GLOSSARY
Biodiversity (Contraction of biological diversity)
The variability among living organisms from all sources, includ- ing terrestrial, marine, and other aquatic ecosystems and the eco- logical complexes of which they are part. Biodiversity includes di- versity within species, between species, and between ecosystems.
Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF)
A greenhouse gas inventory sector that covers emissions and re- movals of greenhouse gases resulting from direct human- induced land use, land-use change and forestry activities (UNFCCC 2009).
Landscape restoration
A broader range of issues and needs via a landscape-scale ap- proach, “a planned process that aims to regain ecological integ- rity and enhance human wellbeing in deforested or degraded landscapes” (WWF International 2007).
Mitigation
A human intervention to reduce negative or unsustainable uses of ecosystems or to enhance sustainable practices (e.g. in the con- text of climate change reduce the sources of or enhance the sinks for greenhouse gases (Department of Climate Change 2008)).
Progenitor
A direct ancestor or pre cursor.
Reclamation
Reclamation aims to recover productivity (but little of the origi- nal biodiversity) at a degraded site. In time, the protective func- tion and many of the original* ecological services may be re- established. Reclamation is often done with exotic species but may also involve native species (WWF/IUCN 2000).
Recovery
Recovery of a habitat is linked to the ecological succession of a site. That is the site returning naturally to the state it had been before it had been degraded or destroyed without any interven- tion from humans (CFIOR websites).
Regeneration
The growth or re-emergence of the native species in a place after it has been destroyed or degraded, resulting from the pro- tection of an area from biotic interference. Regeneration may
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come about naturally or result from human intervention (SER and CFIOR websites).
Rehabilitation
To re-establish the productivity and some, but not necessarily all, of the plant and animal species thought to be originally* pres- ent at a site. (For ecological or economic reasons the new habitat might also include species not originally present at the site). In time, the protective function and many of the ecological services of the original habitat may be re-established (FAO 2005).
Restoration
Re-establishing the presumed structure, productivity and spe- cies diversity that was originally present at a site that has been degraded, damaged or destroyed. In time, the ecological pro- cesses and functions of the restored habitat will closely match those of the original habitat (FAO 2005).
Riparian
Of, on, or relating to the banks of a natural course of water.
Sequestration
The removal of atmospheric carbon dioxide, either through biological processes (for example, photosynthesis in plants and trees, see Biosequestration), or geological processes (for example, storage of carbon dioxide in underground reservoirs) (Department of Climate Change 2008).
Sink
Any process, activity or mechanism that removes a greenhouse gas, an aerosol or a precursor of a greenhouse gas or aerosol from the atmosphere (IPCC 2007c).
Source
Any process, activity or mechanism that releases a greenhouse gas, an aerosol or a precursor of a greenhouse gas or aerosol into the atmosphere (IPCC 2007c).
Sustainability
A characteristic or state whereby the needs of the present and local population can be met without compromising the ability of future generations or populations in other locations to meet their needs (Chopra et al. 2005).
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