| Catalan | English |
| autoritat de control | controlling authority The power of a person or an organized assemblage of persons to manage, direct, superintend, restrict, regulate, govern, administer or oversee |
| control ambiental | environmental control Protection of the environment through policies concerning the control of wastes, the improvement of the human-made environment, the protection of heritage values, the institution of national parks and reserves, the protection of fauna and flora, the conservation of forests and landscapes, etc. |
| control biològic | biological monitoring The direct measurement of changes in the biological status of a habitat, based on evaluations of the number and distribution of individuals or species before and after a change |
| control biològic de plagues | biological pest control Any living organism applied to or introduced into the environment that is intended to function as a pesticide against another organism declared to be a pest |
| control de contaminació integrat | integrated pollution control A procedure whereby all major emissions to land, air, and water are considered simultaneously and not in isolation to avoid situations in which one control measure for one medium adversely affects another |
| control de cremes | controlled burning The planned use of carefully controlled fire to accomplish predetermined management goals. The burn is set under a combination of weather, fuel moisture, soil moisture, and fuel arrangement conditions that allow the management objectives to be attained, and yet confine the fire to the planned area |
| control de la contaminació | pollution control Chemical and physical methods to lessen discharges of most pollutants; for carbon dioxide there is, at present, no economic or practical way to reduce the quantities discharged except by reduced fossil fuel usage. Most specific means for removing pollutants from emissions include flue-gas desulphurisation, fluidised combustion, catalytic converters and the redesign of equipment, such as furnace burners and car engines, to lessen the production of pollutants |
| control de la desertificació | desertification control Remedial and preventive actions adopted against desertification include irrigation, planting of trees and grasses, the erection of fences to secure sand dunes, and a careful management of water resources |
| control de la qualitat de l'aire | air quality control The measurement of ambient air-pollution concentrations in order to determine whether there is a problem in a given region |
| control de l'aigua dolça | freshwater monitoring |
| control de natalitat | birth control Limitation of the number of children born by preventing or reducing the frequency of impregnation |
| control de plagues | pest control Keeping down the number of pests by killing them or preventing them from attacking |
| control de qualitat | quality control The inspection, analysis, and other relevant actions taken to provide control over what is being done, manufactured, or fabricated, so that a desirable level of quality is achieved and maintained |
| control de qualitat | quality assurance |
| control de sequera | drought control Measures taken to prevent, mitigate or eliminate damage caused to the ecosystem, especially crops, by a sustained period of dry weather |
| control de soroll del trànsit | traffic noise control Traffic noise can be controlled by reduction at source, by fitting motor vehicles with silencers, by installing barriers which interrupt the direct path of sound or by insulating dwellings exposed to high noise levels, such as those related to motorways or airports |
| control del soroll | noise control The process to control the audible sound to an acceptable level |
| control del trànsit | traffic control The organization of a more efficient movement of traffic within a given road network by rearranging the flows, controlling the intersections and regulating the times and places for parking |
| control d'emissions | emission control Procedures aiming at reducing or preventing the harm caused by atmospheric emissions |
| control d'emissió | immission control Legislative and administrative procedures aimed at reducing the damage caused by emissions. Pollution control programmes are normally based on human-oriented acceptable dose limits. A very important measure concerns the organisation of an emission inventory |
| control d'erosió | erosion control Practices used during construction or other land disturbing activities to reduce or prevent soil erosion. Typical practices include planting of trees and quick growing grass on disturbed areas and other means to slow the movement of water across a disturbed site and trap the soil that does get transported by runoff |
| control d'estat | state control The power or authority of a government to regulate or command industry, organizations, programs, initiatives and individuals |
| control d'herba | weed control Freeing an area of land from weeds by several means, such as herbicides, tillage, burning, mowing, and crop competition |
| control d'inundació | flood control Measures taken to prevent or reduce harm caused by an unusual accumulation of water above the ground, often involving the construction of reservoirs and channeling structures |
| control integrat de plagues | integrated pest control A systematic, comprehensive approach to pest control that uses the insect's or rodent's own biology and behaviour to find the least toxic control methods at the lowest cost |
| control normatiu | regulatory control Government supervision over the obligations and rights of an industry or enterprise for the purpose of providing the public with services that are considered important, vital or necessary to most members of a community or area |
| control químic de plagues | chemical pest control Control of plants and animals classified as pests by means of chemical compounds |
| disposició sobre el control de la contaminació | pollution control regulation A body of rules or orders prescribed by government, management or an international organization or treaty in which limits are established for the emission of substances that harm or adversely alter the environment and human health |
| equipament de control de la contaminació | pollution control equipment Devices for the reduction and/or removal of those emissions to the environment which have the potential to cause pollution |
| inversió de control de contaminació | pollution control investment Securities held for the production of income in the form of interest and dividends with the aim of controlling or reducing pollution or substances in the environment deemed harmful to human health and natural resources |
| llei de control d'emissions | immission control law |
| mesura de control | control measure |
| mesures de control del trànsit | traffic control measure Means of controlling the number and speed of motorvehicles using a road |
| norma de control de plaguicides | pesticide control standard A norm or measure applicable in legal cases pertaining to the production, dissemination or use of substances designed to mitigate or eliminate insects or small animals that harm vegetation |
| servei de control de desastre | disaster control service Work done or agency established to analyze, plan, assign and coordinate available resources in order to prepare for, respond to, mitigate and recover from damage caused by an ecological calamity, natural or human in origin |
| tecnologia de control de la contaminació | pollution control technology Methods used to reduce the amount of contaminants discharged from a source |
