Glossary of
Chemistry &
Environmental
Protection: terms & abbreviations
Dutch-English,
French-English,
German-English
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WaBoLu
= Wasser, Boden, Luft
(D) /
waf = Wasser- und Aschefrei
(dusts)
= ?
/ Waldwende
= concept
describing change of attitude away from traditional forest management
(monocultures e.g.) towards systems designed to preserve biodiversity.
English talks of "sustainable forest management", "ecologically based
forestry", "ecoforestry"...Paraphrase to translate, but NB
not
as "forest conversion" or similar, which has negative connotations of
environmental damage by e.g. logging. Concept first popularized by Bode
& Hohnhorst, 1994 / Wärmestau
= heat accumulation / Washington
Convention see
CITES
/ Wasserstoffionenkonzentration
=
hydrogen ion concentration (=
pH) / wastewater
(all one
word) / waterstofperoxide =
hydrogen peroxide, H2O2
/ WBGT
= wet bulb globe temperature / WBCSD
= World
Business Council for Sustainable Development / WCA
= waste
collection authority (UK)
/ WCED
= World Commission on Environment and Development / WCOT
= wall-coated open tubular (column) (chromatography;
syn. capillary
column) / WCS
= World Conservation Strategy (IUCN
initiative, 1980) / WDA
= waste disposal authority (UK)
/ Weckamine
= amphetamines /
weed see
cannabis /
Weichmacher = plasticizer / WICE
= World Council for the Environment / WICEM
= World Industry
Conference on Environmental Management / Wildquerung
= wildlife crossing; animal crossing;
ecoduct. Either a bridge
("overcrossing")
or a tunnel (for smaller animals, e.g. frogs), landscaped to be as
natural as possible
/
WKK = warmte kracht koppeling see
CHP
/
WLM working level month
(radon measurement)
/ WP
= wettable powder (pest.)
/ WQO
= Water Quality Objectives (UK)
/ WRA
= waste regulation authority (UK)
/ WRC
= Water Research Centre (UK)
/ WTE =
waste-to-energy (plant) (waste
processing) / WWF
= Worldwide Fund for Nature (formerly
World Wildlife Fund) / WWI
= World Watch Institute (based
Washington DC)
