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[MANIPULATION, PRODUCTION, CONSUMPTION]
Broader Terms
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[PHYSICAL OPERATIONS]
More specific terms
NT4
↓
accommodation
NT4
↓
activated sludge process
NT4
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aeration
►
▼
NT5
↓
prolongated aeration
NT4
↓
afterburning
NT4
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aggregate extraction
NT4
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air conditioning
NT4
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alpine grazing
NT4
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animal displacement
NT4
↓
animal selection
►
▼
NT5
↓
culling of wild animals
NT4
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back fill
NT4
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batch process
NT4
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biofiltration
NT4
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biological filtration
►
▼
NT5
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biological filtration of water
NT4
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biological phosphate removal
NT4
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canalisation
NT4
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car wrecking
NT4
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carbon dioxide fertilization
NT4
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casting
NT4
↓
channelling (physics)
NT4
↓
cleaning of water bodies
NT4
↓
climatization
NT4
↓
CO2 removals
NT4
↓
coal liquefaction
NT4
↓
coal refining
NT4
↓
cogeneration
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▼
NT5
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combined heat and power
NT4
↓
commercialisation
►
▼
NT5
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agricultural commercialization
NT4
↓
compaction
NT4
↓
composting
►
▼
NT5
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composting by producer
NT5
↓
individual composting
NT5
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[composting by technique]
►
▼
NT6
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fast composting
NT6
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slow composting
NT4
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construction
►
▼
NT5
↓
construction work
►
▼
NT6
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bridge construction
NT6
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building construction
NT6
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building demolition
NT6
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building intervention
NT6
↓
building maintenance
NT6
↓
building restoration
NT6
↓
housing improvement
NT6
↓
housing rehabilitation
NT6
↓
housing restoration
NT6
↓
installation construction
NT6
↓
road construction
NT6
↓
tunnelling
NT4
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consumption
►
▼
NT5
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energy consumption
►
▼
NT6
↓
power consumption
NT6
↓
primary energy consumption
NT5
↓
fuel consumption
►
▼
NT6
↓
consumption of fossil fuels
NT5
↓
raw material consumption
►
▼
NT6
↓
petroleum consumption
NT5
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water consumption
NT4
↓
consumptive use
NT4
↓
coral mining
NT4
↓
coring
NT4
↓
cracking
►
▼
NT5
↓
catalytic cracking
NT4
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crop protection
NT4
↓
crop rotation
NT4
↓
cryogenics
NT4
↓
dam draining
NT4
↓
damping
►
▼
NT5
↓
relative damping
NT5
↓
vibration damping
NT4
↓
deforestation
NT4
↓
desanding
NT4
↓
dewatering
NT4
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digging
NT4
↓
distributive trade
NT4
↓
domestic heating
NT4
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dredging
NT4
↓
dry cleaning
NT4
↓
drying
NT4
↓
dust removal
NT4
↓
dyke reinforcement
NT4
↓
energy conversion
NT4
↓
energy production
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▼
NT5
↓
electricity generation
NT4
↓
energy use
►
▼
NT5
↓
atomic energy use
NT5
↓
nuclear energy use
NT5
↓
use of solar energy
NT4
↓
excavation
►
▼
NT5
↓
earthwork excavation
NT4
↓
exploitation
►
▼
NT5
↓
human exploitation
NT5
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resource exploitation
►
▼
NT6
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agricultural exploitation
NT6
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exploitation of hydric energy
NT6
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exploitation of natural resources
NT6
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fishery exploitation
NT6
↓
forest exploitation
NT6
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groundwater exploitation
NT6
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landscape consumption
NT6
↓
mine exploitation
NT6
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ocean exploitation
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▼
NT7
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sea bed exploitation
NT6
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water exploitation
NT4
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fixed film process
NT4
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fluoridation
NT4
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fogging
NT4
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food provision
NT4
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foraging
NT4
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freeze-drying
NT4
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fry rearing
NT4
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gasification
►
▼
NT5
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coal gasification
NT4
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grinding
NT4
↓
home heating
NT4
↓
hydroponics
NT4
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immission
►
▼
NT5
↓
noise immission
NT5
↓
pollutant immission
NT5
↓
sound immission
NT4
↓
impoldering
NT4
↓
incineration
►
▼
NT5
↓
co-incineration
NT5
↓
sludge incineration
NT5
↓
waste incineration
NT4
↓
induced recharge
NT4
↓
industrial activity
NT4
↓
insect breeding
NT4
↓
installation extension
NT4
↓
integrated pest management
NT4
↓
intercropping
NT4
↓
irrigation with waste water
NT4
↓
lagooning
►
▼
NT5
↓
aerated lagooning
NT5
↓
natural lagooning
NT4
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land use
NT4
↓
laundering
NT4
↓
lodging
►
▼
NT5
↓
emergency lodging
NT4
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machine manufacture
NT4
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machining
NT4
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maintenance (technical)
NT4
↓
manual separation
NT4
↓
manufacturing activity
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▼
NT5
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alcohol production
NT5
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ceramics manufacture
NT5
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detergent manufacture
NT5
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fuel production
NT5
↓
instrument manufacture
NT5
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manure production
NT5
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soap manufacture
NT5
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tar production
NT5
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tile manufacture
NT4
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manufacturing process
NT4
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market gardening
NT4
↓
mechanical separation
NT4
↓
mining production
NT4
↓
mining research
NT4
↓
mixed culture
NT4
↓
multilayer filtration
NT4
↓
nanofiltration
NT4
↓
natural food preservation
NT4
↓
navigation
►
▼
NT5
↓
coastal navigation
NT5
↓
inland navigation
NT5
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maritime navigation
NT5
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river navigation
NT4
↓
nitrogen fertilization
NT4
↓
nuclear power plant dismantling
NT4
↓
nuclear waste reprocessing
NT4
↓
offshore mining
NT4
↓
oil exploration
NT4
↓
oil refining
NT4
↓
oil spill dispersion
NT4
↓
on-site waste water treatment
NT4
↓
organic farming
NT4
↓
overdraft
NT4
↓
pasteurisation
NT4
↓
pesticide spraying
NT4
↓
physical separation
NT4
↓
pipe laying
NT4
↓
pipe tapping
NT4
↓
plant selection
NT4
↓
ponding
NT4
↓
power generation
NT4
↓
production
►
▼
NT5
↓
agricultural production
►
▼
NT6
↓
crop production
NT6
↓
[agricultural production by system]
►
▼
NT7
↓
extensive agriculture
NT7
↓
intensive agriculture
►
NT7
↓
monoculture
NT5
↓
cement production
NT5
↓
fishing production
NT5
↓
forest production
NT5
↓
industrial production
NT5
↓
mercury production
NT5
↓
power production
NT5
↓
protein production
NT5
↓
sludge production
NT5
↓
soda production
NT5
↓
Vinyl Chloride Monomer production
NT5
↓
zootechnical production
►
▼
NT6
↓
animal husbandry
►
▼
NT7
↓
animal breeding
►
NT7
↓
apiculture
NT7
↓
aviculture
►
NT7
↓
fish farming
NT7
↓
livestock farming
NT7
↓
mollusc farming
►
NT6
↓
[zootechnical production by modalities]
►
▼
NT7
↓
extensive husbandry
►
NT7
↓
intensive animal breeding
NT4
↓
production chain
►
▼
NT5
↓
timber producing chain
NT4
↓
purification
►
▼
NT5
↓
aerobic purification
NT5
↓
air purification
►
▼
NT6
↓
waste gas purification
NT5
↓
biological purification
►
▼
NT6
↓
biological waste gas purification
NT5
↓
fume purification
NT5
↓
mechanical purification
NT5
↓
physicochemical purification
NT5
↓
purification through the soil
NT4
↓
purification process
NT4
↓
recycling
►
▼
NT5
↓
closed-loop recycling
NT5
↓
open-loop recycling
NT5
↓
recycling of consumer goods
NT5
↓
waste recycling
►
▼
NT6
↓
liquid waste recycling
►
▼
NT7
↓
water recycling
NT7
↓
water reuse
NT7
↓
water reutilization
NT6
↓
residue recycling
NT6
↓
solid waste recycling
►
▼
NT7
↓
glass recycling
NT7
↓
paper recycling
NT6
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[waste recycling by type]
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▼
NT7
↓
recycling of exhausted toner
NT4
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regulation of watercourses
NT4
↓
reprocessing
NT4
↓
reservoir refilling
NT4
↓
resource utilisation
►
▼
NT5
↓
local resource utilisation
NT4
↓
retrofitting
►
▼
NT5
↓
retrofitting of old plants
NT4
↓
river channelling
NT4
↓
river diversion
NT4
↓
river recalibration
NT4
↓
river rectification
NT4
↓
river training
NT4
↓
salvage
NT4
↓
screening
NT4
↓
separation at source
NT4
↓
sheep rearing
NT4
↓
shipbreaking
NT4
↓
shipping
NT4
↓
soil nailing
NT4
↓
soil use
NT4
↓
soil working
NT4
↓
sorting at source
NT4
↓
spring tapping
NT4
↓
sterilisation
NT4
↓
sterilisation process
NT4
↓
stocking
►
▼
NT5
↓
food storage
NT4
↓
stockpiling
NT4
↓
stocktaking
NT4
↓
storage
►
▼
NT5
↓
agricultural storage
NT5
↓
cold storage
NT5
↓
corrosive materials storage
NT5
↓
detention storage
NT5
↓
flammable materials storage
NT5
↓
food stock
NT5
↓
fuel storage
NT5
↓
hazardous materials storage
NT5
↓
liquefied petroleum gas storage
NT5
↓
oil storage
NT5
↓
storage at atmospheric pressure
NT5
↓
water storage
►
▼
NT6
↓
bank storage
NT6
↓
channel storage
NT4
↓
street cleaning
NT4
↓
surplus destruction
NT4
↓
tanning
NT4
↓
tar distillation
NT4
↓
tar use
NT4
↓
terracing of agricultural land
NT4
↓
tillage
NT4
↓
timber farming
NT4
↓
trade (services)
►
▼
NT5
↓
animal trade
NT5
↓
fair trade
NT5
↓
food commerce
NT5
↓
plant trade
NT5
↓
wholesale trade
NT4
↓
trade activity
NT4
↓
traffic
►
▼
NT5
↓
[traffic by modes]
►
▼
NT6
↓
air traffic
►
▼
NT7
↓
civil air traffic
NT7
↓
military air traffic
NT7
↓
supersonic air traffic
NT6
↓
heavy vehicle traffic
NT6
↓
land traffic
►
▼
NT7
↓
rail traffic
NT7
↓
road traffic
NT6
↓
water traffic
►
▼
NT7
↓
maritime traffic
NT7
↓
merchant shipping
NT5
↓
[traffic by type]
►
▼
NT6
↓
commercial traffic
NT6
↓
commuter traffic
NT6
↓
local traffic
NT6
↓
long-distance traffic
NT6
↓
transalpine traffic
NT6
↓
urban traffic
NT4
↓
transformation of waste
NT4
↓
transhipment
NT4
↓
transhumance
NT4
↓
trapping
NT4
↓
treatment
►
▼
NT5
↓
biological treatment
►
▼
NT6
↓
biological wastewater treatment
NT5
↓
crop treatment
NT5
↓
industrial treatment
►
▼
NT6
↓
chemical treatments
►
▼
NT7
↓
bleaching process
NT7
↓
carbonization
NT7
↓
chemical stabilization
NT7
↓
de-inking
NT7
↓
enrichment
NT7
↓
etching
NT7
↓
fumigation
NT7
↓
removal
►
NT7
↓
replacement
►
NT7
↓
vulcanisation
NT6
↓
industrial bath
►
▼
NT7
↓
fixing bath
NT7
↓
galvanising bath
NT7
↓
pickling bath
NT7
↓
rinsing bath
NT6
↓
physical treatment
►
▼
NT7
↓
comminution
NT7
↓
decantation
NT7
↓
distillation
NT7
↓
drying out
NT7
↓
electrical treatment
►
NT7
↓
encapsulation
NT7
↓
flaring
NT7
↓
fluidisation
NT7
↓
immobilisation
NT7
↓
injection
NT7
↓
insulation (process)
►
NT7
↓
irradiation
NT7
↓
pile driving
NT7
↓
pumping
NT7
↓
sandblasting
NT7
↓
sorting
►
NT7
↓
thermal treatment
►
NT7
↓
vaporisation
NT7
↓
welding
NT6
↓
physicochemical treatment
►
▼
NT7
↓
aerobic treatment
►
NT7
↓
anaerobic treatment
►
NT7
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bleaching
NT7
↓
centrifugation
NT7
↓
chemical precipitation
NT7
↓
electrodialysis
NT7
↓
flotation
NT7
↓
galvanisation
NT7
↓
impregnation (materials)
NT7
↓
inert rendering
NT7
↓
microfiltration
NT7
↓
mixing
NT7
↓
pyrolysis
NT7
↓
refining
NT7
↓
reverse osmosis
NT7
↓
stripping
NT7
↓
thickening
NT7
↓
ultrafiltration
NT6
↓
[miscellaneaus treatments]
►
▼
NT7
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assembling
NT7
↓
covering
NT7
↓
demolition
NT7
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immersion
NT7
↓
processing
NT7
↓
quartering
NT7
↓
regeneration
NT7
↓
slaughtering of animals
NT7
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storage (process)
►
NT6
↓
[treatment and processing of materials and products]
►
▼
NT7
↓
food processing
►
NT7
↓
fuel treatment
►
NT7
↓
gas treatment
►
NT7
↓
metal working
►
NT7
↓
mineral processing
NT7
↓
rubber processing
NT7
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waste treatment
►
NT7
↓
water treatment
►
NT7
↓
wood treatment
►
NT6
↓
[treatment process]
►
▼
NT7
↓
final treatment
NT7
↓
post-treatment
NT7
↓
pretreatment
NT7
↓
primary treatment
NT7
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secondary treatment
NT7
↓
tertiary treatment
NT5
↓
phytosanitary treatment
NT5
↓
surface treatment
NT4
↓
unlading
NT4
↓
use of private cars
NT4
↓
used water treatment
NT4
↓
ventilation
NT4
↓
volatilisation
NT4
↓
waste use
NT4
↓
water adduction
NT4
↓
water catchment
►
▼
NT5
↓
groundwater catchment
NT5
↓
surface water catchment
NT4
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water disinfection
NT4
↓
water pumping
NT4
↓
water transfer
NT4
↓
water use
NT4
↓
water withdrawal
NT4
↓
watering
NT4
↓
waterproofing
NT4
↓
wet process
NT4
↓
withdrawal
NT4
↓
woodland clearance
NT4
↓
[agricultural, zootechnical, fishing and forestry practices and production]
►
▼
NT5
↓
agricultural practices
►
▼
NT6
↓
burn beating
NT6
↓
controlled burning
NT6
↓
draining
NT6
↓
eradication
NT6
↓
good agricultural practice
NT6
↓
harrowing
NT6
↓
irrigation
►
▼
NT7
↓
supplemental irrigation
NT7
↓
surface irrigation
NT7
↓
[irrigation by technique]
►
NT6
↓
land clearing
NT6
↓
mowing
NT6
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penning
NT6
↓
picking
NT6
↓
ploughing
NT6
↓
pressing
NT6
↓
pruning
NT6
↓
recultivation
NT6
↓
slash and burn culture
NT6
↓
slurry spreading
NT6
↓
soil fertilisation
NT6
↓
soil improvement
NT6
↓
spurting
NT6
↓
transplantation
NT6
↓
weeding
NT5
↓
cultivation
►
▼
NT6
↓
cultivar improvement
NT6
↓
cultivation of agricultural land
NT6
↓
farming
►
▼
NT7
↓
arable farming
NT7
↓
contour farming
NT7
↓
dry farming
NT7
↓
grassland farming
NT7
↓
irrigation farming
NT7
↓
mixed farming
NT7
↓
subsistence farming
NT6
↓
greenhouse cultivation
NT6
↓
hydroculture
NT6
↓
plant breeding
►
▼
NT7
↓
selective breeding of plants
NT6
↓
shifting cultivation
NT6
↓
substrate cultivation
NT6
↓
terrace cultivation
NT5
↓
earthworm composting
NT5
↓
forestry practice
►
▼
NT6
↓
afforestation
NT6
↓
cutting (forestry)
NT6
↓
forestation
NT6
↓
reforestation
NT6
↓
wood hauling
NT5
↓
[zootechnical, fishing practices and production]
►
▼
NT6
↓
fishing practices
►
▼
NT7
↓
blast fishing
NT7
↓
cyanide fishing
NT7
↓
electrical fishing
NT7
↓
fish processing
►
NT7
↓
piscicultural repopulation
NT7
↓
stocking with young fish
NT7
↓
whale processing at sea
NT6
↓
zootechnical practices
►
▼
NT7
↓
selective breeding of animals
NT4
↓
[exploration and extraction activities]
►
▼
NT5
↓
drilling
►
▼
NT6
↓
exploratory boring
NT6
↓
offshore drilling
NT6
↓
offshore oil drilling
NT6
↓
oil drilling
NT5
↓
exploration
►
▼
NT6
↓
natural gas exploration
NT5
↓
extraction
►
▼
NT6
↓
deep well extraction
NT6
↓
gravel extraction
NT6
↓
marl extraction
NT6
↓
material extraction
NT6
↓
mining
►
▼
NT7
↓
artisanal small scale gold mining
NT7
↓
deep sea mining
NT7
↓
groundwater mining
NT7
↓
[mining by extracted material]
►
NT7
↓
[mining by techniques]
►
NT6
↓
natural gas extraction
NT6
↓
oil extraction
NT6
↓
sand extraction
NT6
↓
water extraction
►
▼
NT7
↓
groundwater extraction
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[MANIPOLAZIONE, PRODUZIONE, CONSUMO]
Date of creation
07-Mar-2013
Accepted term
07-Mar-2013
Descendant terms
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