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cycle assessment, Environmental communication, Environmental aspects of product
design and development, Environmental aspects in product standards, Terms and
definitions, Greenhouse gas management and related activities, and Measuring the
carbon footprint of products). The role of standards in organizing and conducting
environmental management and standards interconnection is considered.
Organisations around the world, as well as their stakeholders, are increasingly
aware of the need for environmental management, socially responsible behaviour and
sustainable growth and development. International standards are becoming increasingly important for organisations working in the direction of general and environmental management, to support the sustainability of the organization, products, and
services. These standards focus on the preservation and development of the environment as well as on the development of methods for its assessment, such as water and
carbon footprint, ecological footprint, assessment of greenhouse gases, and so on.
This section comprises different tasks for students. One of these tasks was the
definition of environmental footprint using online platforms. Students should collect
data according to the experience with their families and evaluate water and energy
consumption, waste generation, transportation services, among other issues, and
calculate the environmental footprint.
3.6 Environmental Monitoring
Environmental monitoring describes the processes and activities that need to take
place to characterize and monitor the quality of the environment. Environmental
monitoring is used in the preparation of environmental impact assessments, as well
as in many circumstances in which human activities carry a risk of harmful effects on
the natural environment. All monitoring strategies and programs have reasons which
are often designed to establish the current status of an environment or to establish
trends in environmental parameters.
Two main European monitoring programs are considered in this part (European
Commission 2015; JRC 2017). These programs closely interconnect and use the
results of each other. Main areas of monitoring are: Atmosphere, Marine Environment, Land, Climate Change, Emergency Management and Security. The monitoring results are used in agriculture, forestry, city management, biodiversity, climate
change, air and water quality, clean energy, among others.
One of the tasks in the creation of monitoring systems is their compatibility. Students must compare national environmental monitoring systems with the
European ones. Results of the comparison should be entered in Table 5.
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cycle assessment, Environmental communication, Environmental aspects of product
design and development, Environmental aspects in product standards, Terms and
definitions, Greenhouse gas management and related activities, and Measuring the
carbon footprint of products). The role of standards in organizing and conducting
environmental management and standards interconnection is considered.
Organisations around the world, as well as their stakeholders, are increasingly
aware of the need for environmental management, socially responsible behaviour and
sustainable growth and development. International standards are becoming increasingly important for organisations working in the direction of general and environmental management, to support the sustainability of the organization, products, and
services. These standards focus on the preservation and development of the environment as well as on the development of methods for its assessment, such as water and
carbon footprint, ecological footprint, assessment of greenhouse gases, and so on.
This section comprises different tasks for students. One of these tasks was the
definition of environmental footprint using online platforms. Students should collect
data according to the experience with their families and evaluate water and energy
consumption, waste generation, transportation services, among other issues, and
calculate the environmental footprint.
3.6 Environmental Monitoring
Environmental monitoring describes the processes and activities that need to take
place to characterize and monitor the quality of the environment. Environmental
monitoring is used in the preparation of environmental impact assessments, as well
as in many circumstances in which human activities carry a risk of harmful effects on
the natural environment. All monitoring strategies and programs have reasons which
are often designed to establish the current status of an environment or to establish
trends in environmental parameters.
Two main European monitoring programs are considered in this part (European
Commission 2015; JRC 2017). These programs closely interconnect and use the
results of each other. Main areas of monitoring are: Atmosphere, Marine Environment, Land, Climate Change, Emergency Management and Security. The monitoring results are used in agriculture, forestry, city management, biodiversity, climate
change, air and water quality, clean energy, among others.
One of the tasks in the creation of monitoring systems is their compatibility. Students must compare national environmental monitoring systems with the
European ones. Results of the comparison should be entered in Table 5.