The purpose of resource evaluation is to provide an estimate of the quantity of a potentially recoverable resource and, often to derive a value. These may be presented as deterministic, single, values but are time-dependent points on a probabilistic continuum at an assigned probability. (United Nations Economic and Social Council. 2020. Principles of Resource Classification. ECE/ENERGY/GE.3/2020/3 https://unece.org/sites/default/files/2022-01/ECE_ENERGY_GE.3_2020_3e.pdf A)
An evaporimeter is a scientific instrument used for measuring the rate of water evaporation from a wet surface to the atmosphere. (Adapted from Wikipedia, 2024. Atmometer. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmometer)
A fire spreading, or set to spread, into or against the wind. As used in fire suppression: A fire set along the inner edge of a control line to consume the fuel in the path of a forest fire and/or change the direction of force of the fire's convection column. (Global Fire Monitoring Center, 2011. International multilingual forest fire terminology. http://www.fire.uni-freiburg.de/literature/RUS-MON-GER-ENG-Glossary-Web.pdf)
Wood growing laterally from the stem; can be subdivided into solid branch wood and branch brushwood. (Swiss National Forest Inventory, 2024. Glossary. https://www.lfi.ch/en/glossary?frmWordList=19_Gloss)
Individual that manages a farm, irrespective of whether the individual is independent or part of an organization. (ISO/TMB/SAG SF - Strategic Advisory Group on Smart Farming, Final Report – January 2023, https://www.iso.org/files/live/sites/isoorg/files/publications/en/2023_SAG-SF_Final_Report.pdf)
All types of associations constituted uniquely or in part by farmers, or having farmers as their sole or main members. (Farmers and farmers’ associations in developing countries and their use of modern financial instruments
Lamon Rutten (UNCTAD)
https://unctad.org/en/Docs/poditccomd35.en.pdf)
