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Put in the right preposition: The National Trust has prepared a Statement of Environmental Principles, based ___ the core purpose of the Trust laid down in the 1907 National Trust Act.

Put in the right preposition: The Trust has already invested considerably ___ improving standards of property management for energy conservation, sewage treatment, control of farm effluents and water conservation.

Put in the right preposition: The Trust is involved ___ a wide range of other partners in environmental projects and research - NGOs, business, University Departments, professional institutes, Government agencies - at both UK and European levels.

Put in the right preposition: We are also responsible for assessing the risks to people and the environment ___ pollutants and environmental impacts such as climate change where humans may be accelerating or causing the change.

Put in the right preposition: We are committed ___ sound science underpinning our risk assessments.

Put in the right preposition: With other departments, local authorities and private businesses, we must ensure the continuity of essential supplies of food and water ___ case of terrorist attack or war.

Put in the right preposition: ___ do this we must understand and anticipate risks and hazards, weigh priorities and have credible contingency plans.

Put in the right preposition: ___ July of 1970, the White House and Congress worked together to establish the EPA.

Put in the right preposition: ___ effectiveness, safety and environmental impact in mind, we examine agricultural pesticides, veterinary products and novel (such as genetically-modified) crops.

Put in the right word: An arboretum is a place where trees, ___ and herbaceous plants are grown for scientific and educational purposes.

Put in the right word: At 1,500 acres, ___ is one of the largest urban parks in the country.

Put in the right word: Before users carry out an activity that may need a___ , we can offer advice look at ways of reducing that activity’s effect on the environment.

Put in the right word: But some of the ___ is trapped by greenhouse gases, which warm the atmosphere, and reflect heat back down to Earth.

Put in the right word: But some scientists say that increased emissions of greenhouse gases are disturbing the balance of this complex system, causing___.

Put in the right word: DEFRA brings all aspects of___, rural, farming and food production policy together for the first time.

Put in the right word: Elsewhere, cavities in trees provide nesting space for owls and other___.

Put in the right word: EPA leads the nation's environmental___, research, education and assessment efforts.

Put in the right word: EPA works to develop and enforce regulations that implement environmental ___ enacted by Congress.

Put in the right word: Following Kyoto, the UK's target is to ___ its emissions by 12.5 percent below 1990 levels by 2008-2012.

Put in the right word: Food and cover species of plant life can be noted, such as___, common privet and seed-producing grasses.

Put in the right word: However, the burning of fossil fuels and ___ has led to a massive increase in the amount of carbon-dioxide released into the atmosphere.

Put in the right word: It is___ , or almost so, because the old leaves drop about the same time as the new leaves appear in the spring.

Put in the right word: One of DEFRA’s objectives is to protect and improve the rural, urban, marine and global environment and conserve and enhance___.

Put in the right word: Our remit is the pursuit of___- weaving together economic, social and environmental concerns.

Put in the right word: Our vision of the future is of a world in which ___ and environmental degradation are recognized and addressed by all nations.

Put in the right word: Reborn as the New Orleans Botanical Garden in the early 1980s, today's garden contains over 2,000 varieties of ___ from all over the world set among the nation's largest stand of mature live oaks.

Put in the right word: Some scientists say that increased emissions of ___ have contributed to a manmade rise in global temperatures and sea level.

Put in the right word: The aim of DEFRA is a sustainable development through ___ sustainable farming, fishing, food, water and other industries that meet consumers’ requirements.

Put in the right word: The impact of___ , for example, is already beginning to transform our lives.

Put in the right word: The mission of the New Orleans ___ is to cultivate, promote, and inspire the knowledge, love, and appreciation of plants through educational programs and exhibits.

Put in the right word: The New Orleans Botanical Garden strives to be the center of ___ excellence for the Gulf South.

Put in the right word: The ozone hole is a well-defined, large-scale destruction of the ___ over Antarctica that occurs each Antarctic spring.

Put in the right word: The Park is home to the largest collection of mature ___ in the world, some several hundred years old.

Put in the right word: The site contains several theme gardens containing aquatics, ornamental trees and shrubs, ___, and a recently renovated Conservatory.

Put in the right word: The ___ is defined as the area having less than 220 Dobson Units (DU) of ozone in the overhead column (i.e., between the ground and space).

Put in the right word: The ___ is a naturally-occurring phenomenon.

Put in the right word: These range from major industrial authorisations, such as a licence to ___ water from rivers, down to recreational ones such as fishing licences.

Put in the right word: The___, negotiated by more than 160 nations, aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by setting legally binding emissions reduction targets for developed countries.

Put in the right word: Two hundred years ago City Park was a swampy ___ forest, home of Accolapissa and Biloxi tribes who traded by dugout canoe along the banks of Bayou St. John.

Put in the right word: Unlike global___, the ozone hole occurs only over Antarctica.

Put in the right word: Water vapour, carbon-dioxide and methane form a natural ___ of air around the Earth.

Put in the right word: We aim to be the world leader in ___ the environment and are among the international leaders on climate change, in the reform of the Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) and Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) and in the conservation of endangered species.

Put in the right word: We are developing ideas for whole farm plans to reduce environmental ___ and bureaucracy.

Put in the right word: We are looking for new measures for global ___ conservation at a series of international conferences in autumn 2002.

Put in the right word: We issue various___, licences, consents and registrations.

Put in the right word: We will carry out a review of the best means of reducing water ___ from agriculture, one of the major sources of diffuse pollution alongside urban areas.

Put in the right word: Where national ___ are not met, EPA can issue sanctions and take other steps to assist the states and tribes in reaching the desired levels of environmental quality.

Put in the right word: ___ is designed to allow businesses to reduce their emissions of greenhouse gases in the most economically efficient way.

Choose the right pronoun: John told us about ___ garden.

Choose the right pronoun: Mr Black invited us to see ___ new organic garden and we accepted the invitation.