The enviroment (Teil 2)

packaging

deposit

to sort rubbish

environmentally-friendly

to waste resources

electrical aplliance

to play a vital role in sth

to regulate sth.

varied

agriculture

livestock grazing

clearance

cultivation

crop

slash-and-burn cultivation

sustainable

a shortage of sth.

fuel

(commercial) logging

to exceed sth.

endangered species

conservation

rate

extinction

threat

destruction

settlement

pollution

soil

to exhaust sth.

stock

to supply the demand for sth.

hide

intensive farming

to aim at sth.

at the expense of sth.

crop yield

synthetic fertilizer

to deteriorate

to achieve sth.

irreversible

soil degradation

organic farming

to return to sth.

crop cultivation

pest control

crop rotation

manure

to weed

free-range

exceptional

opportunity

economically

margin

decade

to benefit (from sth.)

malnourished

life support system

to meet sb´s needs