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The Environmental Glossary. Letter P +++ Popular Articles: 'Periplaneta americana', 'Process', 'Product'

Production

Deutsch: Produktion / Español: Producción / Português: Produção / Français: Production / Italiano: Produzione /

In the environmental context, "production" refers to the process of manufacturing or creating goods, resources, or energy. Production has significant environmental impacts, including resource depletion, pollution, and greenhouse gas emissions.

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Professional Market

A Professional Market is Sales of pesticides for application to industrial/commercial/governmental sectors, homes and gardens by certified/commercial applicators.

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Proficiency Test

A Proficiency Test (PT) is a type of external assessment in which a stable sample, the composition of which is unknown to the analyst, is provided to determine whether the analyst/laboratory can produce analytical results within the specified acceptance criteria. Also known as a Performance Evaluation Test.

Proficiency Test Sample

A Proficiency Test Sample is a test specimen that mimics an actual specimen in all possible aspects, except that its composition is unknown to the laboratory at the time of analysis, which is used to assess the laboratory"s capability to produce results within acceptable criteria.

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Profundal zone

A profundal zone is the sediments beyond the littoriprofundal zone

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Progeny

Deutsch: Nachkommen / Español: Progenie / Português: Prole / Français: Progéniture / Italiano: Progenie

Progeny in the environment context refers to the offspring or descendants of organisms, particularly plants and animals, and their impact on ecosystems. Understanding progeny is crucial in ecological studies, conservation efforts, and environmental management, as it helps predict and manage the population dynamics and genetic diversity of species.

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Prohibited Wastes

Prohibited Wastes are Wastes that have to meet their treatment standards before land disposal.

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Project Life Cycle

The Project Life Cycle is the sequence of major events in a process, such as systematic planning, development of appropriate documentation (QA Project Plans and Standard Operating Procedures), execution of the planned events (sampling, analysis, and data review), assessments of work conducted, and development of the final product (publication) and action to be taken based on the project results.

Project Management

Deutsch: Projektmanagement / Español: Gestión de Proyectos / Português: Gestão de Projetos / Français: Gestion de Projet / Italiano: Gestione del Progetto

Project management (PM) is the discipline of planning, organizing, directing, and managing resources to bring about the successful completion of specific project goals and objectives. Within the environmental context, this involves projects aimed at conservation, environmental Protection, sustainable development, and the remediation of environmental damage.

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Projection

A projection is a mathematical model that transforms the locations of features on the Earth's surface to locations on a two-dimensional surface. (Term added 1993.)

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