EXCERCISES Sustainability Issue Harmful To meet the needs Fair Pest Livestock Disease 7 Match the words to the corret definition. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. ▢ Topic of discussion. ▢ Any harmful condition which can affect plants or animals. ▢ To satisfy someone’s requirements. ▢ The fact of having the least negative effect on the environment. ▢ Insects which damage crops. ▢ Animals raised on a farm. ▢ Causing damage to something. ▢ Just or appropriate. a. b. c. d. e. f. g. h. What is the main aim of organic farming? What is IFOAM? How do organic farmers protect soil fertility? How are plant diseases and pests controlled organically? Why are farmers going “organic”? What does SARD stand for? What is sustainability? What is the main aim of sustainable agriculture? Does sustainable agriculture use chemical substances? What farming practices does sustainable farming include? 8 Answer the questions. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 9. Look at the picture and complete the text with the missing words. Then match words and definitions. Sustainable Development The modern definition of sustainable development recognises three aspects to sustainability: ............................................ ............................................, and ............................................. The objective of sustainable development can be thought of as maximising the synergies between these elements through an adaptive process of trade-offs, such as that shown in the picture above, a large ............................................ representing the environment. Within this circle, a Venn diagram contains three overlapping circles called ‘social’, ‘economic’ and ‘ecological’. Where the social and economic circles overlap, the area is called ..........................................., where the economic and ecological circles overlap this is called ............................................, where the ecological and social areas overlap this area is called ........................................... Where all three circles overlap, this is called ............................................. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Bearable Equitable Sustainable Viable 1. 2. 3. 4. Capable of working successfully. Capable of being maintained at a regular level without exhausting natural resources or causing severe ecological damage. Fair and impartial. Capable of being tolerated. a. b. c. d. GLOSSARY : : : : : : : : : aware consapevole green manure concime vegetale o sovescio issue questione manure concime (UK), letame (US) overlapping sovrapposto pest animale nocivo trade-off scambio viable fattibile, realizzabile weed erba infestante