environmental concern

collocation in English

meaningsofenvironmentalandconcern

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environmental
adjective
uk
/ɪnˌvaɪ.rənˈmen.təl/us
/ɪnˌvaɪ.rənˈmen.t̬əl/
relating to ...
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concern
noun
uk
/kənˈsɜːn/us
/kənˈsɝːn/
a worried or nervous feeling about something, or something that makes you ...
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(Definition ofenvironmentalandconcernfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Some have proposed that sustainability encompasses food security,environmentalconcernand economic equity21.
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Biological invasions are a majorenvironmentalconcerndue to their negative impacts on biodiversity and economics.
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While the definition used is broad, such breadth is essential to capture the ostensible purpose ofenvironmentalconcernand environmental action: reduced environmental damage.
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Removal of polyethylene film from the field is costly and its disposal has become anenvironmentalconcernwhere landfill space is scarce4.
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Forum of: (1)environmentalconcern; (2) human time; and (3) improved grain yield potential emerge.
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The latter, in relation to the book's coverage of environmental protection policies, carries resonances of ecological modernisation, where economic growth andenvironmentalconcerngo hand in hand.
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Such organisms provide valuable information about the chemical state of their environment through their ability to bioconcentrate substances ofenvironmentalconcernwithin their tissues to levels surpassing the ambient concentrations.
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Examples are to promote national industrial interests,environmentalconcern, or to gain popularity with 'green' groups in order to remain in power by pretending to have environmental concerns.
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My thirdenvironmentalconcernis that there is a danger of increased pesticide residues in our food.
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Even to the mildly cynical, that looks more like protection of the bottle industry against competition from aluminium cans thanenvironmentalconcern.
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Environmentalconcernand social justice must, if at all possible, go together.
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Is not that in itself, in these days of great and growingenvironmentalconcern, something which must be taken into consideration?
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This is a matter of immediate and generalenvironmentalconcern.
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This is a majorenvironmentalconcern: nothing should stand in the way of improving our nation's environment and our nation's health.
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If we are serious about promotingenvironmentalconcern, it must mean intervening in the market place to do so.
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Indeed, theenvironmentalconcernis that there has been too much planting of conifers.
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Our success stories extend into every aspect ofenvironmentalconcern.
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It was often said that we could not have bothenvironmentalconcernand economic growth.
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This decade is increasingly becoming one ofenvironmentalconcern.
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