The law that refers to divided or undivided shares, that are owned by more than one co-owners. (FAO. 2003. Multilingual Thesaurus on Land Tenure. https://openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.500.14283/x2038e )
Periploca laevigata is an important shrub for grazing in the dry season. Although it contains tannins, it is palatable and is grazed mainly by camels, sheep, and goats. As this plant is able to grow in dry and rocky conditions in the poorest of soils it has good potential for increasing forage in dry areas as well as reducing erosion. The plant is also known for its many healing properties. (https://mel.cgiar.org/reporting/download/hash/T8P263HH)
Standard sea water is filtered, natural seawater to which only distilled water has been added. The main standard has a salinity of ca 35 (P-series). It is used for the calibration of salinity measurement devices. (Adapted from http://www.salinityremotesensing.ifremer.fr/sea-surface-salinity/definition-and-units)
A material's absorption spectrum is the fraction of incident radiation absorbed by the material over a range of frequencies of Electromagnetic Radiation. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absorption_spectroscopy#Absorption_spectrum)
Israeli acute paralysis virus (IAPV) is a widespread RNA virus of honey bees that has been linked with colony losses. (PLoS Pathog. 2014 Jul; 10(7): e1004261.)
In computing, linked data (often capitalized as Linked Data) is a method of publishing structured data so that it can be interlinked and become more useful through semantic queries (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linked_data)
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Not always open data: Data can be linked to URIs from other data sources, using open standards such as RDF without being publicly available under an open licence.
T budding or shield budding is a special grafting technique in which the scion piece is reduced to a single bud. (https://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/propagation/budding/budding.html)
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Typically used in fruit tree propagation, it can also be used for many other kinds of nursery stock.
A dynamic process in which elements of a system influence one another over time, through ongoing relationships or feedback loops, shaping how the system functions and what outcomes it produces. (FAO. 2025. Transforming food and agriculture through a systems approach. Rome. https://doi.org/10.4060/cd6071en)
A general term for pigs reared for meat production between growers (about 20 kg liveweight) and slaughter. (RAMIRAN Glossary of terms on livestock and manure management 2011)
Phillyrea latifolia, commonly known as green olive tree or mock privet, is a species of tree in the family Oleaceae. It is native to the Mediterranean Basin, from Morocco and Portugal in the west, to the Levant in the east. (Wikipedia. 2025. Phillyrea latifolia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phillyrea_latifolia)
A diet that provides an adequate amount and variety of food to meet a person's [or animal's] macro and micro nutrient needs for a healthy, active life. (Adapted from FAO. 2004. The family nutrition guide. https://www.fao.org/3/y5740e/y5740e00.htm)
Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) belongs to the species Cervidae. The species is a natural part of Northern ecosystems and is resident in the northern parts of Europe, Asia and North America. (The International Centre for Reindeer Husbandry. 2026. What is Reindeer Husbandry? https://reindeerherding.org/what-is-reindeer-husbandry)
A pier is a raised structure that rises above a body of water and usually juts out from its shore, typically supported by piles or pillars, and provides above-water access to offshore areas. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pier)
Transit time generally refers to the duration or period it takes for something to move or travel from one point to another. This term can be applied to various contexts, such as transportation, fluid dynamics, or the movement of substances through biological systems. (AGROVOC Team, 2023)
Radiochemistry is the chemistry of radioactive materials, where radioactive isotopes of elements are used to study the properties and chemical reactions of non-radioactive isotopes. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiochemistry)
A situation where the implementation of a technology which uses a resource more efficiently, leads to behavioral changes of producers/consumers and results in higher, instead of lower consumption of that resource. (BonaRes project)
The sea-bed and ocean floor and subsoil thereof beyond the limits of national jurisdiction. The area underneath the High Seas. (FAOLEX. 2025. Glossary https://www.fao.org/faolex/)
