Any waste material that, when improperly handled, can cause substantial harm to human health and safety or to the environment. HAZMAT can take the form of solids, liquids, sludges, or contained gases, and they are generated primarily by chemical production, manufacturing, and other industrial activities. They may cause damage during inadequate storage, transportation, treatment, or disposal operations. (TRG(A10.6)/GICM, FAO, 2005. Wildland Fire Management Terminology, FAO (Updated Jan 2005). )
Controlled selection and reproduction of domestic animals, plants or fish in order to improve desirable qualities. (Adapted from Grazing with trees – A silvopastoral approach to managing and restoring trees. FAO Forestry Paper, No. 187, FAO, 2022 (https://doi.org/10.4060/cc2280en).)
Science of studying the form and structure of an organism or any of its parts, and understanding the relation of different structural forms to one another. (FAOTERM)
The word colorant is a general term describing any substance used to modify the color of an object by changing its spectral transmittance, or its spectral reflectance. Colorants are either dyes or pigments. (Citation:
D. Malacara, Color Vision and Colorimetry: Theory and Applications, Second Edition, SPIE Press, Bellingham, WA (2011).)
A branch of science which deals with the physical world., e.g. physics, chemistry, geology, biology. (The Concise Oxford Dictionary, Tenth (revised) edition 2001.)
The European Commission is the EU's politically independent executive arm. It is alone responsible for drawing up proposals for new European legislation, and it implements the decisions of the European Parliament and the Council of the EU. (https://europa.eu/european-union/about-eu/institutions-bodies/european-commission_en)
Daman and Diu was a union territory in northwestern India. In 2019, a legislation was passed to merge the union territories of Daman and Diu with its neighbouring union territory, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, to form the new union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu with effect from 26 January 2020. (Wikipedia. 2026. Daman and Diu https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daman_and_Diu)
