World Environment Day was established by the United Nations General Assembly in 1972 to mark the opening of the Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment.
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Is your life about adding somehow to the human environment in such a way that there is a net gain, or is it somehow consuming something from the human environment in such a way that there is a net loss?
On 5 June 1972, in the Swedish capital, they began to build their response, in the form of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment - the first UN summit on the environment, and the event that really put the issue on the global political agenda.
Dr Mathew White and colleagues at the European Centre for the Environment and Human Health found that individuals reported less mental distress and higher life satisfaction when they were living in greener areas.
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The final disguised cost of oil is the damage it does to the environment and human health.
Presumably the inside workforce already has some idea of the efforts of firms around the environment and human rights, as would most communities within which a firm operates.
In response, she channelled the simmering debate to educate the public on the impacts of human actions on the environment.
The Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer safeguards human health and the environment.
Earlier this month the Environment Agency granted an environmental permit stating it would not "significantly" pollute the environment or harm human health.
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Working at the interface of science and environmental policy she will bring together long term data sets on biodiversity, the environment and human impacts to explore spatiotemporal patterns of ecosystem functioning and help identify where conservation attention needs to focus in the future.
The study was conducted by the European Centre for Environment and Human Health at the Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry at the University of Exeter.
Providing modern contraception also has the potential to stem population growth and relieve human pressure on the environment and natural resources.
The agency, which granted a permit in October, has said the Eco Park will not cause significant harm to human health or the environment.
They include anyone who uses alternative medicine, or who buys organic food, or worries about genetic modification, or opposes nuclear power, or likes post-modernism, or doesn't vaccinate their children properly, or distrusts scientists, or believes the Bible, or dislikes global capitalism or thinks that human progress damages the environment.
But the Academy is largely made up of non-Catholic (and non-religious) scientists, chosen by the Vatican to advise the Pope on broad scientific issues as they relate to human welfare, the global environment, technology, and other topics.
The creative line chosen for the campaign is an extension of the theme chosen for this year event, which is "The Future we Want", but also strengthens the UNESCO's commitment to sustainable development and respect for human rights and the environment, valuing the path of education.
We will seek reauthorization and expanded funding for the Superfund program to continue cleaning up hazardous waste sites which threaten human health and the environment.
The pollution produced by burning petrol in cars imposes a cost on the environment and on human health, yet its price hardly reflects this fact: petrol remains cheaper than water in America.
Generation Y has grown up in the safest environment in human history.
The research, from the European Centre for Environment and Human Health, is being presented to the annual conference of the British Psychological Society.
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As firms lunge into emerging markets, they also find themselves more exposed to another increasingly global set of actors: activist pressure groups, urging them to adopt international codes of ethical conduct that commit them to better practices with regard to the environment and human rights.
The core research areas providing this critical information are measurement, human exposure assessment, human health, and the environment, in order to inform risk assessment and risk management.
But it is like the exhaust from the imbibing human - it is available for the immediate surrounding environment as well as the lungs, other organs and coverings of other humans nearby.
Through 13 interactive lessons, young people will be encouraged to gain a better understanding of the scientific phenomena underlying climate change and their effects on the environment and to evaluate the human contribution to this phenomenon.
Beyond improving human lives and the environment, public-private partnerships will create meaningful jobs for local populations.
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Val Cameron said regulations had been brought in, in 2010, "to protect human health and the environment".
This alone would recommend this book to all who care about the environment, the human condition and the foundations of our way of life.
Indeed life, as well as the environment and most human activities, depend on the availability of adequate quantities of water of an acceptable quality.
That is because cars produce local air pollution, which damages human health and the environment, and also produce greenhouse gases, which contribute to global warming.
The science, while theoretically appealing, is seriously incomplete and ill-supported by appropriate evidence, particularly in relation to long-term effects on human health and the environment.
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