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The United Nations Organization (UNO), or simply United Nations (UN), is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and the achieving of world peace.
Decreasing of the acidity or the alkalinity of a substance through the addition of an alkaline or acidic material respectively.
Industry:Environment
Organic material such as leaves, grass and so forth to which mineral fertilizer and lime have been added to help decomposition.
Industry:Environment
Run-off or sewage waste water. Rich in plant nutrients, it is used for certain crops such as vegetables, sugarcane and fodder.
Industry:Environment
Boundary between the troposphere and the stratosphere located at a height of about 10 kilometres above the earth's surface.
Industry:Environment
Buildings where livestock is housed under controlled environmental conditions of temperature, humidity, ventilation or lighting.
Industry:Environment
Chemical agent that absorbs moisture. Some desiccants are capable of drying out plants or insects, thereby causing their death.
Industry:Environment
Upper layer of the atmosphere (above the troposphere), between approximately 10 to 50 kilometres above the earth's surface.
Industry:Environment
Wastes obtained in the tanning industry from the curing, fleshing, washing, dehairing, bating, pickling and degreasing of hides.
Industry:Environment
Area designated for the protection of wild animals, within which hunting and fishing are either prohibited or strictly regulated.
Industry:Environment
Area from which all precipitation flows to a single stream or a set of streams. It is also called a catchment area or watershed.
Industry:Environment
