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21Natural resource management — The Tongass National Forest in Alaska is managed by the United States Forest Service. Natural resource management refers to the management of natural resources such as land, water, soil, plants and animals, with a particular focus on how… …
22Bottom trawling — The Celtic Explorer, a research vessel engaged in bottom trawling …
23Globally Harmonized System — The Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals or GHS is an internationally agreed upon system set to replace the various different classification and labeling standards used in different countries. The GHS will use… …
24Overfishing — Atlantic cod stocks were severely overfished in the 1970s and 1980s, leading to their abrupt collapse in 1992 Overfishing …
25Cyclone Phet — Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Phet Very severe cyclonic storm (IMD) Category 4 Tropical cyclone (SSHS) Cyclone Phet on June 1, 2010 near peak intensity Formed May 30, 2010 Dissipated …
26Critical Infrastructure Protection — or CIP is a national program to assure the security of vulnerable and interconnected infrastructures of the United States. In May 1998, President Bill Clinton issued Presidential directive PDD 63 [ [http://www.fas.org/irp/offdocs/pdd/pdd 63.htm… …
27Critical infrastructure protection — Public infrastructure Assets and facilities Airports · Bridges · Broadband& …
282001 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth crisis — The outbreak of foot and mouth disease in the United Kingdom in the spring and summer of 2001 caused a crisis in British agriculture and tourism. This epizootic saw 2,000 cases of the disease in farms in most of the British countryside. Over 10… …
29Opposition to water fluoridation — refers to activism against the fluoridation of public water supplies. The controversy occurs mainly in English speaking countries, as Continental Europe does not practice water fluoridation, although some continental countries fluoridate salt.… …
30A Short History of Progress — is a book length essay penned by Ronald Wright and published in 2004. It was originally read by the author as a series of hour long Massey Lectures given in each of five different cities across Canada and broadcast on the CBC Radio program, Ideas …
