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Across 4. the management of the interaction and impacts of human activities on the natural environment 5. applies to protecting assets deemed important for sustainability 8. establish an environmental policy including objectives and targets 14. consists of a complex of a number of gases, water vapor and variety of fine particulate material 16. the most common operating principle in implementing an environmental management system 17. lack of scientific certainty should not be used as an excuse for postponing implementation of cost-effective measures to prevent environmental degradation 18. minimum total amount of money an individual would accept to forgo all the benefits associated with an environmental resource 21. totality of external conditions affecting the life, development and survival of an organism 22. providing the needs of the present generation without compromising the needs of the future generation 23. refers to the solid earth from the surface to the core and consists of three distinct layers

Down 1. during this period, oxygen reacted with methane forming carbon dioxide in the atmosphere 2. considers the capacity of the environment to provide goods and services as well as serve as a sink for the wastes produced by human economic activities 3. utilizes laws,rules and regulations to restrict certain economic activities that have adverse impacts on the environment 4. management of an organization's environmental programs in a comprehensive, systematic, planned and documented manner 6. field of science that studies the interactions of the components of the environment and the relationships and effects of these components 7. process of identifying and predicting the future consequences of a current or proposed actions 9. offset adverse impacts in one area with improvements elsewhere 10. use of physical quantities using physical units of measurements; records of changes in quantity and changes in the quality of resources 11. place on earth's surface where life dwells 12. simple descriptive questionnaire and decision focused instrument 13. refers to limiting emissions to a level that is considered safe 15. the beneficiaries should pay for the full cost of using resources and its related service including the cost of losses for future generations 16. requires polluters to shoulder the cost of complying with environmental standards which are normally predetermined by public authorities 19. look-alike or similar case 20. set of values that is critical in determining the balance between environmental protection and permitting human actions for the purpose of attaining sustainability