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Interdisciplinary technical study, which incorporated into the procedure of environmental impact assessment, is designed to predict, identify, assess and correct, the consequences or environmental effects that certain actions can cause the quality of life of man and his environment
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It is the main instrument for environmental management, as it meets all the criteria, strategies, actions and programs; to prevent, mitigate and compensate for negative impacts and potentiate the positive.
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The authority granted the environmental authority for the execution of a project, work or activity, according to the law and regulations can cause severe deterioration of renewable natural resources or the environment or introduce considerable or notorious modifications to the landscape; which holds the beneficiary of this, the fulfillment of the requirements, terms, conditions and obligations established by it in relation to the prevention, mitigation, correction, compensation and management of environmental effects of the project, work or activity authorized.
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Any change in the environment, whether adverse or beneficial, wholly or partially a result of the environmental aspects of an organization; Environmental aspect understood as the element of the activities, products or services that can interact with the environment.
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It is a systematic, independent and documented process for obtaining audit evidence and evaluating it objectively to determine the extent to which audit criteria for environmental management system set are met by the organization process
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It is the propensity of the social, economic and environmental damage suffered by the occurrence of a specific phenomenon threatening goods.
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Gaseous envelope, about 2,000 km thick, surrounding land
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It is the set of means, considering the latter as indicator and synthesis of the interrelationships between the inert elements (rocks, water and air) and living organisms (plants, animals and man), middle
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It is the probability that a phenomenon is present, exceeding a certain amount, at a specific location and within a defined time period.
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It is the combination of probability and (s) impact (s) of a specific hazardous event occurs.
