• This is a list of notable events relating to the environment in 2003. They relate to environmental law, conservation, environmentalism and environmental...
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    government entities, and represents the primary United Nations outreach day supporting the environment. First held in 1973, it has been a platform for raising...
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    Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive (category 2003 in the environment)
    electronic equipment (WEEE). Together with the RoHS Directive 2011/65/EU, it became European Law in February 2003. The WEEE Directive set collection, recycling...
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    bombarded with neutrons in a lab. Plutonium in the environment has several sources. These include: Atomic batteries In space In pacemakers Bomb detonations...
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    reached in May 2003. In accordance with the provisions of its Article 37, the Protocol entered into force on 11 September 2003. As of July 2020, the Protocol...
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    The Directive on public access to environmental information (2003/4/EC) is a European Union directive with the formal title "Directive 2003/4/EC of the...
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  • 2003 in Afghanistanis a list of notable incidents in Afghanistan during 2003 President: Hamid Karzai Vice President: Hedayat Amin Arsala Vice President:...
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    The Smoke-free Environments Amendment Act 2003 is an Act of Parliament in New Zealand that prohibits smoking in all workplaces including offices, clubs...
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    Environmental protection, or environment protection, refers to the taking of measures to protecting the natural environment, prevent pollution and maintain...
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  • Dairying and Clean Streams Accord (category 2003 in the environment)
    The Dairying and Clean Streams Accord is an agreement signed in 2003 in New Zealand between Fonterra, Ministry for the Environment, Ministry of Agriculture...
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    the Government of Romania. It was created in 1991. The institution was known as the Ministry of Environment and Waters Management (Romanian: Ministerul...
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  • ministry responsible for protecting and improving the quality of the environment in the Canadian province of Ontario, as well as coordinating Ontario's actions...
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    hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment, was adopted in February 2003 by the European Union. The initiative was to limit the amount of hazardous...
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    Since the mid-20th century, plutonium in the environment has been primarily produced by human activity. The first plants to produce plutonium for use in Cold...
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    The environment of China (Chinese: 中国的环境) comprises diverse geology, rich biota, and varied climates, ranging from arid deserts to subtropical forests...
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    The term built environment refers to human-made conditions and is often used in architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning, public health, sociology...
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  • phosphates in agriculture, weapons manufacturing, and nuclear power are anthropogenic sources of uranium in the environment. In the natural environment, radioactivity...
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    Abderrahman Sadik Karim (category Environment ministers of Iraq)
    2 March 1962 in Kirkuk was Minister of Environment in the first cabinet appointed by the Interim Iraq Governing Council in September 2003. A Kurd, Karim...
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  • The United Nations Conference on the Human Environment was held in Stockholm, Sweden, during June 5–16, 1972. When the United Nations General Assembly...
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  • Wild Law (category 2003 in the environment)
    the European Environment Agency and Lynda Warren of the Environment Agency. In November 2006, a conference based on the book was held at the University...
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  • variables are part of the environment in which a process runs. For example, a running process can query the value of the TEMP environment variable to discover...
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    directly or indirectly by humans. Modifying the environment to fit the needs of society (as in the built environment) is causing severe effects including global...
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    The Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Irish: An tAire Tithíochta, Rialtais Áitiúil agus Oidhreachta) is a senior minister in the Government...
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    21st century, and the 4th year of the 2000s decade. 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Freshwater. In 2003, a United States-led...
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  • relationships. The business environment has been defined as "the totality of physical and social factors that are taken directly into consideration in the decision-making...
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  • of the Environment) is one of the ministerial portfolios which comprise the Finnish Government. The minister heads the Ministry of the Environment and...
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  • The Minister for the Environment and Natural Resources (Icelandic: Umhverfis- og auðlindaráðherra) is the head of the Ministry for the Environment and...
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  • environment is a space, whether physical or virtual, in which stories can unfold. A virtual narrative environment might be the narrative framework in...
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    Jan-Erik Enestam (category Ministers of the environment of Finland)
    Lipponen and Minister of the Environment under Prime Ministers Anneli Jäätteenmäki and Matti Vanhanen from 2003 to 2006. Enestam was the Municipal Director...
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    The secretary of state for environment, food and rural affairs, also referred to as the environment secretary, is a secretary of state in the Government...
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