A condition that maximizes the desired mix of ecosystem services.

A choice by people of a desired contemporary or future outcome.

A social or religious custom prohibiting or restricting a particular practice or forbidding association with a particular person, place, or behavior.

The complex, integrated interactions of living beings (including humans), such as the cultural attributes of communities, socio-economic conditions and biophysical variables.

Collation and critical analysis of multiple research studies or papers, using a structured methodology.

Adopted as a working definition definition by the Convention on Biological Diversity AHTEG on Synthetic Biology, Synthetic biology was defined as “a further development and new dimension of modern biotechnology that combines science, technology, and engineering to facilitate and accelerate the understanding, design, redesign, manufacture and/or modification of genetic materials, living organisms and biological systems”.

Synthesis reports further distil and integrate materials drawing from assessment reports, are written in a nontechnical style suitable for policymakers and address a broad range of policy-relevant questions. They are to be composed of two sections: a summary for policymakers, and a full report.

The interaction or cooperation of two or more organisms, organizations, substances, or other agents to produce a combined effect greater than the sum of their separate effects.

A long-term interaction between two species that can often have mutual benefit for both species (IUCN, 2012a).

See 'Shifting cultivation'.