Page 9 - Sustainable development dictionary by Futura-Sciences

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Landslide A landslide, or landslip, is a sudden and violent collapse ...	Leachate Leachate is the residual liquid produced by the percolation ...
Leaching Leaching is the transport of soil elements (sediment, ...	Light pollution Light pollution is excessive light production at night in an ...
Lithium-ion battery A lithium-ion battery is an electrochemical accumulator that ...	Local zoning plan In France, a plan local d'urbanisme (PLU, local zoning plan) ...
Lock A lock is a hydraulic passage system that allows ships to ...	London Convention The Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by ...
Macro-waste Without any legal status, macro-waste is defined by the ...	Madrid protocol The Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic ...
Marine energy Marine energies are all the types of energy used in the ...	Marpol Convention Inspired by the events of 1972, with the Stockholm ...
Max Havelaar Max Havelaar is an international solidarity association that ...	Methanisation Methanisation is anaerobic digestion, or methane ...
Microfiltration Microfiltration is a technique used to physically separate ...	Microscopic soot particles Microscopic soot particles are soot particles in the PM 0.1 ...
Minamata Bay Disaster From 1932 to 1966 a petrochemical plant owned by the company ...	Mineral carbonation Mineral carbonation (or inert mineral storage) is one of the ...
Mineral water Mineral water is drinking water that complies with precise ...	Moisture regime The moisture regime of an aquatic ecosystem is the ...