomic energy into usable power. In a nuclear electric power plant, heat produced by a reactor is generally used to drive a turbine which in turn drives an electric generator.
Industry:Environment
Heavy metal used in the manufacture of alloys and electroplating. It is a multivalent element that in hexavalent form can be toxic in drinking water if concentration exceeds 50 milligrams per litre.
Industry:Environment
A management tool used to allocate the Total Allowable Catch (TAC) to individual fishermen or companies. ITQs are usually granted as a form of long-term fishing right and are tradable (transferable).
Industry:Environment
Disease caused by the protozoan plasmodium and transmitted by the bite of an infected anopheles mosquito. The disease is rare in the industrialized world but fairly common in many tropical countries.
Industry:Environment
Issue of sustainable development referring, within the environmental context, to fairness in the intertemporal distribution of the endowment with natural assets or of the rights to their exploitation.
Industry:Environment
