The medium- and long-term rebuilding and sustainable restoration of resilient critical infrastructures, services, housing, facilities and livelihoods required for the full functioning of a community or a society affected by a disaster, aligning with the principles of sustainable development and “build back better”, to avoid or reduce future disaster risk. (United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR). 2017. The Sendai Framework Terminology on Disaster Risk Reduction. "Reconstruction". Accessed 18 March 2026. https://www.undrr.org/terminology/reconstruction.)
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Recovery and rehabilitation activities following war or large scale devastation (source: UNBIS)
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are chemically reactive molecules containing oxygen. Examples include oxygen ions and peroxides. Reactive oxygen species are highly reactive due to the presence of unpaired valence shell electrons. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reactive_oxygen_species)
Agroecology is the science of applying ecological concepts and principles to manage interactions between plants, animals, humans and the environment for food security and nutrition. (FAO. 2023. Agroecology Knowledge Hub – Practices. In: FAO [online]. Rome. http://www.fao.org/agroecology/knowledge/practices/en/)
The systematic study of the complete DNA sequences (genome) of organisms. (DeCS/MeSH. 2018. Genomics https://decs.bvsalud.org/en/ths/resource/?id=35417)
A scientist who studies living things, including people, animals and plants, along with the environments they live in. (Adapted from National Careers Service, UK. 2025. Biologist https://nationalcareers.service.gov.uk/job-profiles/biologist)
Traumatic reticulopericarditis occurs due to the ingestion of foreign bodies that penetrate the reticulum towards the diaphragm and then the pericardium, resulting in traumatic pericarditis. It is a common disorder in cattle and buffalo, especially in developing countries associated with high economic losses and animal welfare. Indiscriminate eating habits and the mechanization of food are predisposing factors. (MACEDO, Gustavo Gomes; FERREIRA, Lucas Vinícius de Oliveira; CHIACCHIO, Simone Biagio. An overview of traumatic reticulopericarditis in cattle and buffaloes. Buffalo Bulletin, [S.l.], v. 40, n. 2, p. 213-225, june 2021. ISSN 2539-5696. Available at: <https://kuojs.lib.ku.ac.th/index.php/BufBu/article/view/3824>. Date accessed: 31 oct. 2023.)
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This condition is particularly associated with bovine as they do not use their lips to discriminate between materials and they do not completely chew their feed before swallowing.
One of the biological science disciplines concerned with the origin, structure, development, growth, function, genetics, and reproduction of animals, plants, and microorganisms. (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/cgi/mesh/2010/MB_cgi?mode=&term=Biology&field=entry#TreeH01.158.273)
Biochemists are biological scientists who investigate the chemical processes that take place inside all living things, such as viruses, bacteria and people. (Adapted from National Careers Service, UK. 2025. Biochemist https://nationalcareers.service.gov.uk/job-profiles/biochemist)
The total weight of all the biological material or the combined mass of all the animals and plants inhabiting a defined area; usually expressed as dry weight per area. (FAO. Term Portal. FAOTERM. April 2023. Accessed 14/4/2023. http://www.fao.org/faoterm/en/)
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Total quantity or weight of organisms available in a given area
The study of the effects of climate on living organisms. (Fagetti, E., Privett, D.W., Sears & J.R.L. (comps.) and Hudson, J. (rev.) (2000) Aquatic sciences and fisheries thesaurus. Descriptors used in the Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Information System. Rome, FAO, ASFIS Reference Series (6, Rev. 2): 335 p)
