| Subject | English | Norwegian Bokmål |
| environ. | agricultural exploitation No definition needed | landbruksutnyttelse |
| environ. | exploitation of underground water The process of extracting underground water from a source | avtapning av underjordisk vann |
| environ. | forest exploitation Forests have been exploited over the centuries as a source of wood and for obtaining land for agricultural use. The mismanagement of forest lands and forest resources has led to a situation where the forest is now in rapid retreat. The main aspects of the situation are: serious shortages in the supply of industrial wood; the catastrophic erosion and floods accompanying the stripping of forests from mountainous land; the acute shortages of fuel wood in much of the developing world; the spread of desert conditions at an alarming rate in the arid and semi-arid regions of the world; and the many environmental effects of the destruction of tropical rainforests | skogsutnyttelse |
| environ. | ocean exploitation The utilization of the ocean for its food resources, mineral resources, and energy and water sources | utnyttelse av havet |
| environ. | resource exploitation No definition needed | ressursutnyttelse |
| environ. | sea bed exploitation Marine mineral resources extend far beyond those presently exploited; minerals are derived from two separate types of marine sources: from sedimentary deposits underlying the continental shelves and from inshore deposits on the surface of the continental shelves. By far the most valuable of the mineral resources exploited from marine environments is petroleum. Offshore placer deposits on the surface of the continental shelves yield gold, platinum, and tin. On the floors of the world's oceans manganese nodules are found as a result of pelagic sedimentation or precipitation; they are small, irregular, black to brown, friable, laminated concretionary masses consisting primarily of manganese salts and manganese-oxide minerals | sjøbunnsutnyttelse |