The main objective of "Elsevier's Dictionary of Environment" is to
assist those involved in environmental activities in their attempt
to make the world cleaner and to sustain its natural resources for
future generations. It will help with the production of
documentation for meetings and conferences as well as for drafting
papers for training, information and communication purposes.
Environmental concerns are important items on the political and
economic agendas of most countries, whether developed or
developing. In a world conscious of its environmental problems,
studies in this domain have become an established discipline. Every
new branch of science needs to define relevant terms to be used
through the medium of language.
The subject of environment is global because it touches
everyone. Individuals, specialists or institutions concerned with
the health of our planet need to mean the same thing when
communicating with each other, notwithstanding language
differences. The compilation of a multilingual dictionary on
environment is not easy. The inclusion or omission of certain terms
is an important question. However, the choice of terms, in this
text, is based on two assumptions: (1) the most commonly used
terms, (2) their translatability into other languages without
losing their intended meaning. Consideration of regional
differences of the same languages has been taken into account.
This dictionary contains terms covering the following fields and
subfields: air pollution, biological diversity, biomass energy,
biosafety, biotechnology, climate change, coastal environment,
deforestation, desertification, endangered species, energy
conservation, environmental economics, environmental impact
assessment, forest conservation, freshwater pollution, global
warming, greenhouse gases, human settlements, living marine
resources, marine environment, mountain ecosystems, ozone layer,
resources management, soil degradation, sustainable development,
tropical ecosystem, wetland ecosystem.
The layout of this dictionary is such that each language
included may be used as a target as well as a source
language.
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