Geological or geophysical hazards originate from internal earth processes. Examples are earthquakes, volcanic activity and emissions, and related geophysical processes such as mass movements, landslides, rockslides, surface collapses and debris or mud flows. Hydrometeorological factors are important contributors to some of these processes. (United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR). 2017. The Sendai Framework Terminology on Disaster Risk Reduction. "Hazard". Accessed 18 March 2026. https://www.undrr.org/terminology/hazard.)
Bio-based products refer to products that are wholly or partly derived from biomass and other biological resources, which are not used for food, feed and fuel. Many bio-based products are not new, such as, pulp and paper, timber for construction, bio-based cosmetics and fibers for clothing (https://www.fao.org/in-action/sustainable-and-circular-bioeconomy/glossary/en)
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Products derived from biomass and other biological resources, which are not used for food, feed and fuel. For biologically grown products. use <c_36642>.
A general term describing the set of processes by which habitat loss results in the division of continuous habitats into a greater number of smaller patches of lesser total size and isolated from each other by a matrix of dissimilar habitats. Habitat fragmentation may occur through natural processes (e.g. forest and grassland fires, flooding) and through human activities (forestry, agriculture, urbanization) (Aizen, M.A., Basu, P. , Bienefeld, K., Biesmeijer, J.C., Garibaldi, L.A., Gemmill-Herren, B, Imperatriz-Fonseca, V.L., Klein, A-L., Potts, S.G., Seymour C.L. & Vanbergen, A.J. 2023. Sustainable use and conservation of invertebrate pollinators. Background Study Paper, No. 72. Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. Rome, FAO.)
Epontic organisms are those that live on or are closely associated with the undersurface of sea ice. (Lecky, J. H. 2010. Environmental assessment for the issuance of incidental harassment authorizations to take marine mammals by harassment incidental to conducting open water seismic and marine surveys in the Chukchi and Beaufort seas. https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/3903)
Atmospheric electricity describes the electrical charges in the Earth's atmosphere (or that of another planet). (Wikipedia, 2024. Atmospheric electricity. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmospheric_electricity)
Veganism is the practice of abstaining from the use of animal products, particularly in diet, and an associated philosophy that rejects the commodity status of animals. A follower of either the diet or the philosophy is known as a vegan. Distinctions are sometimes made between several categories of veganism. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veganism)
Dynamic processes involving motion. Often used as a suffix to indicate studies involving movement or rates of reactions. (FAO Glossary of Biotechnology for Food and Agriculture, 2001)
Tidal scour is “sea-floor erosion caused by strong tidal currents resulting in the removal of inshore sediments and formation of deep holes and channels”. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tidal_scour)
The complete genetic complement contained in a DNA or RNA molecule in a virus. (MeSH. 2025. Genome, Viral. https://meshb-prev.nlm.nih.gov/record/ui?ui=D016679)
Plate tectonics is a scientific theory describing the large-scale motion of seven large plates and the movements of a larger number of smaller plates of Earth's lithosphere. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plate_tectonics)
The record derives from WCSP (in review) which reports it as an accepted name with original publication details: J. Fac. Agric. Hokkaido Imp. Univ. 26: 514 1934. (http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2572581)
The mineral pyrite or iron pyrite, also known as fool's gold, is an iron sulfide with the chemical formula FeS2 (iron (II) disulfide). Pyrite is the most abundant sulfide mineral. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrite)
In the physical sciences, the wavenumber is the spatial frequency of a wave, measured in cycles per unit distance or radians per unit distance. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wavenumber)
