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A tendency to consider material possessions and physical comfort as more important than spiritual values |
Materialism |
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A gradual increase in the overall temperature of the earth atmosphere generally attributed to the greenhouse effect caused by increased levels of carbon dioxide Chlorofluorocarbons and other pollutants |
Global warming |
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Cover is an ever widening a list of categories that range from minerals and And oil to rhino horn, timber and much |
Resource wars |
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A colorless odorless gas produced by burning carbon and organic compounds and by respiration |
Carbon dioxide |
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A natural fuels such as coal or gas, formed in geological past from the remains of living organisms |
Fossil fuels |
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Economic development that is conducted without depletion of natural resources |
Sustainable development |
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The variety of life in the world or in particular habitat or ecosystem |
Biodiversity |
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All right Turkic ethnic group who live in inner and Central Asia |
Uyghurs |
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Turn autonomous territory in northwest China, is a vast region of deserts and mountains. Its home to many ethnic minority groups including the Turkic Uyghurs people |
Xinjiang Region |