Surplus means in general that the sum or balance of positive and negative amounts is positive, or that the total of positives is larger than the total of negatives. (EU Statistics. 2025. Statistics Explained https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Glossary:Surplus)
Surveying is the technique and science of accurately determining the terrestrial or three-dimensional space position of points and the distances and angles between them. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. nd. Surveying and Mapping. https://www.sam.usace.army.mil/Missions/Spatial-Data-Branch/Surveying-and-Mapping/)
A critical examination of facts or conditions to provide information on a situation. Usually conducted by interviews and/or on-site visitations. (GEMET http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept/8240)
6-Benzylaminopurine, benzyl adenine, BAP or BA is a first-generation synthetic cytokinin that elicits plant growth and development responses, setting blossoms and stimulating fruit richness by stimulating cell division. It is an inhibitor of respiratory kinase in plants, and increases post-harvest life of green vegetables. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6-Benzylaminopurine)
Weather conditions which influence fire ignition, behaviour, and suppression. Weather parameters are dry-bulb temperature, relative humidity, wind speed and direction, precipitation, atmospheric stability, winds aloft. (FAO (2002). Guidelines on Fire Management in Temperate and Boreal Forests. Forest Protection Working Papers, Working Paper FP/1/E. Forest Resources Development Service, Forest Resources Division. FAO, Rome https://www.fao.org/3/ag041e/AG041E13.htm)
Type of wetland with water standing permanently or for a considerable period of time and with a dense cover of native vegetation. Swamps may be freshwater or saltwater, and tidal or non-tidal. (FAO. 2008. Glossary of aquaculture. https://openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.500.14283/a1555m)
Swarming is a collective behaviour exhibited by entities, particularly animals or insects of similar size which aggregate together, milling about the same spot or migrating in some direction. (Adapted from Wikipedia, 2024. Swarm behaviour https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swarm_behaviour)
The conversion of organic compounds into inorganic (mineral) ones. For example, the conversion of ethanol into carbon dioxide and water. (FAO. 2001. FAO Glossary of Biotechnology for Food and Agriculture)
Sweetbread is a culinary name for the thymus (also called throat, gullet, or neck sweetbread) or pancreas (also called stomach, belly or gut sweetbread), typically from calf (ris de veau) and lamb (ris d'agneau), and, less commonly, beef and pork. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweetbread)
