Gillnets and entangling nets are strings of single, double or triple netting walls, vertical, near by the surface, in midwater on on the bottom, in which fish will gill, entangle or enmesh. (http://www.fao.org/fishery/geartype/107/en)
Any gillnet (one single netting panel) held at the sea surface or in the water column by floating devices that is allowed to drift with the tide or current either independently or with the boat to which it may be attached. (Lucchetti, A., Petetta, A., Bdioui, M., Gökçe, G., Saber, M., Sacchi, J., Özbilgin, H., Carlson, A. & Carpentieri, P. 2023. Catalogue of fishing gear in the Mediterranean and Black Sea region. FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Technical Paper No. 695. Rome, FAO. https://doi.org/10.4060/cc7260en)
Earth embankments have been used since the earliest times to impound and divert water. They are simple compacted structures that rely on their mass to resist sliding and overturning and are the most common type of dam found worldwide. (Manual on small earth dams, FAO 2010)
Economic integration is a process in which two or more countries agree to eliminate economic barriers, with the end goal of enhancing productivity and achieving greater economic interdependence. (Asian Development Bank Institute: Monitoring Regional Economic Integration in Asia [1 November 2024]; https://www.adb.org/sites/default/files/publication/185039/adbi-pb2016-1.pdf)
An artificial wall, embankment, ridge, or mound, usually of earth or rock fill, built around a relatively flat, low-lying area to protect it from flooding; a levee. A dyke may be also be constructed on the shore or border of a lake to prevent inflow of undesirable water. (http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept/2393)
Endophytes are microbial symbionts residing within the plant for the majority of their life cycle without any detrimental impact to the host plant. (Kandel SL, Joubert PM, Doty SL. Bacterial Endophyte Colonization and Distribution within Plants. Microorganisms. 2017 Nov 25;5(4):77. doi: 10.3390/microorganisms5040077. PMID: 29186821; PMCID: PMC5748586.)
1949–1990 country in central Europe, unified into modern Germany. (Wikidata. 2026. German Democratic Republic (Q16957). https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16957)
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Autonomous till 3 October 1990; to be used for documents published before this date or dealing with that part of Germany before that date; later use <3245>
Field capacity is an important concept when calculating soil water balances as it determines the amount of water that the root zone retains when the soil has drained after being thoroughly wetted by rainfall or irrigation. (http://www.fao.org/3/a-i6051e.pdf)
Infarction is tissue death (necrosis) due to inadequate blood supply to the affected area. It may be caused by artery blockages, rupture, mechanical compression, or vasoconstriction. (Wikipedia, 2024. Infarction. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infarction)
Forest dieback: Death of groups of neighboring trees rather than isolated trees dying in an otherwise green forest matrix. (FAO Language Resources Project, 2005; IUFRO, Vienna, 2005)
Fruit leathers are dehydrated fruit products which are eaten as snacks or desserts. They are flexible sheets, prepared by mixing fruit puree and other additives like sugar, pectin, acid, glucose syrup, color, and potassium metabisulphite and then dehydrating them under specific conditions. (Adapted from Lemuel M. Diamante, Xue Bai, Janette Busch, "Fruit Leathers: Method of Preparation and Effect of Different Conditions on Qualities", International Journal of Food Science, vol. 2014, Article ID 139890, 12 pages, 2014. https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/139890)
