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Record 1 - internal organization data 2015-04-14
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Environment
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- sustainable
1, record 1, English, sustainable
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
The adjective "sustainable" has been used in relation to wildlife conservation since the seventies; especially in the phrase "sustainable development," it became one of the environmental buzzwords of the eighties as the GREEN movement succeeded in focusing public attention on the long-term effects of energy use and industrial processes in Western societies. 2, record 1, English, - sustainable
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 PHR
Sustainable development, sustainable forestry management, sustainable harvesting. 3, record 1, English, - sustainable
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Environnement
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- durable
1, record 1, French, durable
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Le rapport Brundtland définit ainsi le développement durable : «Le développement durable est un développement qui répond aux besoins du présent sans compromettre la capacité des générations futures de répondre aux leurs». 2, record 1, French, - durable
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 PHR
Agriculture durable, aménagement durable, développement durable. 3, record 1, French, - durable
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Medio ambiente
Record 1, Main entry term, Spanish
- sostenible
1, record 1, Spanish, sostenible
correct, Spain
Record 1, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 1, Synonyms, Spanish
- sustentable 2, record 1, Spanish, sustentable
correct, Latin America
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
[Se dice del] modelo de desarrollo consciente de la necesidad de no agotar los recursos. 2, record 1, Spanish, - sostenible
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
sostenible; sustentable: La Fundación del Español Urgente (Fundéu BBVA), con el asesoramiento de la Real Academia Española, indica que los adjetivos sostenible y sustentable (el primero más utilizado en España y el segundo más común en América) son válidos para referirse al modelo de desarrollo que trata de no comprometer a las próximas generaciones con un consumo excesivo de recursos. [...] Aunque sustentable aún no aparece en el Diccionario académico con el significado de ‘que se puede mantener durante largo tiempo sin agotar los recursos o causar grave daño al medio ambiente’, este adjetivo tiene un amplio uso con este sentido, sobre todo en Hispanoamérica. 2, record 1, Spanish, - sostenible
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