All items of cost added together. The total cost to society is made up of both the external cost and the private cost, which together are defined as social cost. (IPCC. 2001. Climate Change 2001: Synthesis Report. Annexes. https://www.ipcc.ch/site/assets/uploads/2018/03/annex.pdf)
A panel manufactured from fibres of wood or other ligno-cellulosic materials with the primary bond deriving from the felting of the fibres and their inherent adhesive properties (although bonding materials and/or additives may be added in the manufacturing process). (FAO. 2019. Forest products 2017, FAO Statistics. http://www.fao.org/3/ca5703m/ca5703m.pdf)
Breaking or tending to break into flakes (a loose filmy mass or a thin chiplike layer of something). (Adapted from Wiktionary, 2024. Flaking. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/flaking)
The unit cost is the price incurred by a company to produce, store and sell one unit of a particular product. Unit costs include all fixed costs and all variable costs involved in production. Cost unit is a form of measurement of volume of production or service. (Wikipedia, 2024. Unit cost. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_cost)
The right to use and derive profit from a piece of property belonging to another, provided the property itself remains undiminished and uninjured in any way. (FAOTERM, 2024 https://www.fao.org/faoterm/en/)
Value systems are prospective and prescriptive beliefs; they affect the ethical behavior of a person or are the basis of their intentional activities. Often primary values are strong and secondary values are suitable for changes. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Value_(ethics_and_social_sciences))
Alternative to the conventional mode of production. All ecological approaches to agricultural production, such as organic farming, are alternatives to the dominant approach of industrial agriculture. (FAO, 2009. Glossary On Organic Agriculture https://www.fao.org/3/k4987t/k4987t.pdf)
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Agricultural systems aiming to limit the environmental pollution by controlling the utilisation of agrochemicals while insuring a profitable and efficient level of production
Local authorities consists of all types of authorities whose responsibility covers only a local part of the economic territory, apart from local agencies of social security funds. (Adapted from Eurostat. Glossary:Local government https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Glossary:Local_government)
Behaviour in crowds and mobs that occurs when the usual norms are suspended. (Elwell, F. 2013. Glossary of Sociology. In Sociocultural Systems. Principles of Structure and Change. https://read.aupress.ca/read/sociocultural-systems-principles-of-structure-and-change/section/b9d25a9e-9550-4871-a7f1-59f5add30d2f)
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For aggregation behaviour in organisms, see "aggregation behaviour" <c_df5a42b9>.
A separate legal entity which must be formed and operated in accordance with the laws of the state in which it is organized. It is a legal "person" separate and apart from the corporation owners and management. Thus, it can own property, borrow money, enter into contracts, sue and be sued. (Kay, R.D. (1986) Farm management. Planning, control, and implementation. New York, McGraw-Hill Book Co. 401 p. 2nd ed)
A multi-year extended period of declining economic growth which is typically seen as being more severe than an economic recession, e.g., gross domestic product declines by more than 10 percent. (https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/20572)
Total economic impact that consists of direct economic loss and indirect economic loss. (United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR). 2017. The Sendai Framework Terminology on Disaster Risk Reduction. "Economic loss". Accessed 16 March 2026. https://www.undrr.org/terminology/economic-loss.)
