Green hunting occurs with tranquilizer dart guns and the animals are released alive. This is typically performed for veterinary procedures or translocation, and has been suggested as an alternative to lethal forms of hunting.

Green growth means fostering economic growth and development while ensuring that natural assets continue to provide the resources and environmental services on which our well-being relies.

A mode of private financing that tap the debt capital market through fixed income instruments (i.e. bonds) to raise capital to finance climate-friendly projects in key sectors of, but not limited to, transport, energy, building and industry, water, agriculture and forestry and waste.

Great Acceleration refers to the acceleration of human-induced changes of the second half of the 20th century, unique in the history of human existence. Many human activities reached take-off points and sharply accelerated towards the end of the century.

The strategies used by people to promote both high quality and quantity of forage for domesticated livestock.

Feeding on growing herbage, attached algae, or phytoplankton.

Type of ecosystem characterised by a more or less closed herbaceous (non-woody) vegetation layer, sometimes with a shrub layer, but-in contrast to savannas-without, or with very few, trees. Different types of grasslands are found under a broad range of climatic conditions.

Ecosystem characterized by more or less closed herbaceous vegetation layer, sometimes with a shrub layer, but - in contrast to savannas - without trees. Different types of grasslands are found under a broad range of climatic conditions.

A land cover class that includes any geographic area dominated by natural herbaceous plants (grasslands, prairies, steppes and savannahs) with a cover of 10% or more, irrespective of different human and/or animal activities (e.g. grazing).

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