environment

4. Species that are native to a specific geographic region and are found nowhere else on Earth.
6. Meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet theirs.
8. Energy derived from the internal heat of the earth, often used for clean power generation.
9. The process by which fertile land becomes desert, typically as a result of drought or deforestation.

1. The active clearing or thinning of forests by humans to clear land for agriculture or urban sprawl.
2. The deceptive practice of marketing products or policies as environmentally friendly when they are not.
3. The capacity of an ecosystem to respond to a perturbation or disturbance by resisting damage and recovering quickly.
5. The variety of plant and animal life in a particular habitat, which is currently declining globally.
7. A natural or artificial reservoir that accumulates and stores some carbon-containing chemical compound.