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54 Cards in this Set
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inventory
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a list of goods and resources
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regulation
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a rule to design of which controls e.g. zoning and subdivision
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non-regulatory
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taxes, incentives and subsides
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mandate
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an authoritative command
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assimilating
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to take up/in
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receptacle
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a container that holds items
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MEC
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marginal external costs
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external costs
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costs outside of what is accounted for
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PAC
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pollutant abatement costs
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abatement
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a reduction
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levies
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to impose or collect
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environment resource
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a service from the environment (as opposed to a natural resource)
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market correction
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the adjustment of the market to reflect the true price
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optimum pollution level
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(apparently) yeilds the maximum benefit to society
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pigovian tax
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tax at the optimum level and above
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convention
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a formal meeting
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guide
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non-binding e.g. Agenda 21
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treaties
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binding e.g. CITES, biodiversity
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declaration
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a formal , exlict announcement e.g. rio declaration
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protocol
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a set of guidelines or rules, usually following a previous treaty eg. Kyoto protocol following the UNFCCC
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transboundary
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over boundaries
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provisions
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to lay down as a condition of agreement
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treaty
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a document where an agreement is made - 'an international agreement concluded between States in written form and governed by international law, whether embodied in a single instrument or in two or more related instruments and whatever its particular designation'
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agreement
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Agreements" are usually less formal and deal with a narrower range of subject-matter than "treaties
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NGO
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non-government oranisation, usualy act in lobbying
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statutory force
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legal force
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regulation
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the thick of an act, explains specifics, binding
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litigation
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to contest or engange n legal proceedings
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commisioners
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a governmental offical in charge of a department
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remittent
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temporary reduction in severity
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IDA
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intergrated development assessment
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SEE
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statement of environmental effects
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REF
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review of environmental factors
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amentity
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the quality of being pleasant
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determination
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the act of arriving at a decision
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proponent
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one that argues in support of something; proposes in pat 3a or 5 of the EPaA
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determining authority
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the decision maker under part 5
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EMS
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environmental management system; tool for managing the impacts of an organisation's activities on the environment
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accrediation
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to recieve credit
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IER
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intial environmental review; not required for iso14001 but helpful in determining env. aspects and impacts
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audit
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an examination of records for their accuracy
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tangible
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possible to undersand, concrete
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EMP
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environmental management plan
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PRP
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pollution reduction program
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advocacy
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the act of pleading or arguing in the favour of something
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surrogate
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substitute
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white paper
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policy and guide to solve a problem
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UPT
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urban public transport
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green paper
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consultation papers
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tenets
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a prinicple held as being true by a person or organisation
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tendering
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quoting
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stakeholder
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anyone with a vested interest
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statutory authority
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An organisation that is required by law to provide public services and receives central or local government funding, for example health authorities and local authorites
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IER
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intial environmenta review, in ISO14001 requirements planning
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