Across
- 2. A risk for the environment and for __________.
- 3. Additional forces that can imperil humans.
- 7. Occurs when the earth’s natural resources are depleted, and the environment is compromised in the form of extinction of species, pollution in the air, water and soil, and rapid growth in population.
- 10. Irreversible worsening of the environment
- 11. Any substances that have the ability to cause an adverse health events and threats to human health and well-being.
- 12. “Food and Climate Change: ________ for a healthier planet”
- 15. Whatever form, whether it is air, water, land or noise is harmful to the environment.
- 18. Rapid population growth puts strain on natural resources – deforestation
- 19. “Biodiversity - our strongest __________ against climate change”
- 21. Another precondition for crisis (Accdg. to M. Scott Taylor) is when an economy and environment interaction is with _________ feedbacks.
- 24. Human action ang natural processes are main ____ of all disaster
- 25. Air degradation, particle pollution and the depletion of the ozone layer.
- 26. Dredging, clearing, grading, excavating, transporting or filling.
- 27. Pose a great risk to the health of the environment and the people who live there
- 29. The presence of chlorofluorocarbons, hydrochlorofluorocarbons in the atmosphere
Down
- 1. Poor farming practices, excessive use of fertilizers and pesticides, leakage from landfills etc.
- 4. Long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns.
- 5. It is an Infectious (communicable) diseases caused by _______.
- 6. Bioenergy
- 8. Rapid population growth puts strain on natural resources -deforestation.
- 9. Things like avalanches, quakes, tidal waves, storms, and wildfires in those areas.
- 13. “The ocean – the world’s greatest ______ against climate change”
- 14. The declination or disappearance of biological diversity.
- 16. It is one of the preconditions for crisis, according to M. Scott Taylor if an ecological system exhibiting a __________.
- 17. “Renewable energy – powering a ______ future”
- 20. Know about the adverse environmental consequences
- 22. Trash dumped in oceans, illegal dumping, disposal of large amounts of industrial waste into nearby rivers or lakes etc.
- 23. As we degrade ecosystems, the risk of future pandemics _____.
- 24. “Land - the planet’s ________”
- 28. Also known as the Global Goals, were adopted by the United Nations in 2015 as a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure that by 2030 all people enjoy peace and prosperity.