| D003247 |
Conservation of Natural Resources |
The protection, preservation, restoration, and rational use of all resources in the total environment. |
Carrying Capacity,Deforestation,Desertification,Environmental Protection,Natural Resources Conservation,Protection, Environmental,Capacities, Carrying,Capacity, Carrying,Carrying Capacities,Conservation, Natural Resources |
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| D004784 |
Environmental Monitoring |
The monitoring of the level of toxins, chemical pollutants, microbial contaminants, or other harmful substances in the environment (soil, air, and water), workplace, or in the bodies of people and animals present in that environment. |
Monitoring, Environmental,Environmental Surveillance,Surveillance, Environmental |
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| D005618 |
Fresh Water |
Water containing no significant amounts of salts, such as water from RIVERS and LAKES. |
Freshwater,Fresh Waters,Freshwaters,Water, Fresh,Waters, Fresh |
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| D006801 |
Humans |
Members of the species Homo sapiens. |
Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man |
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| D000383 |
Agriculture |
The science, art or practice of cultivating soil, producing crops, and raising livestock. |
Agronomy,Agricultural Development,Farming,Agronomies,Development, Agricultural |
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| D012987 |
Soil |
The unconsolidated mineral or organic matter on the surface of the earth that serves as a natural medium for the growth of land plants. |
Peat,Humus,Soils |
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| D014131 |
Trace Elements |
A group of chemical elements that are needed in minute quantities for the proper growth, development, and physiology of an organism. (From McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed) |
Biometal,Biometals,Trace Element,Trace Mineral,Trace Minerals,Element, Trace,Elements, Trace,Mineral, Trace,Minerals, Trace |
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| D014865 |
Waste Disposal, Fluid |
The discarding or destroying of liquid waste products or their transformation into something useful or innocuous. |
Disposal, Fluid Waste,Disposals, Fluid Waste,Fluid Waste Disposal,Fluid Waste Disposals,Waste Disposals, Fluid |
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| D014873 |
Water Pollutants |
Substances or organisms which pollute the water or bodies of water. Use for water pollutants in general or those for which there is no specific heading. |
Water Pollutant,Pollutant, Water,Pollutants, Water |
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| D014881 |
Water Supply |
Means or process of supplying water (as for a community) usually including reservoirs, tunnels, and pipelines and often the watershed from which the water is ultimately drawn. (Webster, 3d ed) |
Supplies, Water,Supply, Water,Water Supplies |
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