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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.
Ability of natural systems to safely absorb waste and residuals. See also absorption.
Industry:Environment
Branches and leaves of woody plants that are developed some distance above the ground.
Industry:Environment
Ecosystem that has evolved into a stabilized steady-state system with maximum biomass.
Industry:Environment
Farm on which both crop production and livestock-keeping are practised simultaneously.
Industry:Environment
Flatworm found in polluted water, used as a biochemical indicator of pollution levels.
Industry:Environment
Floating or weakly swimming plant and animal life in water, often microscopic in size.
Industry:Environment
Land that was cultivated but is now in a state of disuse; abandoned land; fallow land.
Industry:Environment
Resistance to disease, usually specific to one disease or the pathogen that causes it.
Industry:Environment
Scale with a range extending from 0 to 10 for measuring the strength of an earthquake.
Industry:Environment
Study of effects of radiation on species of plants and animals in natural communities.
Industry:Environment
