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11Northwest Pacific Action Plan — Belonging to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Northwest Pacific Action Plan (NOWPAP)[1] is a cooperative framework where countries co sharing Northwest Pacific are grouped for region suited solutions to deteriorating coastal and… …
12environment — environmental, adj. environmentally, adv. /en vuy reuhn meuhnt, vuy euhrn /, n. 1. the aggregate of surrounding things, conditions, or influences; surroundings; milieu. 2. Ecol. the air, water, minerals, organisms, and all other external factors… …
13Marine pollution — While marine pollution can be obvious, as with the marine debris shown above, it is often the pollutants that cannot be seen that cause most harm. Marine pollution occurs when harmful, or potentially harmful effects, can result from the entry… …
14Environmental impact of shipping — A cargo ship discharging ballast water into the sea. The environmental impact of shipping includes greenhouse gas emissions and oil pollution. Carbon dioxide emissions from shipping is currently estimated at 4 to 5 percent of the global total,… …
15Climate change in Washington — Main article: Climate change in the United States Digitally colored elevation map of Washington. Climate change in the American state of Washington is a subject of study and projection today. Contents …
16Organic farming — Agriculture General …
17Marine protected area — Milford Sound, New Zealand is a Strict Marine Reserve (Category Ia) Mitre Peak, the mountain at left, rises 1,692 m (5,551 ft) above the sea.[1] Marine protected areas, like any protected area, are regions in which human activity has… …
18Cetacean bycatch — Group of Fraser s dolphins. Cetacean bycatch is the incidental capture of non target cetacean species by fisheries.[1] Species which are seriously affected by this include dolphins, porpoises, and …
19global warming — an increase in the earth s average atmospheric temperature that causes corresponding changes in climate and that may result from the greenhouse effect. [1975 80] * * * Potential increase in global average surface temperatures resulting from… …
20Phragmites — This article is about the common reed. For other plants called reed, see Reed (plant). Phragmites Phragmites australis seed head in winter Scientific classification …
