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mass depletions
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loss of diversity failure to produce new species
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synergy
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the cross promtion of vertically-intergrated goods
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local exchange trading system
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a barter system whereby a local currency is created through which members trade a service or goods in a local network seperated from formal economy
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Vienna Convention for Protection of the Ozone layer
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first international convention aimed at addresing the issue of ozone depletion
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Holocene
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the current interglaration period extending from 10,000 years ago to presen.
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acid rain
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acidfide rainfall sercerly damages plant and human life
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renewable resources
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resources that are regenrated as they are used
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aquifers
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Porus water holding rocksthat provide wells
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globalization
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expansion gof economic,political and cultural processes to the point that they become global in scale and impact.
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solid waste
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non liquid nor soluble wast. mining residue sludge and agricultural refuse
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Enviromental stress
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Threat ot enviroment security by human such as pollution.
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participatory development
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the notion that locals should be engaged in deciding what development means for them and how it should be achived
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chlorofluorocarbons
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Synthetic organic compunds first created in 1950 use in refriegerators
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photosynthesis
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the formation of carbohydrates in plants by chemical process and sunlight
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ozone layer
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LAyer above earth 30-45 kilometers acts as a shield form UV rays
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hydrologic cycle
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system of exchange of water in various forms ie water cycle.
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Little Ice Age
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Temporary cooling period between 14 and 19 century. experinced temperature fluction and other bad natural phenomenons resulting in famine.
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glaciation
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Period of global cooling. ice sheets and glaciers expands.
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Washington Consensus networks
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The most recenct glacial period of the pleistocence enduring about 100,000 years and giving way, beginning about 18,000 years ago to the current interglacial the Holocene.
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oxygen cycle
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cycle by which hunmans get oxygen and give it off in the form of carbondioxide. intertwints with plants.
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global warming
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Earth is gradually warming as a result of the green house effect
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mass extinctions
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Mass destruction of species
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Pacific Ring of Fire
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Ocean girdling zone of crustable instaility, volcansim and earthquakes from tectonic activities along plate boundaries in the region
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gatekeepers
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people or corparations who control access to informatiom
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Pangaea
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The anicent supercontinent hypothesized by Alfred Wengner.
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vertical intergration
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Ownership by the same firm of a number companies that exist along a variety of points on a commodity chain
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toxic waste
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waste causing danger from chemicals and infectious organisms
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soil erosion
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wearing away of earth's surface by wind or water
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Pliestocene
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LAte epoch of the LAte Cenozoic Ice Age began in 1.8 millons years ago rise of human civlization.
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Wisonconsinian Glaciation
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Most recent glacial period enduring about 100,000 years and giving way,
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atmosphere
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Blanket of gas surrounding the earth 350 miles above the earth surface
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sanitary land
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disposable site for non hazardous solid waste. Design to be compact
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interglaciation
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Substaining warming phase between glaciations during ice age
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radioactive wave
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haxzard waste emitting radation from neculear realted items
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horizontal intergration
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Ownership by the same firm of a number of companies that exist at the same point on a coommodity scale
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Montreal Protocol
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Internation agreement signed by 105 countries and the EU. Called for reduction of chloroflurocarbons
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biodiversity
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total plants and animals in a particular place
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deforestation
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the clearing and harvest of wood for consumption and corporate goods
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