Sustainable development dictionary by Futura-Sciences

Alphabetical index

Aarhus Protocol The Aarhus Protocol on persistent organic pollutants, ...	AB Label The AB label, an organic label, indicates that the farmer ...
Additional energy Additional energy is energy used to complement the ...	ADEME ADEME is the acronym for the Agence de l'environnement et de ...
Aerothermal energy Aerothermal energy is thermal energy (from the sun) that a ...	AFSSET AFSSET is the acronym for the Agence française de sécurité ...
Agenda 21 During the 1992 Rio Conference, a programme for the 21st ...	Agro-forestry-hunting balance The agro-forestry-hunting balance is a dynamic balance that ...
Agroenergy Agroenergy is the energy derived from agricultural ...	Air pollutant concentrations Air pollutant concentration is the concentration of all ...
Alter Eco Alter Eco is a small French SME specialised in importing and ...	Alternative fuel Alternative fuel is a fuel that is, as its name implies, an ...
AMAP An AMAP (Association pour le Maintien d'une Agriculture ...	Amendment An amendment is a product added to soil to increase its ...
Arable land The word 'arable' comes from the Latin word arare, which ...	Artificial CO2 sequestering Artificial CO2 sequestering is the set of techniques used to ...
Artificial meadow An artificial meadow is a surface that has been grassy for ...	Artificial selection Artificial selection is a process that consists of ...
AZF disaster On 21 September 2001 in Toulouse, an explosion destroyed the ...	Bamako Convention The Bamako Convention on the Ban on the Import into Africa ...