It is the institutional framework of the Regional Integration of Central America, established in 1991 by the Tegucigalpa Protocol to the ODECA Charter, after the promotion of the Esquipulas Peace Accords in Central America. (Translated from https://www.sica.int/consulta/glosario_401_1.html)
Background noise or ambient noise is any sound other than the sound being monitored (primary sound). Background noise is a form of noise pollution or interference. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Background_noise)
A device for sounding, based on sending sound waves and receiving their echoes from the bottom or various objects in water. (Glossary of inland fishery terms, EIFAC Occasional Paper No. 12, FAO, 1978 (http://www.fao.org/3/ae987b/AE987B01.htm))
Microplastic pollution is pollution consisting of plastic fragments smaller than five millimetres in any dimension. (Adaoted from "Sources of microplastic pollution to the marine
environment", Mepex/Norwegian Environment
Agency (Miljødirektoratet) 2015)
Akabane disease is an arthropod-borne viral disease that can affect cattle, sheep and goats. In the predominant syndrome, inapparent infections in adults can lead months later to abortions, stillbirths and congenital defects in newborns. Most affected neonates die or must be euthanized (Spickler, Anna Rovid. Akabane Disease. Last updated July 2016. https://www.cfsph.iastate.edu/Factsheets/pdfs/akabane.pdf)
Stress-corrosion occurs when a material exists in a relatively inert environment but corrodes due to an applied stress. The stress may be externally applied or residual. (https://www.materials.unsw.edu.au/study-us/high-school-students-and-teachers/online-tutorials/corrosion/types-corrosion/stress-corrosion)
An engineered wood product created by parallel lamination of veneers glued under heat and pressure with the grain of each veneer running parallel to the longitudinal axis of the billet. (https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/49078)
Fishery stocks with abundance above the level corresponding to maximum sustainable yield. (FAO. 2018. The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2018. Meeting the Sustainable Development Goals. Rome. https://www.fao.org/3/i9540en/i9540en.pdf)
Legal framework and provisions under a given land regime, concerning orphans. (Multilingual thesaurus on land tenure (English version)
ISBN 92-5-104283-7
http://www.fao.org/3/a-x2038e.pdf)
