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RICHESSES NATURELLES [1 record]

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Record 1 2013-09-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environmental Economics
DEF

natural resources: The supply of water, minerals, oils, forests, grasslands, plants, and wildlife found in nature.

OBS

The resources of the Earth can be grouped into two large categories: those which are limited and considered nonrenewable, and those which are regenerated, that is, are renewable.

OBS

natural resource: term usually used in the plural.

PHR

conservation of natural resources.

Key term(s)
  • natural resources

French

Domaine(s)
  • Économie environnementale
DEF

ressources naturelles : Éléments biotiques et non biotiques de la Terre, ainsi que les diverses formes d'énergies reçues (énergie solaire) ou produites sans l'intervention de l'homme (marées, vents).

OBS

On peut distinguer : les ressources renouvelables, par reproduction (organismes vivants) ou par les cycles biogéochimiques (eau, carbone, azote); les ressources non renouvelables (gisements); les ressources permanentes (énergie solaire).

OBS

ressource naturelle; richesse naturelle : termes habituellement utilisés au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • ressources naturelles
  • richesses naturelles

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Economía del medio ambiente
DEF

Elemento que influye en la actividad económica de los grupos humanos, tal como el suelo y su composición, la flora y la fauna, las aguas, las mareas, los vientos e incluso las radiaciones solares.

Key term(s)
  • recursos naturales
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