Natural resources and the environment. USAID thesaurus

Natural resources and the environment

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NT1 ↓ Ecology ►▼
- NT2 ↓ Biological diversity
- NT2 ↓ Biosphere ►▼
  - NT3 ↓ Ecosystems ►▼
    - NT4 ↓ Biomes
    - NT4 ↓ Biota
- NT2 ↓ Ecological balance
- NT2 ↓ Ecological succession
NT1 ↓ Environmental aspects
NT1 ↓ Environmental change
NT1 ↓ Environmental degradation ►▼
- NT2 ↓ Global warming ►▼
  - NT3 ↓ Greenhouse gas emissions
  - NT3 ↓ Greenhouse gases (GHG)
- NT2 ↓ Human encroachment
- NT2 ↓ Natural resource depletion ►▼
  - NT3 ↓ Aquatic resource depletion ►▼
    - NT4 ↓ Overfishing
  - NT3 ↓ Forest resource depletion ►▼
    - NT4 ↓ Deforestation
  - NT3 ↓ Genetic resource depletion ►▼
    - NT4 ↓ Endangered species
    - NT4 ↓ Species extinction
  - NT3 ↓ Land depletion ►▼
    - NT4 ↓ Beach erosion
    - NT4 ↓ Desertification
  - NT3 ↓ Soil depletion ►▼
    - NT4 ↓ Soil erosion
    - NT4 ↓ Soil pollution
    - NT4 ↓ Soil profiles
    - NT4 ↓ Soil saturation
    - NT4 ↓ Soil surveys
- NT2 ↓ Polluted areas
- NT2 ↓ Pollution ►▼
  - NT3 ↓ Air pollution
  - NT3 ↓ Chemical pollution
  - NT3 ↓ Coastal pollution
  - NT3 ↓ Noise pollution
  - NT3 ↓ Oil pollution
  - NT3 ↓ Radioactive pollution
  - NT3 ↓ Soil pollution
  - NT3 ↓ Thermal pollution
  - NT3 ↓ Urban pollution
  - NT3 ↓ Water pollution
- NT2 ↓ Pollution level
NT1 ↓ Environmental disasters ►▼
- NT2 ↓ Cyclones
- NT2 ↓ Desertification
- NT2 ↓ Drought
- NT2 ↓ Earthquakes
- NT2 ↓ Fires ►▼
  - NT3 ↓ Forest fires
  - NT3 ↓ Grassland fires
- NT2 ↓ Floods
- NT2 ↓ Landslides
- NT2 ↓ Nuclear accidents
- NT2 ↓ Plagues (pests)
- NT2 ↓ Tidal waves
- NT2 ↓ Volcanic eruptions
NT1 ↓ Environmental education
NT1 ↓ Environmental impact
NT1 ↓ Environmental management ►▼
- NT2 ↓ Environmental infrastructure
- NT2 ↓ Environmental monitoring ►▼
  - NT3 ↓ Seismic monitoring
- NT2 ↓ Natural resource management ►▼
  - NT3 ↓ Aquatic resource management
  - NT3 ↓ Forestry ►▼
    - NT4 ↓ Agroforestry
    - NT4 ↓ Forest products ►
    - NT4 ↓ Silviculture
    - NT4 ↓ Social forestry
  - NT3 ↓ Integrated coastal management
  - NT3 ↓ Land management ►▼
    - NT4 ↓ Agricultural districts
    - NT4 ↓ Land consolidation
    - NT4 ↓ Land development ►
    - NT4 ↓ Land registration
    - NT4 ↓ Land use ►
    - NT4 ↓ Range management
  - NT3 ↓ Natural resource accounting
  - NT3 ↓ Natural resource development ►▼
    - NT4 ↓ Afforestation
    - NT4 ↓ Energy resource development
    - NT4 ↓ Land development ►
  - NT3 ↓ Natural resource rehabilitation ►▼
    - NT4 ↓ Land reclamation ►
    - NT4 ↓ Reforestation
  - NT3 ↓ Natural resource utilization ►▼
    - NT4 ↓ Energy exploration
    - NT4 ↓ Land use ►
    - NT4 ↓ Mining
    - NT4 ↓ Water use
    - NT4 ↓ Wildlife hunting
  - NT3 ↓ Soil management
  - NT3 ↓ Water management ►▼
    - NT4 ↓ Agricultural water management ►
NT1 ↓ Environmental planning
NT1 ↓ Environmental policy
NT1 ↓ Environmental protection ►▼
- NT2 ↓ Fire prevention and control ►▼
  - NT3 ↓ Firebreaks
- NT2 ↓ Flood control
- NT2 ↓ Natural resource conservation ►▼
  - NT3 ↓ Energy conservation ►▼
    - NT4 ↓ Energy audits
  - NT3 ↓ Ex situ conservation ►▼
    - NT4 ↓ Zoos
  - NT3 ↓ Genetic resource conservation ►▼
    - NT4 ↓ Genebanks
    - NT4 ↓ Protected species
  - NT3 ↓ In situ conservation ►▼
    - NT4 ↓ Protected environmental areas ►
  - NT3 ↓ Landscape conservation
  - NT3 ↓ Soil conservation ►▼
    - NT4 ↓ Erosion control
    - NT4 ↓ Soil stabilization
  - NT3 ↓ Water conservation
- NT2 ↓ Pollution control
NT1 ↓ Environmental quality
NT1 ↓ Environmental research ►▼
- NT2 ↓ Environmental testing
- NT2 ↓ Natural resource inventories ►▼
  - NT3 ↓ CRIES
  - NT3 ↓ Land mapping
NT1 ↓ Natural resources ►▼
- NT2 ↓ Aquatic resources ►▼
  - NT3 ↓ Marine resources
- NT2 ↓ Energy resources
- NT2 ↓ Genetic resources
- NT2 ↓ Microbial resources
- NT2 ↓ Nonrenewable natural resources
- NT2 ↓ Renewable natural resources
- NT2 ↓ Terrestrial resources ►▼
  - NT3 ↓ Animal resources
  - NT3 ↓ Forest resources
  - NT3 ↓ Land resources ►▼
    - NT4 ↓ Wildlands
  - NT3 ↓ Mineral resources
  - NT3 ↓ Plant resources
  - NT3 ↓ Soil resources
  - NT3 ↓ Wildlife resources ►▼
    - NT4 ↓ Wildlife hunting
- NT2 ↓ Water resources ►▼
  - NT3 ↓ Freshwater resources
NT1 ↓ Waste recycling ►▼
- NT2 ↓ Waste conversion

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23-Oct-2015

Modified

23-Oct-2015

Accepted term

23-Oct-2015

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