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The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) was established on 1 July 1953 to foster nuclear research for peaceful purposes only.
The European Space Agency (ESA) was established on 31 May 1975 to promote peaceful cooperation in space research and technology.
European Union. Members are Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden. The United Kingdom left the EU on 31 January 2020.
Eurozone, or Euro area; The 19 euro area members of the EU are Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Spain. Their common currency is the Euro.
The loss of moisture from the earth’s land surfaces and its water bodies to the air through the ongoing influence of solar radiation and transpiration by plants.
A large subtropical swampland in Florida of about 4,000 square miles (10,359.952 square kilometers).
A nonnative species introduced into a new area.
Exports: goods or services sold to another country.
Export earnings: the money a country earns from selling goods or services to other countries.
Extended family: a family that may include grandparents and other relatives as well as their children.
A livelihood, such as hunting and gathering that requires the use of large land areas.
Consequences of goods and services that are not priced into the initial cost of those goods and services.
The Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (EITI) was established in October 2002 to set a global standard for transparency in the extractive industries to make natural resources benefit all.