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The Environmental Glossary. Letter G +++ Popular Articles: 'Global Reporting Initiative', 'Global Compact', 'Generation'

Deutsch: Glyphosat / Español: Glifosato / Português: Glifosato / Français: Glyphosate / Italiano: Glifosato

Glyphosate in the environmental context refers to a broad-spectrum systemic herbicide and crop desiccant. It is the most widely used herbicide in agriculture, forestry, urban, and home applications, primarily known for its effectiveness in controlling weeds, especially those that are invasive or problematic for crop production. Glyphosate works by inhibiting a specific enzyme pathway, the shikimic acid pathway, which is necessary for plants and some microorganisms. This pathway does not exist in animals, which is why glyphosate has been considered less harmful to humans and animals.

A Golden Carrot is an incentive program that is designed to transform the market to produce much greater Energy efficiency. The term is a trademark of the Consortium for Energy Efficiency.

The Good Laboratory Practices (GLPs) are the established guidelines to ensure reporting of high quality and reliable data to support the research or marketing efforts for experimentation or product manufacturing processes regulated by governmental agencies; see 40 CFR Part 160, 40 CFR Part 792, and 21 CFR Part 58.

Deutsch: Regierung / Español: Gobierno / Português: Governo / Français: Gouvernement / Italiano: Governo /

In the environmental context, 'government' refers to the governing bodies and institutions responsible for creating and implementing policies, regulations, and initiatives related to environmental protection, conservation, and sustainability. Governments at various levels, including local, regional, national, and international, play a crucial role in shaping environmental policies and addressing environmental challenges.

A Governmental is In the case of building codes, these are the State or local organizations/agencies responsible for building code enforcement.

Grab Samples are discrete subsets of a population thought to be representative of a specific area and a specific time, not necessarily taken at random.

A Graded Approach is the process of basing the level of application of managerial controls applied to an item or work according to the intended use of the results and the degree of confidence needed in the quality of the results.

A Gradient is the slope or steepness of the stream.

A gradient analyses is a suite of statistical techniques including principal component analysis, canonical correlation's analysis, and canonical correspondence analysis used to examine the relationships between biotic and environmental factors.

A graduated cylinder is a cylinder used to measure liquids that is marked in units.

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