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A wildlife-enhancement practice in which a disk harrow or rotary mower is used to knock down existing vegetation every 1 to 3 years to promote the regrowth of annuals, legumes, forbs, and perennials.

The concept of sufficiency is integral to more sustainable fashion futures as it recognizes the irreconcilability of the finite limits of the planet with the infinitely increasing rates of production, consumption, and waste of fashion products. Sufficiency thinking acknowledges that material objects, including fashion and clothing, are integral to human culture and that, up to […]

A colorless, very irritating gas or liquid.

A pit or tank that catches liquid runoff for drainage or disposal.

Costs that have been already included.

Administering large amounts of chlorine to destroy build-up of undesirable compounds in water.

The program operated under the legislative authority of CERCLA and SARA that funds and carries out EPA solid waste emergency and long-term removal and remedial activities. These activities include establishing the National Priorities List, investigating sites for inclusion on the list, determining their priority, and conducting and/or supervising cleanup and other remedial actions.

O Supervisory Body Mechanism (SBM) é o órgão responsável por supervisionar o Artigo 6.4 do Acordo de Paris, que regula a geração e a comercialização de créditos de carbono no mercado global de carbono. Este mecanismo permite que desenvolvedores privados criem créditos de carbono por meio de projetos de mitigação e os vendam para países […]

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A water right that is used together with one or more other water rights for a common Beneficial Use.