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POLITICA AMBIENTAL [3 records]

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Record 1 2015-06-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environmental Management
DEF

A statement by the organization of its intentions and principles in relation to its overall environmental performance that provides a framework for action and for the setting of its environmental objectives and targets.

CONT

Environment Management System Assessment: An assessment of the degree to which a company's environmental management system is effective in achieving the company's environmental policies and goals.

CONT

Some authors ... preferred to separate the concept of significance of impacts from public acceptability, while others ... equated the two. In the words of Longley, "Significance is a determination that links estimations of magnitude made by impact assessment analysts with environmental policies."

OBS

environmental policy: term and definition standardized by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion environnementale
DEF

Déclaration par l'organisme de ses intentions et de ses principes relativement à sa performance environnementale globale qui fournit un cadre à l'action et à l'établissement de ses objectifs et cibles environnementaux.

CONT

Or, un pays qui pratiquerait isolément une politique de l'environnement volontariste, via par exemple la tarification, porterait atteinte à sa compétitivité par rapport à celle de ses partenaires commerciaux.

OBS

politique environnementale : terme et définition normalisés par l'Organisation internationale de normalisation (ISO).

Spanish

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

Declaración de una organización de sus intenciones y principios en relación con su desempeño ambiental total, la cual proporciona un marco para la acción y el establecimiento de sus objetivos y metas ambientales.

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Record 2 2002-05-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of National Laws and Regulations (Non-Canadian)
  • Environmental Law
OBS

Public concern over the deteriorating state of the environment heightened considerably in the 1960's and culminated at the end of this decade in passage of the National Environmental Policy Act, which became law on January 1, 1970. This far-reaching piece of legislation made systematic consideration of all aspects of environmental quality--natural, built, and social--a matter of national policy.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de lois et de règlements nationaux non canadiens
  • Droit environnemental

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Títulos de leyes y reglamentos nacionales no canadienses
  • Derecho ambiental
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Record 3 2001-12-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Environmental Management
  • Sciences - General
OBS

Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA).

Key term(s)
  • Canadian Environmental Policy Research Center

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux canadiens
  • Gestion environnementale
  • Sciences - Généralités
OBS

Agence canadienne de développement international (ACDI).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos y comités nacionales canadienses
  • Gestión del medio ambiente
  • Ciencias - Generalidades
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